2005 Buscarino Jazz Strat - Solid Body Electric Electric Guitar
The Jazz Strat was created by John Buscarino to the discriminating player who prefers a solid body sound and feel but stills seeks a clean and pure tone and the perfect playability that all Buscarino's share. You immediately know this is a fine handmade guitar lightyears ahead of a factory strat, the thick ebony fingerboard, stainless steel frets and hand shaped neck heel and body contour give the feel of quality. The Swamp Ash body pulls all the tone from the 2 single coil and 1 humbucking pickups for an array of tonal possibilities. Even distorted this guitar sounds beautiful and musical. If you've been craving a top-shelf electric guitar properly suited for Jazz, blues and even rock, this is your Buscarino.
Audio played by Al Petteway
Artists who play instruments by this builder: George Benson, Russell Malone, Steve Morse, Ron Affif, Gene Bertoncini, Ken Hatfield, Corey Christiansen, Kenny Poole, Gary Larson (Far Side), Albert Lee, Mike Miller, Scott Chinnery, Robert Yelin
The Jazz Strat was created by John Buscarino to the discriminating player who prefers a solid body sound and feel but stills seeks a clean and pure tone and the perfect playability that all Buscarino's share. You immediately know this is a fine handmade guitar lightyears ahead of a factory strat, the thick ebony fingerboard, stainless steel frets and hand shaped neck heel and body contour give the feel of quality. The Swamp Ash body pulls all the tone from the 2 single coil and 1 humbucking pickups for an array of tonal possibilities. Even distorted this guitar sounds beautiful and musical. If you've been craving a top-shelf electric guitar properly suited for Jazz, blues and even rock, this is your Buscarino.
- Woods & Trim
- Back/Sides: Swamp Ash
- Top Wood: Swamp Ash
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Neck Wood: Curly Maple
- Bridge: Gold plated Strat style
- Rosette: n/a
- Binding: None
- Fingerboard Bindings: None
- Headplate: None
- Headstock Bindings: None
- Headstock Inlay: Builder Logo
- Top Trim: none
- Back Strip: none
- Fret Markers: None
- Tuners: Planet Waves Locking
- Measurements
- Body Size: Small
- Scale: 25 1/2 in. (647.7 mm)
- Nut Width: 1 3/4 in. (44.5 mm)
- String Spacing: 2 1/16 in. (52.4 mm)
- Body Length: 15 3/4 in.
- Upper Bout: 10 3/4 in.
- Lower Bout: 12 1/2 in.
- Serial #: KM0571705
- Body Depth @Neck Heel: 1 3/4 in.
- Body Depth @Tail Block: 1 3/4 in.
- Frets to body: 22
- Extras
- Cutaway: Double
- Pickguard: None
- Case: OHSC
- Pickup: two Active single coils and one active humbucker
- Condition: Like New
Player Reviews:
"Swamp Ash, Ebony and a splash of Gold come together on this beautiful hand-crafted Jazz Strat from master Luthier John Buscarino. Know for his amazing archtop guitar he does occasionally build a wondrous solid body for his clients. This one is amazing, the quality and subtle details give it an understated beauty, but rest assured heads will turn when you plug in. Sure it's designed for Jazz, but go ahead and hit the overdrive and you'll be rewarded with a very musical distorted sound that works perfectly for blues and rock. After all, those style were born from Jazz. They'll know you are a player when they see you armed with this guitar. And you'll know you're holding the real deal by the perfect balance, the stainless steel frets atop a thick ebony board and absolutely perfect playability up the entire fingerboard. This plays just like John's $20K plus archtops, with perfect feel. This is a rare chance at a solid body masterpiece from John Buscarino." - Paul Heumiller
"What a beautiful Strat-style guitar. The natural finish with the ebony fingerboard and controls make this a really elegant instrument with lots of tone and not a lot of flashy ornamentation." - Al Petteway
