Back in the 1950s, swamp ash was the main thing in the industry. Along with korina, it ruled supremely, until the more affordable alder and mahogany were adopted as tonewood standards. Today, many manufacturers have completely removed swamp ash from their catalogs and it only appears occasionally on selected models. One such model is Swamp Ash Special model from the Solid Body series. It comes with a solid, double-cut body made completely of swamp ash. It features glossy finish, nickel-plated hardware and carved top. On top of the body, there`s a PRS tremolo bridge installed. It is fronted by two McCarty humbuckers and a PRS vintage rails pickup in the middle. Neck is made of maple. It`s bolted to the body and topped with a 22-fret maple fingerboard.

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Body Shape VIP
Body Construction Double cutaway
Body Type Solid Body
Body Wood Swamp Ash
Bridge Tremolo
Bridge Pickup Type Humbucker
Carved Top Yes
Controls Tone
Controls Volume
Coil Splitting Yes
Controls Push-pull
Fingerboard Radius 10.00"
Fingerboard Material Maple
Finish Gloss
Fret Size Large
Fingerboard Inlays Abalone Bird inlays
Hardware Nickel
Middle Pickup Type Single Coil
Neck Joint Bolt-on
Neck Pickup Type Humbucker
Neck Shape Wide fat
Neck Wood Maple
Number of Frets 22
Number of Pickups 2
Number of Strings 6
Pickup Switch Type 3-way Pickup Selector
Scale Length 25"
String Nut Syntetic Bone
Tuners ESP
Bridge String Through
Custom Features: McCarty neck and bridge pickups Seymour Duncan Vintage Rails center pickup
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Body Shape
VIP
VIP
Body Construction
Double cutaway
Double cutaway
Body Type
Solid Body
Solid Body
Body Wood
Swamp Ash
Mahogany
Bridge
Tremolo
Tremolo
Bridge Pickup Type
Humbucker
Humbucker
Carved Top
Yes
No
Controls
Tone/Volume
Volume
Coil Splitting
Yes
No
Controls
Push-pull
Volume
Fingerboard Radius
10.00"
10.00"
Fingerboard Material
Maple
Rosewood
Finish
Gloss
Gloss
Fret Size
Large
Large
Fingerboard Inlays
Abalone Bird inlays
Moon
Hardware
Nickel
Chrome
Middle Pickup Type
Single Coil
No
Neck Joint
Bolt-on
Set neck
Neck Pickup Type
Humbucker
Humbucker
Neck Shape
Wide fat
Wide fat
Neck Wood
Maple
Mahogany
Number of Frets
22
24
Number of Pickups
2
2
Number of Strings
6
6
Pickup Switch Type
3-way Pickup Selector
5-way rotary
Scale Length
25"
25"
String Nut
Syntetic Bone
Syntetic Bone
Tuners
ESP
PRS
Bridge
String Through
Tremolo
1 User Review

Bulk on 2013-06-05 15:56:03

Have a 2002 Swamp Ash Special. I modified by adding a second pull pot, 1 for coil tapping the humbuckers, and 1 for middle pickup on/off. Changed middle pickup to a Duncan Antiquity pickup. Huge improvement. Now my favorite guitar ever.

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