The Zipper’s great-granddaddy on its mother’s side was a Harmony Stratotone. Its fraternal grandparents were both (unrelated) Fender Telecaster Thinlines. Talk in town is that it’s got a great uncle who might have been a Gibson Melody Maker. It hangs out with Danelectros on the weekends.
The Zipper’s heart came from the Sears Roebuck catalog for Christmas morning. Its guts are sturdy and persistent like the Hoover Dam.
It’s the Hydrox or Oreo cookie of electric guitars. A hollowed-out wood center block and walls are the white stuff. Top and back plates of complimentary wood are the cookies. It strings through the body over a tailpiece that came to me in a dream. The tailpiece and string-through-edness are what make this sucker ring. “Zip,” if you will.
Specifications:
SCALE LENGTH - 25.5”
BODY THICKNESS - 1 13⁄16”
NUT WIDTH - 1 11⁄16”
NUMBER OF FRETS - 22
TOP AND BACK PLATE WOOD - Mahogany
NECK WOOD - Mahogany
FINGERBOARD WOOD - Indian rosewood
BRIDGE - Bone nut. Nickel-plated Gotoh tune-o-matic
