This Hayley Guitars Tonic has a lightweight Sasafrass body. The neck is made from flamed maple with a rosewood fretboard. It has a 25.5″ scale length. The 3 way switch lets you select between the Bridge Pickup, Neck Pickup, or both Pickups.
Here are a few sound clips as played by my buddy Jason Hepner of Colorado Springs.
– Sasafrass Body
– Maple Neck with Rosewood Fretboard
– Gotoh Tuners
– Schaller Bridge
– Seymour Duncan Hot Rod Humbucker Set (JB/Jazz)
– 3 Way Pickup Selector Switch
– Black Hardware
Bass, How low can you go? This beast of a bass was a commission build for a local customer. It sounds and looks awesome.
Here's a sound demo of the bass in action.
DEMO VID HERE when available
If you want to see some of the construction process along the way here are a couple videos to check out.
https://youtu.be/FY2ElSnsO2M
https://youtu.be/dtQOGJ1mBuI
https://youtu.be/sRV-VaqpEvg
https://youtu.be/3RdzIc-dqAE
This new Hayley Guitars 6 String is so much more than a Cigar Box Guitar. Its a regular 25.5" Scale length guitar housed inside a cool Cigar Box. Don't let its looks fool you, this guitar can truly rock.
With a push/pull volume pot, you can get great single coil sounds as well as great P.A.F. Humbucker tones from the Seymour Duncan Seth Lover pickup. The wood for the neck as well as the body insert is all quarter sawn Elm. I milled up these logs myself several years ago using my Alaskan Chain Saw Mill, so I've taken it from log to guitar. You won't get this material from the lumber yard.
Just because the outside of the body is a Cigar Box, doesn't mean its going to sound like one. Check out the sound demo below.
Sound Demo
https://youtu.be/uR-15D0uoGY
Full Build VID
https://youtu.be/4Kt9hBtM5s8
This Hayley Guitars Dorian was specially built for the Great Guitar Build Off 2021. It features a 25.5" Scale length. Hard Maple Neck with 2 way truss rod with dual carbon fiber reinforcement rods for maximum stability. It has a rosewood fretboard, mahogany body with a Quilted Maple top. This guitar has what I'm calling the Lava Burst finish on the quilted maple. The neck has an oil finish for that natural wood feel, and the body has a water based, high gloss finish to make it shine.
For the hardware, we have Gotoh tuners, Graph tech string tree, graphite nut, Seymour Duncan Nazgul/Sentient humbucker pickup set, Schaller Bridge, CTS 500k pots with chrome knobs, and a switchcraft jack.
This instrument is ready to rock and includes a Gator Brand Gig Bag, and stickers.
Check out this build video to see the process. There are more links in the video description.
https://youtu.be/3vxkKmGFXf8
