Les Paul style guitar, less the weight!
The Patriot Enlightened is the lightweight version of our Patriot. Created as part of the Enlightened Collection, this is the outcome of two years of development as we committed to developing an ultralight guitar without the normal compromises. The Patriot Enlightened weighs less than 3KG without the past drawbacks of a lightweight guitar.
In creating the Enlightened collection, we carefully selected a new tone wood, red cedar. This member of the mahogany family delivers classic and full tonal performance but at a much lighter weight than typical tone woods. We reduced weight further by thinning out the body and adding ports to the butt-end of the body. To avoid neck-dive, which is common on lighter instruments, we developed a new combination for strap-button placement. The end result is a lightweight guitar that is well balanced, fun to play, and sounds great.
Body
• Top: Quilt Maple
• Body: Red Cedar
• Binding: Classic Cream, Triple Bound
• Construction: Long-set
Neck
• Neck: Mahogany
• Fretboard: Rosewood
• Fretboard Radius: 12 Inch / 30.48cm
• Number of Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo Frets
• Inlays: Dots
• Binding: Cream
• Scale Length: 24.75"
• Truss Rod: Dual Action
• Neck Profile: Modern C
• Nut Material: Fast Black Nylon
• Nut Type: Standard
• Nut Width: 43mm
• Strings: 9-42 Gauge
Electronics
• Boutique Mod: Great 8 Mod - Neck Volume (push/pull coil tap) - Bridge Volume (push/pull coil tap), plus Master Tone
• Electronics: Specially Voiced Pickups for Enlightened Model
• Neck Pickup: Rockfield SWC-L, Zebra Coloured
• Bridge Pickup: Rockfield SWC-L, Zebra Coloured
Hardware
• Hardware Finish: Chrome
• Machine Heads: Die Cast
• Bridge: Tune-O-Matic with String-Thru-Body
Notes
• Enlightened Ultralight Treatment - including special wood, thinner design, etc.
• Enlightened Port Weight Relief
• Special Strap-Button Placement, for better balance
