Why did we do it? We know what we like……

The ultrawide 47.625 mm (1-7/8″)” nut with 8 mm (.315″) spacing between the strings is just easier to play. That generous room between the strings means that it’s harder to accidentally mute strings while fretting around. If you’re a big person with large hands and fingers, you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how nicely your hand fits this fretboard. And there is still an adequate 3.81 mm (.15″) of shoulder area to help keep the E strings on the board while working your vibratos. If you’re a beginner with less than perfect accuracy, you’ll be constantly forgiven by this wider fretboard. A little extra room can make a lot of difference.

With many models to choose from, there is a solution for all everyone. The Cobra features an HSH design which give the player a nice wide variety of sounds. The humbuckers produce the thick fat tones completely hum free, and the center single coil pickup can still deliver those crackling high tones when needed. By using the 5 way selector, any combination is possible.

The Rebel has the traditional honky tonk amazing highs that you’d expect from its dual single coil pickups.

The Roadster comes with dual humbuckers and produces the smooth mid tones, sometimes referred to as “fat”. Humbuckers, by nature of their width, can “sense” a wider section of vibrating strings, which results in more lower harmonics in the total signal. This gives a nice full, “fat” sound.

Whatever your preference in sound, Big Lou has you covered.

Big Lou Sustain. Let’s talk about physics. “Sustain” refers to the ability of a vibrating string to keep vibrating for an extended amount of time. A vibrating string has kinetic energy (1/2mv²). As this energy is transfered to the neck/body through the bridge, nut, frets and air, the energy dissipates, and the string vibrates less. The things that we can control are the nut, bridge, frets and wood. We can’t control the air. Great stiffness and heavy weight (inertia) repel the transfer of kinetic energy better than lightweight components. Therefore, sustain is increased by using hard tail bridge, or a weighted bridge (heavy sustain block inside the guitar body). The neck is wider (1-7/8″) so it’s heavier and stiffer than a “skinny fast neck”. The components chosen for the Big Lou Wide Nut guitar contribute to its good sustain. It’s not an accident. Good sustain comes understanding physics and from using heavy duty components.