Description
A wild 5-String 22.8″ inch solid body electric tenor guitar. Versatile HSS Pickup setup. Maple neck and fretboard.
This instrument is a protype 5-String Exosphere. We’d planned a tremolo but it turned out that changes were needed. The outline of the cavity is still visible on the back, we consider it a bit of added history rather than a fault.
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The Body
Orange with Black Ice-Crystal on Reclaimed Meranti.
Reclaimed from old houses, this aged timber has all the same benefits as torrefied timber. The wood is strong, light, stable and very resistant to atmospheric changes.
The Neck
Unleash your full musical potential with our hand-shaped Maple neck and Maple fretboard, designed for great playability. Ebony coloured resin dot markers make chords easy to place.
No fret buzz thanks to a meticulously executed fret job, ensuring a smooth and effortless playing experience.
Adjustable truss rod fitted.
Resonant Hand-carved 35mm Bone Nut.
The Pickups
HSS – Bridge Humbucker + 2 Single Coils: Combines classic clear, articulate Strat-style neck and middle tones with a fuller, more powerful bridge pickup for rock, lead and higher-gain playing.
A five way selector switch coupled with tone and volume controls, which allows for easy control of a wide range of tonal effects from the ukulele itself.
Discover unparalleled tone with pick-ups that are hand scatter wound and treated with the traditional method of wax potting. The hot bees wax soak enhances the distinctive tone and eliminates any unwanted feedback.
Other Stuff
Black scratchplate.
Individually adjustable saddles.
This 22.8 inch solid body electric tenor guitar is carefully set-up with a comfortable low action, so that its ready to rock, straight out of the box!
Ideal for kids and adults of all ages.
Many of the parts are created in-house from scratch, eg the bridge control plate, pickups and the neck. The only outsourced parts are the electronics and the machine-heads.
Padded gig-bag is included.
Further info on the Fanner Exosphere here: https://www.fannerelectricukulele.com/exosphere-electric-ukulele/
The Sound
We haven’t done a sound demo for this instrument yet but you could take a listen to some of our other Tenor guitars.
This is a solid body electric tenor guitar that lends itself to being played with over-drive and other standard electric guitar effects. As such it needs to be played through a guitar amplifier.
There is no demo of the Exosphere tenor guitar as yet but the Fallabella Tenor guitar in this video is similar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDUiW_KGJEg
As is the Nguni Tenor Guitar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYHaUIHi-2Q
Strings are regular electric guitar strings. You can use a set of 11’s and add a 13 for a high g or use the fourth string from the set for a low G. You can use thinner strings but the tuning stability becomes less manageable with thinner strings. Thicker strings are also ok. 12’s give a tight feel but 13’s are a bit too stiff. It comes down to personal preference.
Dimensions
Total Length: 33.86″ / 860mm
Body Width: 10.63″ / 270mm
Body Length: 16.14″ / 410mm
Body Thickness: 1.97″ / 50mm
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