These cool axes were built in conjunction with luthier Stephen Davies, who developed the patented Stephens extended cutaway. Its most desirable feature is its optional & quite White Crackle finish from the tip of its headstock down across its neck-thru body design. This new cutaway allows easy access to the last fret without altering your playing position. Coming to terms with 22 frets is daunting enough for most people but the acquisition of an extra seven is great for those who have the ability and imagination to use them. The fingerboard is made of a very good quality, dark coloured rosewood and is fitted with 24, wide oval frets w/the remaining five being a high profile narrow gauge wire. The top of the board is angled so as to allow the placement of the rhythm pickup.It’s possible to bend the string at the 29th fret and play the top B note without too much difficulty, even though the fingerboard is quite narrow at this point. The mother of pearl dot inlays run centrally up the fingerboard until they reach the 12th fret, from there to the 29th fret they run along the treble side in quite a unique fashion. The neck is a multi-laminate design which extends through the body, giving a rigid assembly and allowing maximum sustain even on the last fret. Black chrome Gotoh machine heads and a three bolt locking nut are fitted to the headstock. Two pickups are fitted; one humbucking pickup near the bridge and one single-coil pickup near the fingerboard. The humbucker is also coil-tapped and is switched into circuit by the use of a push/pull switch attached to the tone control. The pickups resemble those made by EMG in fact they look very much like their range of Select pickups but with the Washburn name on them instead. This is in near mint original shape & comes in its matching Black tolex hard case.