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

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. 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. 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