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James Tyler USA Studio Elite HSS Maple Fingerboard Rear Rout Floyd Rose Tuckerberry Shmear
STUDIO ELITE
First available in 1987, the Studio Elite embodied the essence of the L.A. studio scene. With contoured and cutaway neck, heel, and body area, plus a deeper cutaway on the treble side, the upper frets are easier to access. The lead/rhythm circuit and mid-boost preamp makes the Studio Elite one of the most versatile guitars around. Choose one of our many finishes for just the right look.
Seymour Duncan Hot Stack (Neck/Middle)
Hum Cancelling ST Pickup
With its powerful noiseless Strat pickup sound and smooth string-to-string balance, the Hot Stack ST will transform the bridge and neck positions of your S-Style guitar. It is also famous in Nashville as the go-to middle pickup for modified TL.
Shark Bridge Humbucker
High Output Humbucker
Good tight low end. Good bark in the mids but still even sounding. Sweet singing highs with a lower peak. Fat single notes with a nice taste of compression. Big articulate overdrive.
Alnico 5 magnets, counter clockwise winding direction, screw coil south and slug coil north polarity, 53mm wide f spacing, 50mm narrow g spacing. straight humbuckers have a standard coil layout and slanted humbuckers have a traditional tyler coil layout with pickup at angle and offset coils. dc specs 15.70 +/-
Rhythm/ Lead Circuit
Each pickups has own 3 way mini toggle switch for Series/ Split/ Parallel function and 1 master bypass toggle for Lead sound (series bridge pickup) with 5 ways pickups selector.
1) Pickup 5 way selector
Position 1: Neck
Position 2: Neck & Middle
Position 3: Middle
Position 4: Middle & Bridge
Position 5: Bridge
2) Mini Toggle Switch for each pickups
Up: Series Coils (Standard Humbucker or Hum canceling)
Middle: Split Coils (True Single with 60Hz noise *Hum canceling Pickup selector position 2 & 4)
Down: Parallel Coils (Parallel Humbucker or Hum Canceling- Weaker & Cooler tone than Series)
FEATURES
Model | James Tyler USA Studio Elite FR |
Builder | James Tyler Guitars |
Year | 2023 |
Body Type | Solid Body |
Body Wood | Alder |
Finish Type | Semi-Gloss |
Finish Color | Tuckerberry Shmear |
Neck Wood | Quartersawn Maple |
Fingerboard | Maple |
Neck Carve | X-Thin |
Scale Length | 25.5” |
Neck Dimensions | .790” 1st – .915” 12th |
Neck Radius | Compound Radius: 10 – 12” / 254mm – 305mm |
Frets | 22 – Stainless Steel Wide Tall Frets |
Nut Width | 1 5/8″ / 41.3mm |
Nut Material | Floyd Locking |
Neck Finish | Satin |
Inlays | White Mother of Pearl Dots |
Side Dots | White Mother of Pearl Dots |
Neck Pickup | Seymour Duncan Hot Stack Pickup |
Middle Pickup | Seymour Duncan Hot Stack Pickup |
Bridge Pickup | JTG Shark Humbucker(Slanted) |
Hardware | Chrome |
Bridge | Original Floyd Rose |
Tuners | Hipshot Locking Tuner |
Controls | 5-Way Switch / Volume / Tone / Midboost preamp & Bypass Button / 3 x Series/Split/Parallel mini-toggle / Rhythm / Lead Switch |
Case | James Tyler G&G Deluxe Grey Tolex Hardshell Case |
Weight | 7.65 Pounds (7 lbs 11 oz) |