$789.00
The PHRED instruments Blade guitar is a neck through laminate maple neck with laminate body wings. The body features three single coil pickups stacked near a tremolo style bridge, discrete on/off mini toggles for each pickup, volume and tone. Also included is our built-in pre-amp and 9V battery providing a low impedance output to preserve clarity and high frequencies. Our Blade guitar is inspired by the Modulus Blackknife guitar, minus the graphite neck.
Order fulfillment is currently estimated at 12 months because we are working on fulfilling a backlog of pre-orders.
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The PHRED instruments Blade guitar is a neck through laminate maple neck with laminate body wings. The body features three single coil pickups stacked near a tremolo style bridge, discrete on/off mini toggles for each pickup, volume and tone. Also included is our built-in pre-amp and 9V battery providing a low impedance output to preserve clarity and high frequencies. Our Blade guitar is inspired by the Modulus Blackknife guitar, minus the graphite neck.
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Our 13-point setup and inspection ensures that every PHRED Instruments guitar we ship is professionally setup and ready to play when it’s delivered to you. Setup will include string-height adjustment, intonation, electronics inspection, and the frets are leveled, crowned, and polished, as outlined below.
Fretwork and Fingerboard
1. Debur Fret Edges
This process involves filing the edges of each fret such that the edge of the fretboard feels smooth as you play up and down the neck.
2. Level Frets
Leveling all the frets ensures that you can play at low string action and with clear and articulated notes on each fret.
3. Crown Frets
After leveling the frets, they are crowned. Crowning frets is a process by which the frets are rounded slightly at the top. This makes the frets feel nice and smooth all around, ensures smooth bends, and also makes it easy to slide up and down the fretboard.
4. Polish Frets
After crowning the frets, polishing makes them shine brightly. Polishing them also makes them even more smooth to the touch.
5. Condition the fingerboard
The fretboard wood is cleaned and conditioned using fretboard oil.
Setup
6. Adjust Truss Rod
The truss rod should be adjusted such that the neck is slightly concave.
7. Adjust Nut
The nut height is adjusted to the fingerboard, and the string slots are filed to a perfect height and width for the strings we install
8. Adjust the Bridge Height
As a part of setting the string action, the bridge height is adjusted to our standard measurement of 1.75mm above the 12th fret on the low E string, and 1.5mm above the 12th fret on the high E string. We leave a little bit of room if you want to adjust the bridge a bit lower than that.
9. Adjust the Bridge Saddles
Intonation is set by adjusting the bridge saddles. We tune up and stretch a fresh set of strings, and then adjust the bridge saddle position until the harmonic at the 12th fret compared to the note at the 12th fret.
Pickups
10. Adjust pickup height
The height of the pickup is adjusted such that the perceived volume is consistent between each of the pickups installed on the guitar.
Electronics
11. Inspect and test electronics
Whether you upgrade to our USA wiring option or go with the stock wiring and electronics, we are going to make sure all the electronics work properly prior to shipping. For guitars that have an OBEL jack, we wire it Tip=Send, Ring=Return.
Strings
12. Install D’Addario 10-46 gauge strings
We install D’Addario EXL 10-46 gauge strings on all guitars. If you prefer a different brand or string gauge, contact us and we can accommodate other brands and string gauges, and adjust the setup accordingly to the strings that you prefer to use.
Guitar Body & Hardware
13. Clean and polish the guitar body and hardware
Just before we package up a guitar for shipping, we clean and polish your guitar using StewMac Guitar Polish to make it shine.
| Body Style | Neck Through |
| Body Wood | 7-layer laminate consisting of Mahogany, Blackwood, Maple |
| Scale Length | 25 1/2" |
| Frets | 22 Medium Jumbo |
| Neck Wood | 5-ply, Maple & Walnut |
| Neck Binding | Black with White Dots |
| Fretboard Wood | Ebony |
| Fretboard Inlays | White Dot |
| Fretboard Radius | 14 inch |
| Neck Stabilization | Double-Expanding Truss Rod |
| Nut Width | 1 11/16" (43mm) |
| Nut Material | Bone |
| Tuning Machines | Unbranded Stock Tuners |
| Neck Pickup | Single Coil (2-wire) |
| Neck Pickup Color | Black |
| Middle Pickup | Single Coil (2-wire) |
| Middle Pickup Color | Black |
| Bridge Pickup | Single Coil (2-wire) |
| Bridge Pickup Color | Black |
| Bridge Style | Tremolo with Whammy Bar |
| Volume Knob(s) | 1 Main Volume Knob |
| Tone Knob(s) | 1 Tone Knob |
| Pickup Toggle | Discrete On/Off Toggles |
| Pre-amp / Buffer | Yes (Requires 9V battery) |
| Battery Box | Yes (9V Battery Included) |
| Output Jack(s) | 1 Standard Mono Guitar Output Jack |
| Output Jack(s) Notes | Plugging a guitar cable into the mono guitar output jack powers on the pre-amp. |
| Guitar Strings | D'Addario EXL 110 Nickel Wound 10-46 |
| Guitar Dimensions | TBD |
| Guitar Weight | TBD |
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