Hot or Not: B&G Big Sister

Jbird

Jbird

Kick Henry Jackassowski
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SPECIFICATIONS

BODY
Body thickness: 1.75" / 4.45cm

Body length: 17.3" / 44cm

Body width: 13.3" / 34cm

Back wood: One-Piece Old Growth African Mahogany

Top wood: Figured Maple


HARDWARE
Bridge: Full Brass B&G

Tuners: Gotoh - GB528


FINISH
Nitrocellulose

NECK
Nut width: 1.62” / 41.3mm

Fret 1 Thickness: 0.87” / 22mm

Fret 12 Thickness: 0.95” / 24mm

Scale length: 34”

Neck Joint: Fret 15

Neck wood: One-Piece Old Growth African Mahogany (Honduran Mahogany available for $300)

Fretboard: Old Growth Indian Rosewood, 20-year air-dried (Brazilian Rosewood available for $450)

Fretwire: 155 / 154 (Narrow Tall / Medium)

Inlay: Pearloid

Neck shape:

B&G soft V


ELECTRONICS
Potentiometers: cts500k / cts250k

Pickups: Aguilar Humbuckers (AG 4SD-D1) / Aguilar Single (AG 4SS-D1)


WEIGHT
7 - 7.7 lbs / 3200-3500 gr


LENGTH
44.88” / 1140mm

 
I think it looks cool!


Except I would change the amber knobs (not sure why, but I don't like them) and would prefer other than gold hardware.
 
I like it, but it's about $3500. Lose the old-growth african mahogany. It should bring the price down to a more reasonable range. I like the idea of brass hardware- it may fade or tarnish or whatever, but at least it won't pit & chip off. I like the look of old brass anyways.
 
Either shorten the scale or make the body larger. It looks a bit wonky as is, it really shouldn't since it's made beautifully but I can only narrow it down to that.
 
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