DISC Dean Shire Semi-Hollow Piezo, Aqua

Full Description

Semi-Hollow Maple Body & Arched Top

Featuring a semi-hollow maple body, the Shire produces an extremely bright and precise tone with a crisp, detailed high-end. The maple tonewood complements the warm, resonant nature of the hollow design, creating a bright and open tonal characteristic. The arched design of the maple top not only looks stylish, but offer extra comfort when playing.

DMT Design Pickups

Loaded with two DMT Design humbucking pickups in the bridge and neck position, the Shire Semi-Hollow Body delivers a powerful and punchy tone with plenty of low end rumble and high end sparkle. Perfect for a range of playing styles and music genres, the DMT design pickups enable all manner of tones from mellow cleans through to biting lead tones.

Piezo Saddle Pickup

Additionally, the Dean Semi-Hollow Guitar incorporates a piezo pickup under the bridge saddle to provide maximum tonal versatility. Unlike the sound of the DMT humbuckers, the piezo pickup transducers create an acoustic guitar tone by picking up the wood vibration as well as the string vibration. Perfect for a softer and more acoustic sound, the Piezo Pickup ensures that this instrument provides you with both electric and acoustic guitar tones which is particularly useful in a live situation where changing guitars isn't practical.

Pickup Switching & Control

The guitar is equipped with two volume controls to adjust the outputs of the humbuckers and piezo pickup, along with a master tone control for dialling in the perfect sound. A set of pickup selectors allows players to switch between the different configurations of the two humbuckers and the piezo pickup, providing a wide range of tonal possibilities.

Dean Guitars

Established in 1976 in Illinois by Dean Zelinsky, the Dean Guitar Company fast became the "go to" manufacturer for hard wearing distinctive guitars. Now synonymous with the rock and metal genres, Dean Guitars have always maintained their position at the forefront of guitar design and technological advancement in the manufacture of quality instruments designed specifically for louder players.

Features

• Semi-hollow single cutaway design
• Maple body with arched top and f-holes
• DMT humbuckers for a variety of tonal options
• Piezo pickup for extra acoustic guitar tones
• Maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, 22 jumbo frets

Specifications

Body & Bridge

• Body: Maple
• Contour: Arched Top w/F Holes
• Bridge: Tune-O-Matic
• Construction: Set-In
• Finish: Aqua

Neck & Fingerboard

• Neck: Maple
• Profile: C
• Scale Length: 24.75''
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Radius: 16’’
• Frets: 22 Jumbo
• Inlays: Pearl Blocks
• Nut: PPS (Polyphenylene Sulphide)
• Nut Width: 41mm

Electronics & Hardware

• Bridge Pickup: DMT Design Humbucker
• Neck Pickup: DMT Design Humbucker
• Controls: 2 x Volume, Master Tone, 3-Way Toggle
• Special Electronics: Piezo Pickup w/Mini Pickup Selector
• Tuners: Grover
• Knobs: Top Hat Black
• Hardware: Chrome
• Strings: D'Addario EXL120 (.009-.042)
• Case Included: No