Detail 01
25.5–27 in multi-scale
The scale length varies across the strings.
Product detailSKU #1500000476056
Ernie Ball Music ManJason Richardson Cutlass HT 8-String Electric Guitar - Water Temple
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Independent shopping perspective
The Korena take
A USA-made, multi-scale 8-string signature Cutlass HT built for precise extended-range playing, with active electronics and versatile humbucker voices.
Strong match
Who this is for
- Players seeking an 8-string electric guitar
- Extended-range players who want a 25.5–27 in multi-scale design
- Players who value active electronics, gain boost and coil-splitting options
- Technical players using legato, sweep picking and complex extended-range techniques
Consider the trade-offs
When to look elsewhere
- Players who prefer a six- or seven-string guitar
- Players seeking a non-active pickup system
- Players who want a tremolo-equipped instrument
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
Modern Classic hardtail bridge
This is a fixed-bridge design.
Detail 03
Push/push gain boost
The volume control activates the adjustable 20+ dB boost.
Detail 04
Push/push coil split
The tone control provides coil-splitting.
Final check
Know before you order
- 01This is a right-handed, 8-string model.
- 02Its hardtail bridge is paired with a 25.5–27 in multi-scale layout.
- 03The guitar uses active electronics with a push/push 20+ dB gain boost and coil split.
- 04A Mono softshell case is included.
Product questions
Before you decide
Straight answers to the questions shoppers most often ask about this product.
01How many strings does the Jason Richardson Cutlass HT have?
It has eight strings.
02Does it have active electronics?
Yes. It uses active electronics with a proprietary preamp and adjustable 20+ dB gain boost.
03What bridge does it use?
It uses a Modern Classic hardtail bridge.
04Is a case included?
Yes, it ships in a Mono softshell case.
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
- site51500000476056
- Prop65
- WARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
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