Detail 01
neck_wood
The neck is roasted figured maple; the source specification incorrectly placed a pickup name in this field.
Product detailSKU #1500000475972
Ernie Ball Music ManJason Richardson Cutlass HT 8-String Electric Guitar - Kokiri Forest
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Independent shopping perspective
The Korena take
A USA-made Jason Richardson signature 8-string with a 25.5–27 in multi-scale layout, hardtail bridge, active electronics, and custom HT humbuckers.
Strong match
Who this is for
- Extended-range players seeking an 8-string instrument
- Players who want multi-scale string tension and a hardtail bridge
- Players seeking active electronics with gain boost and coil-splitting options
- Players who prefer a roasted figured maple neck and 17 in ebony fingerboard
Consider the trade-offs
When to look elsewhere
- Players who want a 6- or 7-string guitar
- Players who prefer passive electronics
- Players who do not want a multi-scale instrument
- Left-handed players
What matters in use
The specifications, translated
Catalog numbers tell only part of the story. These are the details most likely to change how this product feels, sounds, or fits into a setup.
Detail 02
bridge_type
The bridge is a Modern Classic hardtail; the source specification incorrectly placed a pickup name in this field.
Detail 03
scale_length
The stated 25.5–27 in range is a multi-scale layout.
Detail 04
pickups
Custom Jason Richardson HT humbuckers are paired with active electronics.
Final check
Know before you order
- 01This is a right-handed 8-string with a 25.5–27 in multi-scale design.
- 02Its electronics are active and include an adjustable 20+ dB gain boost.
- 03The listed controls include push/push gain boost and push/push coil split.
- 04It ships with a Mono softshell case.
Product questions
Before you decide
Straight answers to the questions shoppers most often ask about this product.
01How many strings does it have?
It has eight strings.
02Is the bridge floating or fixed?
It uses a Modern Classic hardtail bridge.
03Does it have active electronics?
Yes. It has active electronics with a proprietary preamp and 20+ dB adjustable gain boost.
04What case is included?
A Mono softshell case is included.
Reference
Full specifications
The complete catalog record, organized around the decisions musicians make when comparing gear.
2 detailsPickups & controls
- Silent circuit
- Yes
- Pickup Configuration
- HH
7 detailsPlayability
- Fingerboard radius
- 17"
- Number of Frets
- 24
- Scale Length
- 25.5"–27" multy-scale
- Orientation
- Right handed
- Number of strings
- 8
- Number of frets
- 24
- Number of Strings
- 8
16 detailsBody & build
- Body binding
- Exposed maple, stained green
- Country of Origin
- USA
- Hardware color
- Black
- Nut material
- Compensated melamine
- Color
- Death Mountain, Kokiri Forest, Water Temple
- Body Material
- Alder
- Top Material
- Buckeye burl
- Neck finish
- Gunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend
- Neck Wood
- Roasted figured maple
- Body wood
- Alder
- Neck wood
- Roasted figured maple
- Fingerboard wood
- Ebony
- Body Shape
- Cutlass
- Top wood
- Buckeye burl
- Body finish
- High-gloss polyester
- Neck joint
- 5-bolt
2 detailsSize & weight
- Nut width
- 2.245"
- Scale length
- 25.5"–27" multy-scale
24 detailsOther
- Pickup configuration
- HH
- Neck profile
- Flat/thin C
- Preamp
- Proprietary preamp with 20+ dB adjustable gain boost
- Product type
- Electric guitar
- Color
- Death Mountain, Kokiri Forest, Water Temple
- Korena Special
- false
- Tuning machines
- Schaller locking
- Orientation
- Right handed
- Bridge
- Music Man HT Jason Richardson bridge humbucker
- Inlays
- White dot
- Truss rod
- Adjustable
- Case
- Mono softshell
- Tier
- platinum
- Controls
- 25 kohm volume (with push/push gain boost), 500 kohm tone (with push/push coil split)
- Body style
- Cutlass
- Neck
- Music Man HT Jason Richardson neck humbucker
- Electronics type
- Active
- Category Source
- detail
- Switching
- 3-way pickup selector
- Country of origin
- USA
- Product Type
- Electric guitar
- Product name
- Jason Richardson Cutlass HT
- Source Id
- site51500000475972
- Prop65
- WARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
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