Blue Sky Spearfish
Spearfish Guitar
Husk
“Dear Rick:
Yesterday was a bit of a let down as I didn’t get home in time to receive the guitar! However, today I was a man on a mission and stayed home to ensure delivery!She’s beautiful and apart from me trying it, my son did too! One day he’ll eventually inherit my guitars including this one, though I might have a hard time let go of it! He’s quite an accomplished guitarist himself.
I have followed your career for over 10 years having seen your ‘Dove’ build! I had always promised myself that if I could lay a hand on one of your masterpieces, I would. Thank you for making it happen.
Best wishes and keep up the mastery!!!!!
Rick Toone Rocks!!!!
Gratefully,
Mel”
Seeds of rebirth await within the husk. Grasp the sheath, draw the mettle.
Silver Tiger
“The trem is incredible. It can howl like a demon when hitting harmonics.” (Andy)
Spearfish Tremolo | Blueprint
Testing and refining the Fender-compatible tremolo design over this past year, I thought the extraordinary bridge performance could be best realized with a purpose-designed guitar.
Pairing the Rick Toone™ tremolo with the Element™ aluminum neck allows for seasonal stability, across continents and climates. Perfect, consistent, string action in changing temperature and humidity conditions. No adjustments required.
String action is also consistent — even during radical tremolo use. New musical techniques become possible.
Spearfish™ platform was chosen due to its proven design and delightful ergonomics.
The result is a reliable, light weight, balanced, comfortable guitar ready for professional touring/studio.
I picked her up Friday morning, broke it in for about an hour, and then took it straight to the bus to give it a test run at the show Saturday night.
Rick, this one is IT. I don’t think I’ve adapted to a new build so quickly before. It was just perfect. Whatever the changes made with regard to the neck are, they are exactly what I needed. It just works for me. Pickups are amazing. Add that to the now perfect weight… Blueprint is 100% manageable for a 2 hour, high energy show.
The trem is AMAZING. It’s SO musical. More so than any other bridge system I have encountered. I have a couple of good friends asking me for my thoughts. The word I kept coming back to is “delicate”. Yes you can dive bomb like a mad man, but never before did I feel like I had TOTAL control of the pitch/vibrato/etc… It’s SO stable, yet also can be manipulated with the lightest, gentlest touch. The analogy I used is it makes all other tremolo systems feel like 720p, and yours is 4K. Much like when you saw 4k for the first time and it felt like the cellophane was taken off the screen, so it is with this bridge. The increased accuracy and clarity have to be experienced first hand to be fully understood. (Matt Richard)
Spearfish Vapor
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not just this screen
every screen
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if (no = ipadphonecarsmarttvterminalAI)
if (can’t poke box for answer)
then (what happens next)
IF: you want to run a software self-diagnostic — abstain from all screen interactions for 24 hours. Do not allow your brain to access any electronic or media content: visual, sound, written. (24 hours)
>> Return your sensory input to: only what you can directly perceive using your own five senses.
IF: you want to run a simultaneous hardware self-diagnostic — abstain from all nutrition input for 24 hours. Including water. Do not allow your body to access any calories or fluids. Dry fasting. (24 hours)
>> Allow your body to: only breathe.
Q: What do you notice?
