apex Q601

 

Although the first 'hybrid' prototypes were guitars, the apex evolved out of the 'SpaltBasses' hybrid design.  Guitar players initially responded poorly to the hybrid concept - the vintage craze was in full swing;  it was only when the basses showed some success that I was asked to make a guitar along those lines.  The result is the Q601.  They have a custom stand, since the hybrid configuration does not fit a conventional stand.

 

apex Q601 Walnut

Walnut body wings with black anodized aluminum parts.  EMG pickups, Hipshot tremolo, Sperzel locking tuners.

 

 

apex Q601 LW

The center section contains a Suhr Fletcher-Landau Strat set along with the Ilitch Noise suppression coil (Also available from Suhr guitars).  Graph-Tech piezos in the Hipshot tremolo feed the Graph-Tech Ghost system.  A 13-pin hexaphonic output is provided along with the regular 1/4" jack.  Hipshot locking tuners with barrel knobs ensure tuning stability.  Maple burl body wings.

 

apex Q601 MJ

Spalted Maple body wings, Maple neck w/Rosewood fingerboard.  Polished aluminum metal parts.  Hipshot tremolo bridge w/Sperzel locking tuners.  Seymour Duncan '59 in the neck, JB in the bridge.

 

apex Q601 Gothic CL

"Gothic" Wenge body parts, polished aluminum.  Mahogany neck w/Ebony fingerboard.  EMG 89 in the neck, 81 in the bridge.  Sperzel locking tuners, LSR roller nut and Ibanez Lo-Pro Floyd Rose tremolo.

 

apex Q601 YW

Yellow-wood with Wenge accents.  click here for work images.

 

apex Q601 HL

A headless travel guitar, designed to be as light and compact as possible.  Both the Lace Alumitone pickups and the Strandberg tuners were chosen with that in mind. The Strandberg tuners are extremely light, with a beautiful design that matched the hybrid aesthetic wonderfully.        http://guitarworks.thestrandbergs.com/

 

apex Q1202 Custom

This doubleneck was commissioned by Jared Meeker.  It combines a 36 fret 25 1/2" scale neck on top with a 27" baritone neck on the bottom.  String mutes can be mounted at the nut  for Jareds complex tapping techniques.  The top neck has piezos and a Graph-Tech Ghost MIDI system with 13-pin output.  The bottom neck is equipped with a Sustainiac.  Two bartolini humbuckers supply the magnetic signal.  The body parts are flame Koa, the necks flame Maple

 

http://www.jaredmeeker.net

 

Controls chart

 

 

 

 

 

Bartolini humbuckers

Hipshot tremolo bridges

Sperzel locking tuners

Graph-Tech Ghost piezo/MIDI system

Sustainiac by Maniac Music

Straplocks by Dunlop

apex Q601

Spalted Maple burl body wings, black anodized aluminum parts.  Maple neck w/Rosewood fingerboard.  2 Joe Barden humbuckers.  Hipshot tremolo and Sperzel locking tuners.

 

apex Q601 'sindri'

Maple burl body wings, with polished aluminum parts.  Flame Maple neck w/Indian Rosewood fingerboard.  A combination of a 'Bare Knuckle Miracle Man' bridge pickup and a Bartolini PBF-55 neck pickup.  Ibanez LoPro chrome tremolo w/ Sperzel locking tuners.  For work images click here.

 

apex Q601JD

Highly figured Walnut body parts.  Black anodized aluminum parts.  Brazilian Rosewood neck.  2 Bartolini humbuckers.  Hipshot bridge and Sperzel locking tuners.

 

apex Q601 jarrah

Jarrah burl body wings.  Flame Maple neck.  LSR tuners and nut.  Wilkinson tremolo and Bartolini humbuckers.  This guitar features a detachable knee rest which also swivels, for a higher playing position when seated.

 

apex Q601 MIDI

Quilted spalted Maple body wings, flame Maple neck w/Rosewood fingerboard.  Graph-Tech ghost piezo/hexaphonic system w/13-pin MIDI output.  2 humbuckers, Sperzel locking tuners, Hipshot tremolo.