Deimel Guitarworks Firestar Ellipse "FireSchneider TM"

• Fabricant : Deimel Guitarworks
• Modèle : Firestar Ellipse "FireSchneider TM"
• Catégorie : Autres Guitares Electriques Solid Body
• Fiche créée le : 25/05/2018

When Dirk Dresselhaus aka Schneider TM came to our shop, it soon became pretty clear that he was seeking for a very special tool altering the Deimel Firestar we had previous built for Juozas Milašius, an experimental guitar player from Lithuania. Dirk is well known for Schneider TM, a project that moves sounds in the direction of instantly composed freeform music, employing varying instruments including guitar, electronics, balaphon as well as field recordings. Sometimes the work is solo and at other times together with artists like Jochen Arbeit (of Einstürzende Neubauten, Automat), Damo Suzuki (ex-Can), video artist Lillevan or Japanese dancer Tomoko Nakasato. He is also member of the indie rock band »Locust Fudge« that just released the new album »Oscillation« in 2018 with many guests like J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr.. Dirk also works frequently as a film and theatre music composer, so the field is wide and experimental.

Dirk asked for all the special functions that Juozas guitar was having plus 2 sound chambers. Each chamber has it's own built in piezo disk attached to the bottom and a bakelite cover that sticks with magnets to the body. This way he can easily put any stuff into the chambers and heighten the amount of sound options to an infinite.

Combining this with any of the 3 pickups, the 3rd one is behind the bridge, and/ or the built in LesLee@, we are sure to hear new sounds soon we have not even thought of before.

Here is the full list of specs:

• Body: Swamp Ash, two piece
• Neck: One piece maple
• Fretboard: n/a
• Inlays: MOP dots
• Frets: 21, StewMac »Pyramid«
• Scale length: 25.5”, compound radius 9.5” to 12”
• Neck shape: Medium fat 59JM
• Headstock: Black fiber with pearl logo inlay, 6R
• Nut: unbleached bone
• Glue: Polyurethane
• Color: RAL#9007 grey aluminum, semi-transparent matt, open grain
• Back plate: Bakelite
• Extras: 2 sound champers in shape of ellipse w/ built in piezo each, bakelite covers; both concise to wood with magnets; extra kill switch, built in LesLee®
• Pickups: Deimel P90 neck; Deimel Firebird bridge; Deimel Jaguar as 3rd pu behind bridge
• Pickup covers: raw nickel
• Bridge: Mastery Bridge
• Vibrato: Mastery MV, brushed
• Tuners: Gotoh SDS510
• Knobs: 4 x jazz bass knobs
• Caps: NOS, 22nf
• Switches + Electricity: 3 x slider switches, black: behind bridge on/off, LesLee® on/off, piezo on/off; 1 x killswitch; 4 x jazz bass knobs: volumte, tone, speed LesLee®; intensity LesLee®; 1 x toggle w/ gold contacts
• Wire: Cotton push back, braided shield wire, 7 stranded
• Output: Switchcraft
• Case: Hiscox with Deimel logo