Built with neck-thru construction and a sleek contoured body, the Hellraiser C-1 FR Extreme is armed with a pair of active EMG pickups with black chrome covers, a Floyd Rose® 1000 Series locking tremolo bridge and Grover tuners. Elegant design appointments include "Gothic Crosses" inlay on your choice of ebony or flamed maple fretboard, and the entire guitar is adorned with black chrome hardware. Multi-laminate maple & walnut neck Made from 3 pieces of maple and 2 center strips of walnut. This well balanced combination of select wood takes the bright tones of maple and adds a dark tone from the walnut strips. Often used for Thru neck construction giving the acoustic tone of the instrument a perfect string vibration transfer to the body. Choice of ebony or flamed maple fretboard Giving the player the ultimate in versatility and tone, you have the option of selecting ebony with its snappy crisp attack or flamed maple with it"s dense bright and reflective tone. EMG active 81/89R active pickups The 81 utilizes powerful ceramic magnets and close aperture coils for tone that was designed with detailed intensity, incredible amounts of high end cut and fluid sustain. This pickup will make your leads slice right through even the densest mix. The 89 is loaded with Alnico V magnets and has separate preamps each providing custom outputs for both dual coil and single coil modes (R Version use REAR coil). In dual-coil mode, the sound is rich, warm and powerful, but still very clear and is similar to the 85. Grover tuning machines The original Rotomatic with an improved higher ratio gearing. The 18:1 ratio provides for finer tuning and greater stability. The finer gears provide smoother tuning and a higher degree of backlash elimination.Mahogany contoured body Flamed or quilted maple top 25.5" scale multi-laminate maple & walnut neck Ebony or flamed maple fretboard 24 X-Jumbo frets Mother-of-pearl or black pearl "Gothic Crosses" inlay EMG active 89R neck pickup with black chrome cover EMG active 81 bridge pickup with black chrome cover Floyd Rose® 1000 Series locking tremolo Grover tuning machines Individual volume control Master tone control with coil-tap 3-Way pickup selector