Fano JM6 Alt de Facto Lambertones Crema Guitar w/ Bigsby – Firemist Gold

Information

Brand New w/ Warranty. We are an authorized Fano Dealer.

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The Alt de Facto series is Fano’s top-of-the-line custom series. These are handbuilt in the USA by one luthier from start to finish so that every instrument tells a unique and cohesive story. Nitrocellulose lacquer body and neck of course. If this isn’t exactly the guitar you are looking for, let us know what you want and we’ll get you the best price on your custom build.

What Do We Think?

The Lambertones Crema humbuckers deliver a bold attack and medium output. They have more clarity than you find in your traditionally-voiced humbucker, but without a loss of depth and body. They stay true to the warm bottom end we love in a humbucker. But the midrange is a little tighter, and the top end a touch more refined.

The neck pickup allows you to play into the middle strings without loss of definition. Your pick attack will be big and round, yet you’ll find clarity between the strings that will tempt you to spend some extra time here before moving through the other pickup positions.

The middle position sounds very similar to the same on a Filter’Tron-loaded guitar, but perhaps a little less “clucky”. The clarity is phenomenal, but again there is a depth and body behind each note. The guitar has a marvelous “acoustic” quality here.

The bridge pickup seizes on the more compressed midrange character of a humbucker, but adds nice extension on either side as well. It is crisp and punchy for rhythm tones, both clean and dirty. Tone knob on the guitar all the way up will keep things tight and snappy, while rolling it back a touch will smooth things out for a more traditional PAF-styled humbucker sound.

How Does It Play?

With the finish sanded off the back, this early ‘60s C truly has a vintage feel. It’s fast but has good shoulders to support the hand as you grip it. The string action splits 4/64” at the 12^th fret, measuring barely a hair over on the low E string and an equal portion below on the high E. There is no fretbuzz.

Weight: 8lbs 3oz

The Fano Deluxe padded gigbag pictured is included. Feel free to inquire about hard case option as well.

Specifications

Body: Alder

Neck: Maple (Bolt-on, 10 degree headstock pitch, vintage style truss rod)

Fingerboard: Rosewood

Fingerboard Radius: Compound 9.5-12"

Neck Shape: Early 60's "C" Shape (.830 - .920”)

Scale Length: 25.5"

Inlay: Dots/Clay

Frets: 22 Jescar Nickel/Silver (6105 profile)

String Nut: 1.65" Graphtech Tusq XL

Tuning Keys: Fano Deluxe

Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Neck Distress: Medium

Body Distress: Medium

Body Color: Firemist Gold

Neck Color: Vintage Amber Tint

Upper Headcap Color: Firemist Gold

Lower Headcap Color: Vintage Amber Tint

Hardware: Aged Nickel

Neck Pickup: Lambertones Crema

Bridge Pickup: Lambertones Crema

Pickup Covers: Nickel

Pickguard: 4-Ply Tortoiseshell

Controls: Volume, Tone & 3-Way Toggle

Bridge: TonePros T.O.M. w/ Bigsby B5

Switch Tip Knob: Cream

Knobs: Cream Radio

Strings: D'Addario "NYXL" .010 - .046

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