From Bunting:

“Jackal S is our recipe for theiconic ‘S’ style guitar introduces more warmth and sustain in an originaldouble-cut body shape and a set neck design.”

"One thing that sets the JackalS apart from the rest of the pack is the use of a long tenon set neck. Thiskind of neck joint makes a very noticeable increase in sustain and warmth overthe usual Bolt-On design – your notes sound fuller and last longer. One morething that the set-neck joint allowed us to do is to design the body with extradeep cutaways – offering excellent access to the entire neck!

The result of this design is acomfortable and versatile instrument that is resonant and delivers more sustainthan the classic design. Sound wise the Jackal S has the sweet 60’s bell – liketone with a big rich bass, rounded highs and focused mid-range throughout all 5positions."

This guitar is a beautiful exampleof the Jackal S model, with a chunky yet extremely comfortable C neck profilewith graceful shoulders and finely rounded edges. It reads .86" to.98" from the first to 12th frets almost reaching an inch thick in theupper registers. The shape and matte finish still make for a fast feeling neckwithout any of that stickiness you can get from a gloss nitro neck. The BosnianMaple used shows a beautiful flame figure as well. The Slab Rosewood boardallows there to be no "Skunk Stripe" to get in the way of thegorgeous flame figure and adds warmth and sustain to this Jackal. This guitaralso sports Bunting's new logo that's heat pressed into the headstock. Wereally like the single volume single tone layout as well, allowing for easyvolume and tone finger/pinky swells. The guitar sports a great feeling 2-PinVibrato system. You can pull up a minor 3rd with this unit and it is preciselydialed in. Fat HSS Strat style tones with more mids, bass and presence as wellas incredible access across the entire length of the fingerboard, really makethe guitar a joy to play.

SPECS

Body – Alder

Neck – Bosnian Maple (Flame Figure)

Nut: Hand cut bone 1.68"

Fingerboard – Indian Rosewood

Pickups – Amalfitano 62’s &Wolftone Dr. Vintage Humbucker

Potentiometers – Emerson CTS ProMaster Volume & Tone

Capacitor – Emerson Paper-in-oil

Bridge – Gotoh two-point tremolo

Tuners – Gotoh vintage style locking

Body Finish – Oil and shellacbase

Neck – Oil finish

Scale: 25.5″

Fingerboard radius: 10″

Weight: 7lbs 7oz

Case: Hiscox hard shell

Strings: D’addario NYXL 10's

* "Our oil and shellac basefinish retrospection on the 17-century European instrument making. a mix of theSpanish guitar tradition and the Italian violin Luthiery tradition." -Bunting