Shabat Lion Special Mahogany T-Style Guitar w/ Lollar Imperials – Black

Information

Brand New w/ Warranty. We are an authorized Shabat Dealer.

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The Lion Special was designed for players who want a Lion guitar, but with a little different sound than a standard T-style. The Lion Special offers a pair of Lollar P-90s or Imperial humbuckers, and a Gotoh hardtail or Graph Tech ResoMax wraptail bridge—all wrapped in your choice of classic nitro finishes.

What Do We Think?

This is one of our favorite set of specs on a Shabat guitar yet, and that’s saying a lot because we love all of them! Mahogany body dressed up with cream binding and gold hardware, roasted Flame Maple neck with Ebony fretboard and block inlays, and a great set of PAF-inspired Lollar Imperial humbuckers.

Tones from the neck position are deep and woody down low, clear and chirpy up top. The bridge pickup has a midrange punch and a touch of honk. But just the kind you want. It will push even your clean channel into a bit of breakup, and sounds glorious doing so. Just as you’d expect, it only gets better the more gain you throw at it. The combined position is amazingly energetic and sparkling.

Another key component in this build is tThe Graph Tech ResoMax wraptail bridge. It keeps the guitar feeling nimble while ensuring plenty of resonance transfer to the body. It features six individually-adjustable saddles for perfect intonation. It feels very nice under the hand when resting the palm. No sharp edges or bulky contours.

How Does It Play?

The neck is a full but comfortable Chunky ’59 profile, measuring about 0.88” at the first fret and 0.98” at the 12th. We love it. The string action measures only 4/64” at the 12^th fret on the low E, and even lower on the high E. There is no fretbuzz anywhere on the neck!

Weight: 8lb 4.3oz

The G&G custom hard case pictured is included!

Specifications

Body: Mahogany

Body Binding: Cream

Bridge: Graph Tech ResoMax Wraptail

Pickups: Lollar Imperial Humbuckers

Headstock: Snakehead

Tuners: Kluson Deluxe

Inlay: Pearloid Blocks

Radius: 9.5-12” compound

Neck: Standard Grade (AA-AAA) Flame Roasted Maple

Fretboard: Ebony

Frets: 21

Fretwire: Dunlop 6105 nickel silver

Nut: 42mm (1.65”) TUSQ

Neck Binding: Cream

Neck Profile: Chunky ’59 (0.88-0.98”)

Hardware: Aged Gold

Finish: Black nitro

Pickguard: 5-ply Black

Aging Level: Medium

Electronics: CTS Pots with Del Ritmo oiled paper capacitors, Switchcraft input jack, 3-Way pickup selector

Strings: 10 gauge

Tuning: E standard

Case: G&G custom hardshell

Notes: Black headstock front

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