Introducing the Fret-King Black Label JD – signature guitar for Jerry Donahue, doyen of the string benders, and founder member of the legendary Hellecasters. When the opportunity to cooperate with Fret-King and Trev Wilkinson to create a guitar he could be 100% happy with arose, the gauntlet was thrown down…
With its single coil pickups custom wound to Jerry’s exact recipe, and five way switch wired and tuned to his specification, the JD meets his vision of a single guitar which really can sound like all of the most instantly recognisable solid-body sounds of the last 50 years.
“Of all the special guitar projects I’ve ever been involved with in my quest for the perfect guitar, the JD beats them all – at any price, it’s the best, and the most affordable… I couldn’t be happier!” (Jerry Donahue)
Fret-King Black Label Jerry Donahue JD features:
- Body: two-piece centre-jointed American alder with bound ash top
- Neck: custom profiled Canadian hard rock maple. Fingerboard: maple, 7 1/4” radius, 22 medium jumbo frets, black dots
- Scale: 25.5”/648mm
- Nut: graphite
- Pickups: custom designed Wilkinson WJDTn/WJDTb single coils
- Controls: volume & tone, custom wired 5 way lever switch
- Hardware: Wilkinson WTBS bridge and WJ05 tuners
The Fret-King Black Label JD guitar has had such a great reception from everyone who has seen one and played one, and we are happy to report that Jerry himself is over the moon with the guitar! He says it’s the best signature model he’s ever had – and who are we mere mortals to disagree?
All the best Jerry,
Jerry Donahue’s Fret king – worthy of 10 stars from us – and we know one or two things about guitars!!!
Charles Foskett
http://www.shmusicmusic.com
Definitely a “5” from me and I heard Jerry play it only tonight!
Looks like a real stunner and I’m sure it has been designed to the high standards that Jerry sets for himself. Can’t wait to hear him play it.
Well done Jerry.
I bought the sunburst JD model a few months ago and it’s absolutely brill, i cant put it down. Great sounds and lovely to play. It’s definitely 5 from me.