The Roasted Maple in the neck is heat-treated to increase stability, durability, moisture resistance and tolerance of temperature changes. Heat-treatment of fretboard provides a well-balanced attack and tone and a rich sustain. In order to achieve supreme neck grip comfort, the fretboard edge is finished with a smooth curve. Jumbo frets contribute to smooth playability, especially for single-note playing. The Alder body delivers a well-balanced bright tone, enriched resonance and sustain. A DiMarzio® The Cruiser® in the neck position delivers single-coil tone, open vocal-sounding mids and a bit of added strength to the bass. A DiMarzio®AT-1™ in the bridge position gives excellent warmth and clarity, which balances well with the neck pickup. The coil tap switch adds sound and tonal variations for both pickups. The Gotoh® MG-T locking machine heads achieve incredible tuning stability, cutting down string-changing time. By utilising the unique Wilkinson "5+1" knife-edges, the Wilkinson® WV6-SB tremolo bridge offers unsurpassed "tone transfer" of a 6-screw pivot system with the smooth fulcrum action of a 2 pivot set-up.