JAYEMAR GUITARS
CUSTOM LINE
The Custom Line is only limited by your imagination. Commissioning a Custom Line guitar or bass allows you to select a one-of-a-kind combination of woods, contours, string count, electronics, and appointments to create the guitar of your dreams!
Custom Line options include:
Body
Alder or poplar body core, hardwood cap.
- Hardwood caps in stock include bookmatched and figured maple, walnut, and spalted/burled woods (other locally-sourced woods available)
- Body contouring options include radiused and/or beveled edges; arm bevels and/or belly cuts
- Alma cutaway option available at no additional cost
Guitar Neck
1-, 2- or 3-piece bolt-on maple neck with 2-way adjustable truss rod, carbon fiber reinforcement, angled headstock (with side-by-side tuners) or flat headstock (with in-line tuners), and a domestic hardwood or Richlite fingerboard:
- Other neck woods available at no extra cost include walnut and cherry (including laminations)
- Backstrap/faceplate and heel cap matches body wood cap
- Set neck (glued in) available at no additional cost
- Neck-through-body construction available at additional cost
- 16 inch fingerboard radius
- 24 (Iris and Jessie Lynn) or 22 (Alma) nickel or stainless steel “jumbo” frets with zero fret (other fret sizes and materials available at no additional cost)
- Fret markers: Skur Composites glow-in-the-dark side and fretboard dots, or side dots only (no fretboard dots)
- Medium 'C' profile on 6-string necks; asymmetrical teardop (thicker on treble side) available on 7-string and 8-string necks
- Standard thickness: .813" at 1st fret, .875" at 12th fret
- 1-11/16 inch nut width
- 3x3 or inline headstock (reverse inline on Scorpio)
- 25 inch treble to 26 inch bass multi-scale fretboard, neutral fret at the 12th
- 1-7/8 inch nut width
- 4x3 or inline headstock (reverse inline on Scorpio)
- 25-1/2 inch treble to 27 inch bass multi-scale fretboard, neutral fret at the 12th
- 2-3/16 inch nut width
- 4x4 headstock only (reverse inline on Scorpio)
- 26 inch treble to 28 inch bass multi-scale fretboard, neutral fret at the 12th.
bass neck
1-, 2- or 3-piece maple neck with 2-way adjustable truss rod, carbon fiber reinforcement, angled or flat headstock, and a domestic hardwood or Richlite fingerboard:
- Other neck woods available at no extra cost include walnut and cherry (including laminations)
- Backstrap/faceplate and heel cap matches body wood cap
- Set neck (glued in) available at no additional cost
- Neck-through-body construction available at additional cost
- 16 inch fingerboard radius
- 22 (Iris and Jessie Lynn) or 21 (Alma) nickel or stainless steel “jumbo” frets with zero fret (other fret sizes and materials available at no additional cost)
- Fret markers: Skur Composites glow-in-the-dark side and fretboard dots, or side dots only (no fretboard dots)
- Medium 'C' profile on 4-string necks, asymmetrical teardop (thicker on treble side) available on 5-string and 6-string necks
- Standard thickness: .813" at 1st fret, .875" at 12th fret
- 1-1/2 inch nut width
- 2x2 or inline headstock (reverse inline on Scorpio)
- 33-1/2 inch treble to 34-1/2 inch bass multi-scale fretboard, neutral fret at the 12th
- 1-3/4 inch nut width
- 3x2 or inline headstock (reverse inline on Scorpio)
- 33-1/2 inch treble to 35 inch bass multi-scale fretboard, neutral fret at the 12th
guitar hardware
Bridge: Jayemar Guitars proprietary aircraft aluminum fixed bridge with GraphTech saddles, black anodized only
- 6-string: 2.03 inch string spacing
- 7-string: 2.44 inch string spacing
- 8-string: 2.84 inch string spacing
- Graph Tech Ratio or Hipshot Griplock tuners, black only
- Falbo by M Design headless tuning system on Jessie Lynn Headless, black only
- Teardrop pickguard (Alma), 4-point star pickguard (Iris), fin pickguard (Jessie Lynn), or classic (Alma and Iris)
- Wood pickguard available at no additional cost (no pickguard also an option)
- 6-string guitar: Balanced Light Guage 10-48
- 7-string guitar: Heavy Bottom Light Gauge 10-64
- 8-string guitar: Heavy Bottom Super Light Gauge 9-80
- MONO Vertigo soft case included with Iris, Alma, and Jessie Lynn Head-ed guitar and bass
- Pelican Vault hard case included with Jessie Lynn Headless
- Gator hard case included with Jessie Lynn Scorpio
- Handmade leather strap and tool kit with Jayemar logo included, made by M7 Straps
bass hardware
Bridge: Falbo by M Design Mono Rail Bridge single string bridges on basses, black only.
- 4-string: 2-1/4 inch string spacing (3/4 inch between strings)
- 5-string: 3 inch string spacing (3/4 inch between strings)
- Graph Tech Ratio or Hipshot Ultralite tuners, black only
- Teardrop pickguard (Alma), 4-point star pickguard (Iris), fin pickguard (Jessie Lynn), or classic (Alma and Iris)
- Wood pickguard available at no additional cost (no pickguard also an option)
- 4-string bass: Light Top, Heavy Bottom Gauge 45-105
- 5-string bass: Light Top, Heavy Bottom Gauge 45-130
- MONO Vertigo soft case included with Iris, Alma, and Jessie Lynn Head-ed guitar and bass
- Pelican Vault hard case included with Jessie Lynn Headless
- Gator hard case included with Jessie Lynn Scorpio
- Handmade leather strap and tool kit with Jayemar logo included, made by M7 Straps
finish
- Natural wood or single-color hand-rubbed dyes on top, headstock, backstrap, and heel cap
- Shellac and oil
- Oil and Vinegar brushed/stained finish available at no additional cost (only available on walnut tops)
- Traditional French polish available at additional cost
electronics
Jayemar Guitars pickups are wound in-house, with a wide variety of switching and control options at no additional cost:
- Pickups angled to match multi-scale
- Two pickups standard: humbuckers and/or single coils
- Choice of output: "vintage" (6.0k - 9.0k ohms DCR), medium (9.0k - 12.0k ohms DCR), or high (12.0k + ohms DCR)
- Choice of magnet: AlNiCo 2, AlNiCo 5, or ceramic
- Pickups can be wound to "recipes" of commercially available models
- Pickups are “open.” Custom pickup covers available at additional cost
- One volume and one tone pot standard. Other volume and tone controls available at no additional cost
- 3-way toggle switch standard. Many switching and control options available at no additional cost. For example...
- 3-way toggle with two mini switches for single coil cut (8 possible pickup combinations)
- 5-position blade "super switch" with coil cut combinations
- Treble ("high pass") and bass ("low pass") tone pots
- Push/pull pots for coil cuts, phase switching, tone bypass, and more
- Switchcraft jack
additional options
Options at additional cost include...
- Carved top, add $500
- Hardwood cap on back of body, same wood as top, add $200
- Semi-hollow body core, with hardwood caps on front and back, add $500
- Plastic/celluloid body binding, add $200
- Wood body binding, add $300
- Fingerboard and headstock binding (plastic/celluloid or wood) to match body, add $300
- Neck-through body construction, add $400
- Custom hand-rubbed dye burst or fade on top, back, or neck, add $300
- Traditional French polish on body, applied by Ben Lambdin, add $600 and 6 to 8 weeks to construction- custom colors available for additional cost
- Other tuners available at market price
- Other pickups available at market price, plus an additional $200
- Wood or plastic pickup covers, add $200
- "Jay" soundhole with body chambering on Iris or Alma models, add $200