Shelton GalaxyFlite Super III w/ Fralin JM, Jag & Widerange – Lake Placid Blue

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The Shelton GalaxyFlite features a Mastery bridge and vibrato, choice of a variety of tone woods and finishes, and an array of pickup options with unique wiring and control possibilities. These are some of the most soulful, stable and playable offset guitars available today. Not the exact one you’re looking for? Contact us and we can help you spec out a custom order to your exact liking!

What Does Josh Think?

Three different pickups in one guitar! This Fralin pickup set has all its bases covered. I’m always hesitant to say one guitar can do it all, but this one comes just about as close as you’ll get! It dishes out an abundance of tones and takes on a variety of styles in stride.

The hum-cancelling Fralin JM in the neck position is all Jazzmaster but a little smoother than your average variety. The “cluck” is still there but in perfect moderation. It’s a little bolder and a good bit warmer in the lower midrange. Add some drive with an amp or pedal, and it has a good throaty vowel on the bottom.

Switching on the Jag pickup alongside the JM has you thinking you’re playing a strat with the perfect compressor in your chain. It’s got that chimey, bell-like quality to it. Single notes have nice soul and nothing requires more than a light touch of the picking hand. You’ll also appreciate the fact that you don’t experience any volume drop the way you typically would with an “in between” position on a Strat.

The Jaguar pickup alone has no problem standing up for itself with strong output and a firm bottom end. It responds very dynamically to your playing. Finger picking sounds nice and sweet. Heavy picking or strumming brings out a brilliant clack that puts it immediately out front in a mix.

Mixing it with the Wide Range humbucker in the bridge gets you a good, dry honk with plenty of punch. You also have two varieties of tones here thanks to the series/parallel switch, located where you are used to finding the “rhythm circuit” switch on a traditional Jazzmaster. This switch changes the wiring of the coils in the humbucker from the typical coils-in-series configuration to the alternate coils-in-parallel mode, which essentially turns the bucker into two single-coil pickups in close proximity. This gives you a little more of that Straty quack and spank, right on down through the low strings.

The Wide Range humbucker by itself is beautifully bold and clear. The low end is warm and the top is crisp and dynamic. Make use of the roller wheels to dial back a little bass and treble and find that more creamy, midrange-prominent voice of a PAF style humbucker.

But we’re not done yet! With each of the pickups having its own on/off switch, you can turn on neck and bridge together for a bit of that steely character of a Tele in middle position. Or run all three pickups together for tones you might associate more with a mixed and mastered track than a guitar straight into the amp! All three pickups complement each other wonderfully, and the result is big, tight and nicely-compressed without any pedals or tone-tweaking required.

How Does It Play?

The string action hovers right around 4/64” at the 12^th fret, without any fretbuzz. The Medium Oval C neck profile feels wonderful in the hand, with healthy shoulders and a slightly-flattened back to keep it from every feeling too bulky. Shelton’s frets are always beautifully dressed, with nice rounded ends and a smooth feel as you move up and down the neck.

Weight: 8lb 6oz

The Custom Shelton G&G Hard Case is included!

Specifications

Body

Body Wood: Alder

Body Finish: Lake Placid Blue

Neck

Neck Wood: Maple

Neck Finish: Lake Placid Blue Swoosh, Vintage Tint Back

Neck Shape: Medium Oval C

Scale Length: 25.5”

Fingerboard Material: Bound Rosewood w/ Pearloid Block Inlays

Fingerboard Radius: 9.5”

Number of Frets: 21

Fret Size: JESCAR FW47095

Nut Material: Tusq XL

Nut Width: 1.687”

Shape Dimensions: Special Med C 1^st FRET = .845” / 12^th FRET .925”

Electronics

Bridge Pickup: Lindy Fralin Wide Range Humbucker

Middle Pickup: Lindy Fralin Vintage Jag

Neck Pickup: Lindy Fralin Hum Cancelling JM

Controls: Volume, Master Tone, Bass Cut Roller Pot, Sweet Spot Roller (“Cello” Tone, Smooth treble rolloff)

Switching:

• Neck Pickup On/Off Slide Switch
• Middle Pickup On/Off Slide Switch
• Bridge Pickup On/Off Slide Switch
• Series/Parallel Slide Switch

Pots: (2) Bourns (3/8”) .375” Split Shaft Potentiometers, (2) CTS 6mm Solid Shaft

Jack: (1) Switchcraft ¼” Mono

Capacitor: (1) Sprague Orange Drop Capacitor

Hardware

Bridge: Mastery M1 Bridge

Vibrato: Mastery OMV w/ UFO Tip

Tuning Machines: Gotoh Staggered Locking SD91

Pickguard: Gold Lucite

Knobs: Black Amp

Finish: Brushed Nickel

Other

Strings: 10-46

Case: G&G Hardshell Deluxe Case

Serial Number: HFWW2633

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