Description
Tempest HH LH
The Tech
The Tempest is designed around a set of custom hand wound Bare Knuckle humbucker pickups features Alnico V magnets to produce a fat, rich clean tone and punchy driven tone. These humbuckers make this guitar super versatile and suitable for hot blues, hard rock, grunge, punk and old school metal, right through to progressive rock tones.
Three way switching and a push/pull tone pot give you distinct sound options for the ultimate in versatility. The traditional oil paper capacitors and CTS pots ensure a precision audio taper which gives you smooth, accurate response. Crank your guitar up to 10 and the volume swells all the way—no abrupt flattening to choke your playing style.
The Wood
The body and neck are made from hand picked ash and maple hardwoods. The fretboard is the ultra hard RichLite, which gives a smooth and stable platform that does not move with moisture or temperature variations. The woods are carefully selected for their tone and resonance, which allows for a surprising amount of sustain.
It’s all about the finish
At Munson Guitars we always prefer to use finishes that leave the raw grain visible, so you can see the beauty of the wood. The ash body is finished in a unique MangoMango natural stain over dark grain, before adding several coats of traditional nitrocellulose that will allow the finish to age gracefully. The maple neck, which includes a dual action truss rod and contrasting dark walnut skunk strip, is protected and enhanced by traditional nitro which delivers a hard wearing, yet soft satin feel for a super fast action.
Proudly British
The Tempest is designed and crafted in Britain by our luthier and is available as part of our ex-demo stock.
Go on, you know you want one…
Built to inspire, the Tempest modern is a versatile instrument that will quickly become your go-to guitar.
Specifications
| MODEL | The Tempest HH LH (left Handed) |
| BODY | |
| Wood | Ash |
| Finish | Gloss nitro over MangoMango natural stain with dark grain highlights. |
| Backplate | Ash |
| NECK | |
| Wood | North American Maple |
| Scale Length | 25.5” (648mm) |
| Truss rod | Dual Action, neck adjustable |
| Thickness | 0.73” (18.58mm) at 1st Fret; 0.87” (22.21mm) at 12th Fret |
| Finish | Natural oils with a satin finish for fast action |
| FRETBOARD | |
| Wood | Black Diamond RichLite |
| Radius | 9.5” (241.3mm) |
| Frets | 22 Medium |
| 2.4mm wide – 1.2mm high, routed fret slots | |
| Inlays | 6mm round paua shell inlays |
| Nut | Graphtech XL |
| ELECTRONICS | |
| Pickups | Hand wound Bare Knuckle Humbucker set |
| Controls | 1 x master volume (500k CTS) |
| 1 x master tone (500k CTS) | |
| Switchcraft 3-Way Switch | |
| Capacitor | 22 uf tone cap |
| Jack | 0.25” mono |
| HARDWARE | |
| Machine Heads | Gotoh GSM381 Staggered, Locking – Black |
| Bridge | Gotoh GT101 Hardtail – Black |
| Knobs | Metal knurled Black |
| CASE | |
| Case/Bag | Standard padded bag |
Like what you see, but what something a bit different? Don’t worry, we have you covered. Choose a custom shop version of the tempest modern and we will make it how you want it.
