Blindworm Guitars Nucleus 003 Electric Guitar

October 31, 2009 · Posted in Blindworm Guitars

Blindworm Guitars’ newest electric guitar, the Nucleus #003, has dinosaur bone humbucker covers and a meteorite nut, both painstakingly hand carved from the raw material. The fingerboard is adorned by a hand-created inlay of a planet-bearing tree, accentuating the Nucleus theme of the interconnectedness of the known world. The tree is made of jade and semi-precious stones. The Nucleus #003 incorporates materials from past life, present Earth, and even outer space! The Nucleus’ unique body shaping is well balanced, and extremely comfortable. This guitar has incredibly low action, and produces an abundance of unbelievable tone. The sleek, innovative design of the Nucleus, coupled with the brilliant theme and artwork make it a must see! The Nucleus, as well as other Blindworm Guitars’ work, is available at http://www.blindwormguitars.com.

-Nucleus #003 Specifications-
Body: slightly figured Poplar, hand selected for color and tone
Neck: Roasted Maple with Padauk stripes
Fingerboard: Osage Orange
Nut: carved from a single meteorite, collected in Northwest Africa
Bridge: black tune-o-matic with stop tailpiece
Tuners: black Sperzel locking tuners
Pickups: Seymour Duncan P-Rails
Controls: 2 push-pull toggles from P-90, rail, and humbucker settings; 1 volume, 1 tone, 3 way toggle
Truss rod: 2 way adjustable
Scale: 25″
Width at nut: 1 5/8″
Finish: nitrocellulose laquer
Knobs/switches: planet knobs- Labrodorite cratered planet, Spalted Maple planet with ring of blue Tiger’s Eye, both on Osage Orange bases
Fingerboard inlay: planet-bearing tree of life –see below for more details
Side fret marker inlay: dinosaur bone circled in Osage Orange, with Jade, Turquoise, and meteorite at the 12th and 24th frets
Blindworm Logo inlay: Turquoise “B” snake logo over a figured Walnut sapwood moon
Additional accents: Osage Orange tail tip
Humbucker adjusters: gem-grade dinosaur bone, pickups set in the body wood on treble side
Weight: approx 3 kg \ 6 lbs. 11 oz.
Width at widest point: 14 1/8″
Cavity covers: magnetic Osage Orange cavity cover, and magnetic Poplar truss rod cover

Planet Bearing Tree Inlay
The tree inlay of Boxelder Maple bark and Jade foliage stands atop a Turquoise Earth with continents made of dinosaur bone and diamond dust. The tree grows planets of purple shell, red Tiger’s Eye, purple Beetlekill Ponderosa, Picture Jasper, and blue Tiger’s Eye. As the tree’s planets mature, they fall to the sky, towards the Camphor burl sun.
The various materials were carefully chosen, and you can hear the special tonal characteristics that each inlaid stone adds as it is individually played and resonated through.
Combined with the amazing sound qualities of the Osage Orange fretboard and meteorite nut, this guitar constructs a soundscape unlike any other.

Contact
Blindworm Guitars
Andrew Scott
Colorado Springs, CO
719-291-8406 (Mountain Standard Time, USA)
Email: blindwormguitars@gmail.com