FS: 2016 Kauer's (Banshee, Arcturus, Starliner, Daylighter and more!)

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Redwood Arcturus #3
If you haven't noticed, we LOVE Redwood here at the shop. How could we not, we're surrounded by some of the greatest (and only) Redwood forests around (not to mention The Moon of Endor!). We came across some incredible, flamed, old growth Redwood from a naturally fellen tree a friend had been storing. We managed to have enough to do a very small number of select Arcturi. This is number 3 in the series.

Specs:

  • 1 piece (!) old growth, flamed Redwood
  • Eastern Maple Neck, Wenge Fretboard, 25.5" scale, 22 fret, 12" radius, 1 11/16" nut width
  • .88" at the nut, .93" at the 12th fret C neck (other options available on request)
  • Cream and pinstriped Pickguard, Lollar Goldfoils*
  • Hipshot open locking tuners, Mastery Vibrato and Bridge, CTS pots, Switchcraft Switch and Jack, Dunlop Straplock ready buttons
  • 7.4lbs!
  • Ships in a Mono Case
*Don't forget, like all Arcturi you can ask for this guitar with a different pickup/pickguard combo on checkout. (If going from 2 to 3 pickups some upcharges may apply)
http://www.kauerguitars.com/ready-to-ship/redwood-arcturus-limited-3
 
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Caddy Green, binding, vintage brown back, TV Jones Powertrons, gold hardware... what else do you need? Want us to wax poetic about how it sounds? Sure!

Bold. Brash. Adventurous. Stunning. Clarity. Dynamic. Responsive. Aggressive. Polite. Jagon. Buzzwords. Plays like Butter. Seriously, it's great, you should buy it!

Specs:

  • Spanish Mahogany body and set neck
  • 24.75" scale, Wenge fretboard, 12" radius, Jescar 47095NS Frets, Vintage Nitrate inlays
  • .86" C profile at the nut, .89" at the 12th fret, 1 11/16" nut width
  • TV Jones Powertron / Powertron+ pickup combo
  • Back painted gold acrylic PG
  • TonePros bridge and tailpiece (add a bigbsy?! Sure why not!)
  • CTS Pots, Switchcraft switch and jack, Dunlop straplock ready buttons
  • Ships in a Mono case
  • 7.25 lbs
http://www.kauerguitars.com/ready-to-ship/starliner-express-caddy-green
 
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THE COOLEST COLOR COMBO STARLINER EVER!
Seriously. Do we need to wax poetic about it? It's a balls out rocker that's pretty enough to make you the prom king or queen. Buy it now.

Specs:

  • Spanish Mahogany body / neck
  • Smoke Grey top, Atlantic Blue body, neck and PG
  • TV Jones Powertron / Powertron+
  • .85" at the nut, .87" at the 12th C neck
  • 12" radius, 24.75" scale, 22 Jescar 47095NS frets, vintage nitrate inlays
  • TonePro's bridge / tailpiece, CTS Pots, Switchcraft Jack, Sperzel locking tuners, Dunlop Straplock ready button
  • 7.1 lbs
  • Ships in a Mono Case
3150 + s/h. Finance it thru our Reverb.com store
http://www.kauerguitars.com/ready-to-ship/starliner-express-smoke-grey-atlantic-blue

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We simply do not build enough Daylighter Supreme's every year. It's just a perfect, swiss army knife guitar from us. A perfect combo of semi-hollow tones and solid body attack. Loud and in your face acoustically but with out being brash or muddy plugged in. We absolutely love the Supreme and this Archtop style burst (front, back, neck and rim) is just exceptional.

And being that it's 4 days till tax day, we're having a small sale on this one.

Specs:

  • Spanish Mahogany body and neck, eastern Maple cap
  • Wolfetone KB set
  • Select grade Wenge Fretboard, 24.75" scale set neck, 12" radius, 22 Jescar 47095NS frets
  • 1 11/16" nut width, .89" at the nut, .93" at the 12th fret Standard C (think R9 meets Fender C)
  • Switchcraft Jack/switch, Sperzel locking tuners, TonePro's bridge and tailpiece, CTS pots, Dunlop Straplock ready buttons
  • 6.4lbs!!!
  • Ships in a Mono Case
  • 3850 + s/h (ON SALE FOR TAX DAY 3600)
http://www.kauerguitars.com/ready-to-ship/daylighter-express-supreme-4449-209
 
Are these chambered to be that light or are they just smaller than they look in pictures?

They are just that light. Full solid but they are 1.68" thick instead of the more traditional 1.75" and they aren't huge guitars. Bigger than an LP but not drastically so.
 
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New color for 2016, Glacier Blue is actually lifted straight from the current Mini Cooper color catalog. A greyer version of Sonic Blue, it's unbelievably classy but familiar at the same time. Love it! We took this 3 pickup Banshee even further by introducing some new switching options. From Bridge to Nut:

Middle pickup on/off. You can add the middle pickup in any toggle position for 7 pickup combo's

Coil Split: This splits both the neck and bridge pickup.

Cocked Wah: We love this one. It's a special tone cap that we apply that gives you that rolled back wah pedal sound. It's awesome!

Specs:

  • Spanish Mahogany body and neck-thru
  • 3 TV Jones Pickups, Powertron+ (b), Magnatron (m), Powertron (n)
  • Select grade Wenge fretboard, 22 Jescar 47095NS frets, 12" radius, 24.75" scale, 1 11/16" nut width
  • Neck is .87" thick at the nut, .98" at the 12th fret C profile
  • TonePros bridge/tailpiece, CTS pots, Kluson's new "banjo" tuner, Switchcraft output jack, Dunlop straplock ready buttons
  • 7.8lbs
  • Ships in a Mono case
http://www.kauerguitars.com/ready-to-ship/banshee-236-glacier-blue or take advantage of financing thru reverb here: https://reverb.com/item/2087474-kauer-banshee-2016-glacier-blue
 
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New color for 2016, Glacier Blue is actually lifted straight from the current Mini Cooper color catalog. A greyer version of Sonic Blue, it's unbelievably classy but familiar at the same time. Love it! We took this 3 pickup Banshee even further by introducing some new switching options. From Bridge to Nut:

Middle pickup on/off. You can add the middle pickup in any toggle position for 7 pickup combo's

Coil Split: This splits both the neck and bridge pickup.

Cocked Wah: We love this one. It's a special tone cap that we apply that gives you that rolled back wah pedal sound. It's awesome!

Specs:

  • Spanish Mahogany body and neck-thru
  • 3 TV Jones Pickups, Powertron+ (b), Magnatron (m), Powertron (n)
  • Select grade Wenge fretboard, 22 Jescar 47095NS frets, 12" radius, 24.75" scale, 1 11/16" nut width
  • Neck is .87" thick at the nut, .98" at the 12th fret C profile
  • TonePros bridge/tailpiece, CTS pots, Kluson's new "banjo" tuner, Switchcraft output jack, Dunlop straplock ready buttons
  • 7.8lbs
  • Ships in a Mono case
http://www.kauerguitars.com/ready-to-ship/banshee-236-glacier-blue or take advantage of financing thru reverb here: https://reverb.com/item/2087474-kauer-banshee-2016-glacier-blue

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It's crazy how good sounding and looking that guitar is. The switching options really open a lot of tones without being intrusive.

Come on, Doug! You're killing me. I can't justify spending that much on an electric guitar (I don't play the ones I have already enough), but you keep on tempting me.
 
Some new stuff!

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Daylighter Express in stunning TV Faded Denim. This finish was a request a few years ago and a recent epic photograph reminded us how awesome it is. (What photo? go back to our home page and scroll down!). What's neat is it's our Atlantic Blue color sprayed directly to raw wood. The wood absorbs the color in the grain but leaves the metallic behind in the creating this amazing worn denim look. Combined with our absolute workhorse model, the Daylighter Express hard to pick a better combo.

Specs:

  • Spanish Mahogany body and neck
  • 24.75" scale Wenge Fretboard, 22 Jescar 47095 NS Frets, 12" radius, 1 11/16" nut width
  • .85" at the nut, .88" at the 12th fret C neck (on the slimmer side for us but not quite 60's thin)
  • Wolfetone KB pickups (other options available on request)
  • TonePros wraparound Sperzel tuners
  • 7.0lbs
  • Ships in a Mono case
  • 3150 +s/h
http://www.kauerguitars.com/ready-to-ship/daylighter-express-tv-faded-denium or https://reverb.com/item/2166109-kauer-daylighter-express-2016-faded-denim (take advantage of financing!)

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It's hard to believe but this is the first ever Koa topped (let alone backed too!) Kauer ever! A gift from family friends in Hawaii, this Koa is both sonically and visually stunning. Topped with McNelly's Cornucopia pickups in Goldfoil covers this deep bodied semi hollow Daylighter is absolutely fantastic.

Specs:

  • Spanish Mahogany body and neck
  • Koa front and back plates, headstock and fretboard binding
  • Wenge 24.75" scale fretboard, 22 Jescar 47095NS frets, 12" radius
  • .89" thick at the nut, .92" at the 12th fret C profile, 1 11/16" nut width
  • McNelly Cornucopia pickups (Wolfetone, TV Jones or Lollar options available at no charge- just ask!)
  • 6.4lbs
  • Ships in a Mono case
  • 4500 +s/h
http://www.kauerguitars.com/ready-to-ship/supersupremekoa or https://reverb.com/item/2166050-kauer-daylighter-super-supreme-2016-koa
 
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Can you tell we've fallen head over heels for this new color? Glacier Blue and 3 Roadhouse KT100's. You need nothing more than this? Huge variety of tones on tap from what is a perfect p90 meets mini meets goldfoil from Roadhouse.

OK, you do? Well you can always exchange these for Lollar mini's or TV Jones' Powertrons (with our new adapter rings!). Just ask.

Specs:

  • Spanish Mahogany neck-thru and wings
  • 3x Roadhouse KT100 Pickups (other options available)
  • 3 Volumes (special Kauer mod- reverse no load middle volume pot), master tone. CTS pots, Switchcraft Jack/Switch, hand selected pots and caps
  • TonePros bridge and tailpiece, Kluson's new "Banjo" Tuners, Dunlop Straplock ready buttons
  • 24.75" Scale, 12" radius premium grade Wenge fretboard with 22 Jescar 47095NS frets
  • 1 11/16" nut width, .89" at the nut, .99" at the 12th fret C profile neck
  • 7.5lbs
  • Ships in a Mono Vertigo case
  • 3950 + s/h
http://www.kauerguitars.com/ready-to-ship/2173870-kauer-banshee-2016-glacier-blue or on reverb https://reverb.com/item/2173870-kauer-banshee-2016-glacier-blue
 
Little heads up for anyone here thinking about something in inventory: Doing 15% off anything in inventory for another day or so. We custom ordered a piece of equipment and it just completed 3 weeks ahead of schedule and we're just a smidge short paying it off in one shot.

So use the code " insta15 " for 15% off today.
 
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This Banshee is off the charts amazing. Binding, caddy green top over vintage brown back (and figured Spanish Mahogany to boot!), bigsby, TV Jones and a neck to die for, this Banshee has it all.

Specs:

  • Banshee #237
  • Figured Spanish Mahogany neck-thru and wings
  • Select grade 24.75" scale Wenge fretboard, 22 Jescar 47095NS frets, 12" radius, 1 11/16" nut width
  • Vintage Modern inspired neck, .83" at the nut tapering to .94" at the 12th fret. Best of both worlds for chording and lead work.
  • TV Jones Powertron/Powertron+
  • Bigbsy B5 (on vibramate plate)
  • CTS Pots, Dunlop straplock ready buttons, switchcraft switch and jack, tonepros bridge, kluson banjo tuners (14:1)
  • 8.1 lbs with Bigsby
  • Ships in a Mono Case
  • 3850 s/h
Want to add coil splitting, cocked wah and phase reversal or how about pinstriping? Just add upgrades on check out

Purchase here: http://www.kauerguitars.com/ready-to-ship/caddygreenbrownback or take advantage of financing via our reverb store: https://reverb.com/item/2233427-kauer-banshee-2016-caddy-green-brown
 
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