The Waghorn Corax 8 string is designed for modern technical metal and it’s increased demand for low tunings, extended range and longer scales. Available with a solid or chambered body, it’s neck-through construction ensures unrivalled, comfortable upper fret access regardless of your playing style. The options below are simply suggestions; Waghorn are a custom shop and every guitar spec is different. So, if you want something different, just ask.
“The wood choices, neck construction/joint type, scale, hardware, pickups and decoration/personal touches are all down to the customer. The Corax 8 string shown here is just an example of our work rather than a set specification, which is why the headstock is actually borrowed from our Kronos design, as a 4-a-side headstock made more sense.” (Tom Waghorn)
Waghorn Corax 8 string features:
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Body Construction: Solid or Chambered
Neck Construction: Neck-Through; Bolt-On
Range (Strings): 6, 7, 8 or 12 string
Scale Length: 24.8″, 25″, 25.5″ 26.5″ 27″ 29.4″ or Multi-scale
Orientation: L/H, R/H
Body Woods: Including (but not limited to): Swamp Ash, Mahogany, Alder, Korina… etc
Body Top: Including (but not limited to): Flamed Maple, Quilted Maple, Burled Maple, Spalted Maple, Maccassar Ebony, Ziracote… etc
Neck (principal): Including (but not limited to): Plain Maple, Flamed Maple, Birds Eye Maple, Wenge, Mahogany
Neck (laminates): Including (but not limited to): Mahogany, Ebony, Rosewood, Black Walnut, Bubinga, Wenge, Cocobolo, Purpleheart, Padauk… etc
Fingerboard: Including (but not limited to): Ebony, Rosewood, Maple, Cocobolo, Ziracote… etc
Headstock Facing: Ebony, as Fingerboard, as Body Top
Number of Frets: 24, 26, 27
Fret Wire: Extra Jumbo, Jumbo, Medium
Fingerboard Radius: 12″, 12″ – 14″ Compound
Fingerboard Inlays: Customer specific
Nut Width: Customer specific
Pickup Configuration: H, H / H, H/S, H/S/S, H/S/H, S/S/S, H/H/H, custom
Pickup Mounting: Metal/Plastic Pickup surrounds or Direct mounted
Bridge: Including (but not limited to): Schaller, Floyd Rose, Gotoh, Wilkinson, Hipshot, Kahler, ABM, ETS…
Tuning Machines: Including (but not limited to): Gotoh, Schaller, Grover, Sperzel, Hipshot…
Pickups: Including (but not limited to): Bare Knuckle, DiMarzio, EMG, Lundgren, Seymour Duncan…
Controls & Pickup Switching: Completely customisable – pickup/electronics specific
Hardware Finish: Chrome, Black, Gold, Nickel, Satin Chrome*, Cosmo Black*, Ruthenium*, Vintage Copper* (*manufacturer dependant)
Waghorn Logo: Chrome, Black, Mother of Pearl
Body & Neck Finshes: Natural Satin, Natural High Gloss, Transparent Tints, Bursts, Solid Colours
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