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For more information about Ridgeway guitars check the website here
see some pics of the RidgeHawk under construction here
This shot shows the beautiful subtle quilted grain in the AAA maple top of the guitar. The maple cap is laid over paduak - a dense African hardwood - this means the Ridgehawk is a pretty heavy guitar compared to the lightweight Blueshawk. | |||
A completely new design for the Ridgehawk headstock - which gives a straighter string-pull than on the Blueshawk. This in turn leads to excellent tuning stability - a big advantage when using the notoriously unstable Bigsby tremelo system. This guitar stays perfectly in tune when using the trem - which is more than can be said for many mainstream Bigsby equipped guitars, including the Blueshawk. | |||
The familiar Blueshawk outline is accurately reproduced in the Ridgehawk - however pickup choice is entirely different from the Blueshawk, with Seymour-Duncan humbuckers in both neck and bridge positions | |||
very pretty | |||
The beautiful craftsmanship evident throughout the guitar extends to the neck - which has got to be one of the fastest and most comfortable I've tried. The frets are super-jumbo in size and perfectly finished.Dave at Ridgehawk prefers bolt-on necks not least because the body angle is finely adjustable using shims. The fit is perfect and the 'Hawk resonated beautifully unplugged and sounds sweet and woody plugged in... | |||
