Author: leoferrante

Ferrante Guitarworks No. 02 – Two-piece double-bound solid Alder body; Maple neck & Wenge board; Bone nut; 1 11/16” width at nut; 12” fretboard radius; 22 frets & 25” scale; Chunky “C” shape neck; Gotoh tuners; compensated saddles; Heavy Air pickups [“Mumder” vintage*  Tele set]; 4- way switch, with option for N + B either parallel (normal), or series; DPDT Mini toggle phase switch [puts the neck pup out of phase with the bridge pup- works in either series or parallel]; 250K ohm pots w/ .022 tone cap; .01 trebled bleed cap at vol. pot; Electro socket jack cup; 3 color burst [Amber> Red> Black], Nitro; Satin nitro on neck.

Ferrante Guitarworks No. 3 – Two piece solid Alder Body; Maple Neck; Maple fretboard; Bone nut, 1 11/16” width; 12” fretboard radius; 22 frets & 25” scale; Chunky “C” shape neck; Gotoh tuners; Wilky bridge w/ compensated brass saddles; Gretsch Filtertron  pickups; 3-way toggle switch, standard 3-way switching; 500K ohm pots & a .047 tone cap; Electro socket jack cup; Nitrocellulose lacquer; Satin nitro on neck.

Story to follow… Brewer’s guilds, indie distilleries, craft beers, rebuilding communities, indie record stores and free music festivals, steak for breakfast, Walmart phone inquiries and a desolate plain where once stood a proud nation;  3k miles w/ Poker Face and El Camino.  

Great little piece done by Dustin Cohen on Sam Zygmuntowicz, along with a photo gallery here.  Mr. Zygmuntowicz sees his role as a part of the journey, a part of the music, and a partner in creating a living thing… the instrument itself.   It gets easy to forget that as you build and learn as a craftsman, and this is a great little reminder of what your role can be if you choose it to be so.  

(Source: http://dustincohen.com/)