This James Tyler Custom Tylerbastar features the Dann Huff HD-X Electronics package, with Hipshot Hardtail Bridge, in White Shmear, and Rear-Loaded Electronics.
Why We Love It: The ultimate studio workhorse for the player demanding maximum tuning stability and acoustic resonance. This rare Tylerbastar fuses the jaw-dropping versatility of Dann Huff's HD-X electronics and active midboost circuitry directly onto a resonant hardtail platform, ensuring pristine string-to-body energy transfer.
- Best For: Studio Work, Session Work, Touring Musicians, Tone Chasers, Progressing Fusion
- Tone Profile: Focused, ultra-dynamic, open sustain with an articulate top-end chime and highly compressed active midboost capability.
- Compared To: Offers the exact legendary sonic palette of the Dann Huff Studio Elite HD-X but with the added structural punch, tight low-end, and reliability of a fixed hardtail bridge.
Expert Note & Overview:
Customized specifically for us, this configuration features a solid Alder body dressed in Tyler's iconic White Shmear finish with gold hardware, a gold metallic logo, and a faux matching headstock. The pickup footprint delivers pure studio royalty—utilizing two slanted JTS5500 single coils alongside a brutal, harmonically rich Super humbucker in the bridge pocket. The onboard HD-X layout hands you complete sonic command via the master volume, master tone, active midboost preamp bypass, bridge series/parallel toggle, and neck+bridge activation switch.
This particular iteration utilizes a Hipshot Hardtail bridge, making it an incredibly stable option for players who drop tunings or play with high-velocity right-hand dynamics.
Photos are of the actual guitar for sale, SN 26298.
Serial Number: #26298
Body Wood: Solid Alder
Finish: White Shmear
Neck Wood: Quartersawn Maple
Fretboard: Quartersawn Maple
Neck Profile: Standard '64 Shape
Nut Width: 1-5/8"
Fret Size: Wide/Tall
Tuners: Hipshot Locking
Bridge: Hipshot Hardtail Bridge
Hardware Color: Gold with Classic White Knobs
Neck & Middle Pickups: Slant JTS5500 Single Coils
Bridge Pickup: James Tyler Super Humbucker
Electronics Package: Dann Huff HD-X Preamp Suite (Master Volume, Midboost Preamp with Bypass Button, Master Tone, Bridge Series/Parallel Button, Neck+Bridge Preset Button)
Case: Genuine G&G Tyler Signature Hardshell Case Included
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