Wingspan 6 | Ares

PHOTOS: Increasingly, Ares steps forth. Bare Knuckle Pickups. 10-way switching. Element™ component system. Carbon fiber, alder. Some moments with the paints under studio lights.

Colors

IMAGES: Wingspan™ 6 guitar.

Wingspan 6 Natural

PHOTOS: WINGSPAN 6. Torrefied Swamp Ash, carbon fiber, stainless steel, aircraft aluminum.
VIDEO: 53 seconds testing volume roll-off with the Bare Knuckle neck and bridge humbuckers.
PHOTOS: Ergonomic, compact, light weight. Balanced. Supremely resonant. Organic woody warmth, clarity and depth. Patented & patent pending Element™ headless component set. Custom hand wound Bare Knuckle pickups with 10-way switching for a stunning range of humbucking and single coil tones.
VIDEO: Chris Buono with some inspired jazz improv.

Wingspan Blue

PHOTOS: Wingspan™ 6-string guitar. Patented, multiple patents pending. Element™ aircraft aluminum neck. Intonation Cantilever™ bridges precision machined from stainless steel and aircraft aluminum. Bare Knuckle™ Polymath Nolly Getgood signature pickups w/10-way switching.

Hi Rick,

The guitar just arrived this morning. I am speechless and quite overwhelmed. Rick Toone guitars are just something else…and believe me I have played lots of high-end guitars…

I just played it a bit and this Element neck is what I have been dreaming of since I began playing guitar. This thinness, precision and speed is just something that only you are offering.

The body with this reptile finish is just out of this world and the pickups are also absolutely stunning! I will play a bit more and give you more feedback but I am simply overwhelmed at this stage. 

Thank you so much for building such a piece of art for me.

All the best, 
Thibaut 

Wingspan Reptile 8

PHOTOS: Wingspan™ 8-string guitar. Swamp ash. Patented Intonation Cantilever™ & Element™ component set. Custom Bare Knuckle pickups with 10-way switching.
VIDEO: Chris Buono plays Wingspan™ 8-string guitar. Two minutes of atmospheric improvisation through Fender Deluxe amp (Normal 2 channel with 12″ Jensen speaker) recorded via SM57 into Logic. Noble Bass DI blended in slightly to achieve stereo. Listen on studio monitors or good headphones to appreciate the clarity and depth.

Your work of art arrived at my doorstep this morning!

Although I’ve only had a few hours to get to know it, here are a few things I can say right away, in the order they came to me:

This is not a guitar, this is a sculpture, a work of art — visually it is stunning, and it felt right away comfortable to hold and play.

The neck is extremely comfortable — it is quite impressive how playing the low strings is much easier than with my other 8-strings.

I’ve never experienced such precision of the note attack and clean sustain — the best way I can describe them is piano- or bell-like, with excellent consistency between fretted and open strings.

Thank you so much for creating such a beautiful instrument!! (Jorge)