Washburn PXV-MS260FRK-D Michael Sweet Signature Parallaxe V
Pre-orders available ahead of November 2018 ship date.
Washburn has announced its new Michael Sweet Signature Parallaxe V guitar, which combines the Stryper guitarist's favorite Eighties finish with updated electronics.
The PXV-MS260FRK-D (to go by its official name) features yellow fretboard inlays and three 7s on the rear, in addition to a redesigned mahogany with a slightly shorter bottom edge. The guitar also features a maple neck with an ebony fingerboard, a Floyd Rose locking tremolo with a 34mm brass block and spring silences, a Buzz Feiten tuning system and Duncan Designed Blackout humbuckers.
"I was playing these guitars tracking for the new Stryper album, so yes, I really use my own guitars!" Sweet of the instrument.
"It's got the Seymour Duncan Design Blackouts, which are what I use, and they sound fantastic," he . "If my name wasn't on this guitar, I would still rave about it. It's fantastic, and it sounds and feels and plays like a much more expensive guitar."
GENERALMODEL: PXV-MS260FRK-D
SERIES: Parallaxe
BODY
SHAPE: PXV
BODY: Mahogany
NECK
MATERIAL: Maple
FRETBOARD: Ebony with 24 Frets
NUMBER OF FRETS: 24 frets
INLAYS: Parallaxe inlay at 12th
NUT: Locking nut
NUT WIDTH: 1-11/16
SCALE: 25-1/2
ELECTRONICS
PICKUPS: Duncan Designed Blackout
PICKUP CONFIGURATION:
CONTROLS: 1 Volume/1 Tone
PICKUP SELECTOR: 3ay toggle
HARDWARE
HARDWARE: Black hardware
BRIDGE: Original Floyd Rose
TUNERS: Black Grover Exclusive 18:1
OTHER
COLOR: Custom
FINISH: Gloss
STRINGS: D'Addario XL 120 light gauge
CASE: Gigbag included