Michael Kelly Enlightened 55
With hardshell case
Body & Construction
- Body Wood: Red Cedar (an inherently lightweight mahogany relative)
- Top Wood: Quilt Maple
- Body Design: Thinned-down body profile with an "Ultralight" package (four acoustic ports bored into the lower butt-end of the body)
- Binding: Genuine Flame Maple
Neck & Fretboard
- Neck Wood: Maple
- Neck Profile: Modern "C"
- Construction: Bolt-on
- Fretboard Material: Pau Ferro
- Fretboard Radius: 10.5" to 16" Compound Radius
- Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo
- Scale Length: 25.5 inches (647.7 mm)
- Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
- Nut Width: 43 mm (1.69 inches)
- Inlays: Dots
Electronics & Hardware
- Neck Pickup: Rockfield Mini Humbucker
- Bridge Pickup: Rockfield SWC Humbucker
- Controls: 1 Master Volume, 1 Master Tone
- Switching: 3-way blade switch
- Special Electronics: Great 8 Mod (Dual push/pull pots on the volume and tone knobs to split each humbucker independently, yielding 8 total tone combinations)
- Hardware Finish: Chrome
- Bridge: Traditional boxed bridge with individual lightweight aluminum saddles
- Tuning Keys: Die-cast tuners
- Special Hardware: Specialized lightweight aluminum control plate, neck plate, and strategically placed anti-neck-dive strap buttons
Weight
- Average Weight: Sub-6 lbs (Typically averages between 5.2 and 5.8 lbs)
Would you like me to explain how the 8 different pickup combinations work on the Great 8 Mod, or are you looking for comparisons to standard-weight 1950s models?
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