Description
Tempest SE
The Tech
With styling inspired by the classic t-style design that has been rocking the world for decades, the Tempest is a blend of traditional craftsmanship and state-of-the-art technologies. Combining flowing curves and hard edges, the Tempest feels smooth and plays even smoother.
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. They 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 grain visible, so you can see the beauty of the wood. The Ash body is finished with our unique cabernet stain. The 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 nitrocellulose which delivers a hard wearing, yet soft satin feel for a super fast action.
Proudly British
The tempest cabernet is designed and crafted in Britain by our luthier and is offered as part of our ex-demo stock.
Go on, you know you want one…
Built to inspire, the Tempest is a versatile instrument that will quickly become your go-to guitar.
Specifications
| MODEL | Tempest HH | |
| BODY | Wood | Ash |
| Finish | Cabernet with traditional nitrocellulose | |
| Backplate | Ash | |
| NECK | Wood | North American Maple |
| Fretboard | North American Maple | |
| Scale Length | 25.5” (648mm) | |
| Radius | 9.5” (241.3mm) | |
| Truss rod | Dual Action, neck adjustable | |
| Thickness | 0.73” (18.58mm) at 1st Fret; 0.87” (22.21mm) at 12th Fret | |
| Finish | Traditional nitrocellulose | |
| FRETBOARD | Wood | North American Maple |
| Frets | 22 Medium | |
| 2.4mm wide – 1.2mm high, routed fret slots | ||
| Inlays | 6mm round paua shell inlays | |
| Nut | GraphTech XL | |
| ELECTRONICS | Pickups | Bare Knuckle Humbucker set |
| Controls | Master volume | |
| Master tone | ||
| Freeway 6-way switch | ||
| Capacitor | 22 uf tone cap | |
| Jack | 0.25” mono | |
| HARDWARE | Tuners | Gotoh SG381-MG-T black |
| Bridge | Gotoh GTC 102 hardtail black | |
| Knobs | Black knurled | |
| CASE | 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.
