Apex Guitars

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 come with a custom stand, since the hybrid configuration does not fit a conventional stand.

 


Apex 601  044 HK

Jarrah Burl body wings

Mahogany neck, Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard, 24 ¾" scale

Pearl inlays

Hipshot headless tremolo w/Tremol-no

Graph-Tech Ghost Piezo/MIDI saddles and preamps

Sustainiac

Fralin HO humbucker in bridge

Noll Midrange control

¼" jack, 13-pin MIDI outputs

Vol, Tone, 3-way switch magnetic

Dunlop Straplocks

"Flying Hillman" custom case

Leather, Mahogany with period appointments.



QTG 043  travelguitar

Spruce body wings 

Flame Maple neck, Rosewood fingerboard 24 ¾" scale

Floyd Rose nut

Mera Guitars Submarine III single string tuners

Harry Häussel humbucker

Vol, tone

Dunlop Straplocks


Apex 601 042

Flame maple body wings

Flame Maple neck

Bocote fingerboard, 25 ½" scale

Hipshot open back locking tuners

Fralin Pure PAF humbuckers

3-way, vol, tone

Hipshot modified tremolo

Dunlop Straplocks


Apex 601 JJ 041

Flame maple body wings

Flame Maple neck

Cocbolo fingerboard, 25 ½" scale

Hipshot open back locking tuners

Fralin Pure PAF humbuckers

3-way, vol, tone

Hipshot modified tremolo

Dunlop Straplocks


Apex 1202 TK 0918

Custom order double neck

 

Flame Koa body wings

Hipshot open back locking tuners

Dunlop Straplocks

 

Top neck:  

Mahogany neck

Rosewood fingerboard 24 ¾" scale

ABM wraparound adjustable tailpiece

Fralin PAF in bridge, Noiseless P-90 in neck

3-way switch, vol, tone

2-way switch for neck output selection

 

Bottom neck:

Rosewood neck and fingerboard, 25 ½" scale

Hipshot tremolo

Suhr Landau Strat pickup set

5-way switch, vol, tone

Separate ¼" jack for bottom neck


Apex Q601 039 'Supermarine'

Flame Maple body wings

Flame Maple neck

Madagascar Rosewood fingerboard, 25 ½" scale

Hipshot open back locking tuners

Lindy Fralin Pure PAF humbuckers

3-way, vol, tone

Hipshot tremolo

Dunlop Straplocks


Apex Q727 040

Apple wood body wings

Flame Maple neck

Ebony fingerboard, 27" scale, 24 frets

Hipshot locking tuners

DiMarzio DP 793 in neck, DP 706 in bridge

Hipshot tremolo

3-way, vol & tone w/push-pull for splitting

Dunlop Straplocks

3.5kg


Apex Q610 038

Pear wood body wings

Indian Rosewood Neck

Indian Rosewood fingerboard, 25 ½" scale

Hipshot locking tuners

Lindy Fralin Pure PAF humbuckers

Hipshot tremolo

3-way, volume, tone

Dunlop Straplocks

 


Apex Q601 037

Birch Masur (thermotreated) body wings

Maple neck, Madagascar Rosewood fingerboard

 25 ½" scale, 24 frets

Hipshot open back locking tuners

Bartolini PBF 59 in neck, PBF 77 in bridge

3-way, volume, tone

Hipshot tremolo

Dunlop Straplocks


Apex Q601 036

Olive Burl body wings

Maple neck

Indian Rosewood fingerboard

25 ½" scale, 24 frets

Hipshot open back locking tuners

Bartolini PBF 49 in neck, PBF 77 in bridge

3-way, volume, tone

Hipshot tremolo

Dunlop Straplocks


Apex Q701 035 Mai

Poplar burl/Walnut body wings

Walnut neck

Madagascar Rosewood fingerboard, 25 ½" scale, 24 frets

DiMarzio Blaze HSH pickup combination

5-way, vol, tone, tone

Floyd Rose tremolo

Hipshot locking tuners

Dunlop Straplocks


Apex Q601 033

Flame Maple body wings

Flame Maple neck 

Cocobolo fingerboard, 24 ¾" scale, 24 frets

Lindy Fralin Pure PAF humbuckers

Hipshot locking tuners

Hipshot tremolo

Dunlop Straplocks


Apex Q601 032

Redwood Burl over Honduran Mahogany body wings

Flame Maple/Wenge laminated neck

Bird's Eye Maple fingerboard 25" scale

Joe Barden SC in neck, Two-Tone Humbucker in bridge position

Hipshot locking tuners

Hipshot tremolo

Dunlop Straplocks


Apex Q601 034

Wenge/Purpleheart sandwich body

Wenge neck w/ Cocobolo fingerboard, 25 ½" scale

ABR fixed bridge

Hipshot locking tuners

Fralin HO humbucker combination in bridge and neck, neck splittable

Dunlop Straplocks


Apex Q601 031

Flame Maple body

Flame Maple neck w/Cocobolo fingerboard 25 ½"scale

Floyd Rose tremolo & EVH D-tuna

Locking nut

Hipshot locking tuners

Lindy Fralin True PAF humbuckers

Dunlop Straplocks


Apex Q701 022

Poplar Burl/figured Walnut body wings

Walnut neck w/Madagascar Rosewood fingerboard

DiMarzio pickups

Ibanez locking tremolo

Hipshot locking tuners

Dunlop Straplocks


Apex Q601 030

Flame Maple body wings

Flame Maple neck w/ Madagascar Rosewood fingerboard, 25 ½" scale

LindyFfralin Pure PAF humbuckers

Hipshot open back locking tuners w/barrel knobs

Hipshot tremolo

Dunlop straplocks


Apex Q601 029

Figured Walnut body wings

Mahogany neck w/Bird's Eye Maple fingerboard

Lindy Fralin Pure PAF humbuckers

Floyd Rose trem and nut

Hipshot open back locking tuners

Dunlop Straplocks


Apex Q601 028

Flame Maple body wings

Flame Maple neck w/Cocobolo fingerboard

Lindy Fralin Pure PAF humbuckers

3-way switch, vol, tone

Hipshot tremolo

Hipshot locking open back tuners

Dunlop straplocks


Apex Q601 027

Poplar Burl/Padouk body wings

Padouk neck w/Maple fingerboard

BoneTop P-90 style pickups

Hipshot tremolo

Hipshot open back locking tuners

3-way switch, vol, tone w/push/pull for series/parallel switching


Apex Q601 026

Quilted Maple body parts

Flame Maple neck & fingerboard, 25 1/2" scale

Polished aluminum parts

Lollar Imperial in bridge, Sustainiac in neck position

Volume, Sustainiac, tone, 3-way toggle

Hipshot tremolo

Hipshot locking tuners

Dunop Straplocks


Apex Q 1202 Jarrah TT LT

Jarrah burl body parts

Polished aluminum parts

Bird's Eye maple necks &

fingerboards 25 1/2" scale

Hipshot locking tuners

Dunlop straplocks

 

Upper neck:

True Temperament low tune frets

Lollar Imperial humbucker in bridge

Graph-Tech Ghost piezos w/ 13 pin MIDI option

Hipshot tremolo

Hipshot locking tuners

 

Lower neck:

True Temperament Thidell Formula 1 frets

Lollar Imperial in neck and bridge

Don Ramsay Linear Tremolo

 


Apex Q601 025 Cliff

Poplar Burl body parts

Bird's eye Maple/Wenge neck

Scalloped Bird's eye Maple fingerboard

Hipshot open back locking tuners

Floyd Rose tremolo

Lindy Fralin PAF pickup set

Vol, 3-way switch

Dunlop Straplocks


Apex Q601 024 Yano

Quilted Maple body parts

Bird's Eye Maple necck, 25 12" scale

Polished aluminum parts

Bartolini PBF-57 in neck, PBF-77D in bridge position

Demeter Mid-boost

Volume w/push/pull for pickup split, midboost, tone, 3-way toggle

Hipshot tremolo

Hipshot locking tuners

Dunlop Straplocks


Apex 727 SP 021 Baritone

Walnut Burl body parts

Polished aluminum parts

Mahogany neck w/Ebony fingerboard, 27" scale, custom pearl inlays

Bare Knuckle 7-string Holy Diver humbucker in bridge, Sustainiac in neck position

Graph-Tech Ghost piezos

Hipshot tremolo

Hipshot locking tuners

Dunlop Straplocks


Apex 601 017 Koa

Flame Koa Body Parts, oil finish

Bird's Eye Maple neck

Ebony fingerboard, 24 3/8" scale

Polished aluminum parts

Fralin Pure PAF humbuckers, 3-way togle, vol, tone

Hipshot locking tuners

Hipshot trem

Dunlop Straplocks

2.6kg/5.75 lbs


Vulcan BW 600/2

Custom build with a guitar neck and a 6-string bass neck.  Body Spalted Maple, black anodized aluminum.  Maple necks with Rosewood fingerboards.

 

Guitar neck: 

Barden TT humbucker in bridge, Sustainiac in neck position

GraphTech Ghost piezos

ETS headless bridge

 

Bass neck:

Barden 5-string J-Bass pickups

Sustainiac

ABM headless bridge

 


Apex Q601 018

Polished aluminum parts, quilted Maple body wings.  Flame Maple neck, 25 1/2" scale.  Sperzel locking tuners, Hipshot tremolo, Bartolini PBF55 in neck, PBF77D in bridge position, both splittable.  Dunlop Straplocks.

 


Apex Q601 Zebra

Polished aluminum, Zebrawood over Padouk body wings, Padouk neck w/bird's eye Maple fingerboard.  BoneTop P-90 pickups, Hipshot tremolo, Sperzel locking tuners.

 


Apex Q727 S Baritone 7-string

Black anodized aluminum parts.  Walnut body wings, Wenge neck w/Wenge fingerboard, 27" scale with a 12” radius, Dunlop 6150 frets (medium Jumbo). Neck depth is 21mm, nut width is 49mm, string spacing at bridge is 62mm.  It weighs around 3.8kg.  Hipshot locking tuners & tremolo.  DiMarzio DP706 humbucker in the bridge position, switchable parallel/series.  Sustainiac circuit w/neck pickup. 

 


Apex Q601 020

Flame Walnut body wings w/oil finish, flame Maple neck w/Rosewood fingerboard  24 3/4" scale, stainless steel frets.  Joe Barden Two-Tone humbuckers, Hipshot trem, Sperzel locking tuners.  Curved abalone inlay on the armrest.

 


Apex Q601 016 'Gothic'

Wenge body wings, oil finish.  Mahogany neck w/Ebony fingerboard 24 3/4" scale, stainless steel frets.  EMG 89 & 81 pickups.  Hipshot bridge, Sperzel locking tuners.

 


Apex QHL RT hlp90

Walnut burl body wings w/black anodized aluminum parts.  Maple neck w/Indian Rosewood fingerboard.  Fralin noiseless P-90's, Graphtech Ghost Piezo system, ETS tuner mechanism.

 


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.  This has been on the road with Jared for the past years and proven its mettle.

 

https://www.jaredmeeker.com

 

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.  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.