Chafin Introduces the Volante Custom

Volante Custom in Honeyburst (Click for a close-up)

Chafin Custom Guitars, known for its hand made instruments, is now offering a production version of the Volante model, the Volante Custom.

The Custom is a double cutaway semi-hollow guitar that features a 5 piece maple/walnut set neck. The "C" shaped neck has a 24 fret Rosewood fingerboard with real Mother of Pearl block inlays. All of the Customs have a Quilt or Flame Maple top with matching headstock. It is loaded with Chafin's Classic Tone Alnico 5 humbuckers and they can be coil tapped by pulling on the volume and tone controls. This, with its unique construction, allows a wide variety of tonal combinations.

Other special features are a TonePros bridge and tailpiece, Grover mini tuning machines and multi-ply binding.

Features and specifications:

• Quilt and Flame Maple top with matching headstock
• 5 Piece Maple/Walnut neck, "C" shaped
• Set neck construction
• Rosewood fingerboard
• Scale length 24 5/8, fingerboard radius 12"
• 24 frets, nickel-silver, medium gauge
• Real Mother of Pearl block inlays
• TonePros locking bridge and tailpiece
• Mini Grover tuning machines
• 2 Classic Tone humbuckers with Alnico 5 magnets
• Push/pull volume and tone pots for coil tapping
• Nut width is 1 11/16ths
• Basswood body, with a 4" center-block inside
• 2 1/2" body thickness, body width 13 1/2", total guitar length 39"
• Multi-ply binding
• Gold and Chrome hardware
• Colors are: Burnt Orange, Honeyburst, Trans Blue, Black Cherryburst and Natural
• Other colors will be added soon
• Retail price is $995.00