F2
Chambered
Guitar

Flame maple front and korina body with a choice of colours and sunbursts.
Low weight chambered construction for ultimate tone and sustain.
Angled 22 fret 25.5 in maple neck.
Compound radius fret-board of a choice of woods.
Nitrocellulose lacquer finish for finest tone.
Wrap-around bridge for strong sustain and responsive feel.
Fender LSR roller nut for easy tuning and string weight tolerance.
Seymour Duncan JB and Jazz humbucker pickups.
3 humbucker voices and 3 single coil voices.

F2
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A choice of styles:
Headstock can be classic or 3+3 or spearhead
Lower bout can be asymetric or symetric

F series chambered guitars are the ultimate tone monsters. Taking the art of luthiery to a new level, a sophisticated chambered construction creates considerable tonal enhancement, and quiet acoustic sound. The wood beneath the bridge and pickups is solid giving a very strong sustain. This is a most responsive guitar to play, with an extensive range of sounds from magically sweet to aggressively growly available by changing the picking style. This instrument is always a joy to play, even without an amplifier. Playing loud is also great. (There is no acoustic feedback problem as with arch-tops).

 

Controls (from left to right on image)
1) Output jack
2) 2-way rotary switch: single coils / humbuckers
3) Tone knob
4) Volume knob
5) 3-way pickup selector: bridge PU; both PUs; neck PU

 

Ben Smith

Ben Smith of Fugazirum performs with his
new all-blonde F2 Semi-acoustic.
Korina back; flame maple front; all maple neck.
The fine balance and light weight of the F2 make him even more lively! This gig was fairly loud.

Ben's guitar has nickel pickup covers, and a custom additional pickup phase switch for what he calls his "Peter Green sound".

 

Ben Smith recorded his Rees F2 in the studio

These samples are recorded at very high quality and are available on audio CD to play through your hi-fi. Please call for a free demo CD. The mp3s here are inevitably not quite so good. Even so, you must have quality speakers connected to your PC to appreciate these.

These samples are created and played by Ben Smith on his Rees F2 guitar. They were recorded using a Motu 828 Mk II soundcard at the highest possible sample rate, with an AKG D1200 dynamic microphone placed close, and slightly off axis in front of the amp speakers.
 
Ben's amplifier is a Fender Hot Rod Deville valve amp retro-fitted with a pair of Jensen vintage alnico V 10 inch speakers and cryogenically treated Electro-Harmonix and Svetlana Valves. No effects, no reverb, no compression, have been added to these recordings. The sweet modulations of some samples are the natural vibe of the guitar when played well. The sustain is natural and not enhanced.

F2 PU Selector Voice Bridge PU Br H + Nk S Br + Nk mid PUs Nk H + Br S Neck PU
Clean Humbuckers p p p p
Clean Single Coils p   p   p
Crunchy Humbuckers p p p p p
Crunchy Single Coils p   p   p


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