MAGNETO® Guitars has produced several custom versions of the Eric GALES “RawDawg” guitar over the years. MAGNETO® Guitars have always worked with the same body and neck combinations, but have always added updated features to each new version to create a high quality instrument.
In early 2020, MAGNETO® Guitars began working with Eric Gales on a new signature guitar that would be made available to a broader audience. They tried many options, and also developed specific parts for this guitar. Very important was to develop a special series of single-coil pickups, which are characterized by their dynamics and a great response in the mid-frequency range, which play an important role in Eric’s guitar tone.
The MAGNETO Eric GALES RD3 features a basswood body as well as a 3-piece maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard. The first models will be available in Sunset Gold finish and will sport a Gold mirror pickguard and backplate, a Gotoh tremolo, Gotoh tuners as well as the new Magneto Metro-Poles EG1 pickups.
SPECIFICATIONS
- Body: Basswood, 2-piece
- Body Finish: Polyurethan
- Pickguard: Gold Mirror
- Neck: Hard Rock Maple
- Fingerboard: East Indian Rosewood with Inlayed Eric Gales Signature
- Headstock: Eric Gales Signature
- Neck Finish: Satin Urethane
- Scale length: 648 mm / 25 ½”
- Nut Material: Oiled Bone
- Nut Width: 42 mm / 1,650”
- Frets: 22x .096” x .047” Narrow Jumbo Style Frets (6105 Style)
- Neck Profile: Medium C Shape, Radius 12” / 305 mm
- Truss Rod: Double Truss Rod
- Truss Rod Nut: Setting at headstock with Allen key
- Bridge: Gold Gotoh” Custom Vintage Style Tremolo with Steel Plate Saddles and Steel Block
- Tuners: SG-360-07, Gear Ratio 14:1, Made by Gotoh
- String Retainer: Vintage Style, made by Gotoh
- Neckplate: Custom engraved “RawDawg” Neckplate
- Hardware Finish: Gold
- Pickups: Magneto Metro-Poles Custom EG1 Set
- Pickup Switch: Standard Position Switch
- Switching: Standard 5-way
- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
- Pots: Audio Taper Pots
- Output Jack: Mono Jack
- Strings: 010-046 Standard Tuning
- Magneto Bag included
- Accessories: Tremolo Arm, Allen Wrench for Bridge Adjustments, Allen Key for Neck adjustment
