Bridge Builder Guitars Bridge Builder Guitars - Satin Imbuya Hornet

In the shop we have a Bridge Builder Hornet in Satin Imbuya!

The Hornet #74 is a masterpiece of craftsmanship and tone!

This stunning instrument features a hand-rubbed satin finish on the body and headstock, complemented by the Bridge Builder Super Silk finish on the neck. The 13-piece Jatoba neck boasts titanium reinforcement bars, a removable/reversible spoke wheel truss rod and stunning maple and purple heart accents as well as Bridge Builder Bright-glo Silver with Green Glow-in-the-dark center side dots. Equipped with 22 Jescar stainless steel frets, a snakewood fingerboard, and pearloid dot inlays, this guitar offers smooth playability and visual flair.

The book-matched Imbuya top and back, paired with a Spanish cedar core and maple and purple heart accent layers, deliver complex tone with a beautiful appearance while a Schaller Hannes bridge and Hipshot Griplock locking tuners ensure precision and stability.

 

This guitar features Lollar Imperial humbuckers in both the bridge and neck positions, offering a rich, vintage-inspired tone with exceptional warmth and complexity.

The Riboloff volume controls and parallel/series switches for each pickup provide versatility and tonal flexibility, allowing players to dial in everything from lush, full-bodied chords to articulate, nuanced leads making this setup ideal for a variety of musical styles.

 

This guitar weighs 7lbs .08oz and includes a Hardshell case! 

 

Bridge Builder Instruments are the result of Justin Kennedy’s Obsessive Compulsive Disorder combined with countless hours spent repairing, modifying, and observing guitars down to their finest details.

Over the past decade and a half Justin has seen nearly everything in guitars that works and doesn’t. From modern to vintage, big time production instruments to handmade one-offs, flawless custom shop materpieces to steaming pieces of… well let’s just say he’s seen it all cross his workbench at some point. With such a depth of experience Justin has distilled down what he considered to be the best points of electric guitars and applied those to every Bridge Builder instrument. The end result is a series of guitars that are built to the highest standards of playability, durability, tone, and beauty.

Every instrument is individually crafted by a team of neurotic guitar dorks who’ve obsessed about every detail of the instrument and have a heartfelt dedication to producing the finest instruments humans can create.

While no two Bridge Builder instruments are alike, they all are some of the finest guitars available today. We’re confident you’ll be hard pressed to play a better executed electric guitar.

Specs:

 

Model: Hornet #74
Weight: 7lbs 0.08oz
Finish: Hand Rubbed Satin (Body and Headstock)
          Bridge Builder Super Silk (Neck)
Top: Book-Matched Imbuya
Back: Book-Matched Imbuya
Core: Spanish Cedar
Accent Layer: Maple and Purple Heart
Neck Joint: Bolt-on
Neck Material: 13-piece construction Jatoba/Maple/Purple Heart with Maple and Purple Heart accents, Titanium Reinforced bars that extend into the headstock, removeable/reversable spoke wheel truss rod
Frets: 22 Jescar Stainless Steel 
Fingerboard: Snakewood 
Face Inlay: Pearl Dots 
Side inlay: Bridge Builder Bright-glo Silver w/ Green Glow-in-the-dark Centers
FB Radius: Compound 9.5-16"
Scale Length: 25.5"
Bridge: Schaller Hannes
Tuners: Hipshot Griplock Locking
Bridge Pickup: Lollar Imperial 
Neck Pickup: Lollar Imperial 
Nut: Graphtech 43mm
Strings: D'addario XS 10-46
Additional: Snakewood Bridge Builder Logo inlay
Features: Riboloff Volume and Notched-tone pots
              Series/Parallel switch for each pickup