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About the GRB Kokocaster

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Surfcaster Heaven--The GRB Kokocaster
Surfcaster Heaven–The GRB Kokocaster                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Born out of the legal ash-heap that was the Charvel-Jackson Surfcaster, comes the GRB Kokocaster.  Surfcaster disciples weep when their treasured Surfys get stolen, lost, broken or are hastily given away in a moment of poor reflection, drunkenness or indebtedness.    Tears turn to anquish when scouring craigslist, ebay and gbase only turn up a few specimens selling for $2,000 or more.  To Rectify this condition, GRB has created this tribute model.  Absent the legal nuances, but retaining the full spirit and feel of the original, GRB has brought salvation to all Surfcaster owners who never thought they’d be able to play a Surfcaster again.  Roadworthy, stageworthy, selling for just $599 for the stoptail, and $699 for the tremolo, the GRB Kokocaster puts a Surfcaster Tribute into the hands of the ordinary working musician.  

 

 Kokocaster Tech Specs:

 Mahogany Chambered Bound Body

*      Bound Slash Sound Hole and Headstock
*      Bound Hard Rock Maple Neck
*      Highly Figured, Flamed Sunburst, Quilted Maple Top
*      Rosewood Fingerboard, Pearl Shark-fin Inlays
*      Hand Polished Frets
*      Graphite Nut
*      25 1/2″ scale bolt on neck, 23 1/2 medium vintage frets
*      1 5/8″ nut width; 1 11/16″ on the 12th fret
*      1 volume, 1 tone control w/push/pull coil splitter on humbucker
*      3-way pickup selector switch
*      1 single coil lipstick pickup-neck, 1 high-output humbucker-bridge
*        or;  2 single coil lipsticks
*      Vintage Tremolo or Les Paul style tailpiece

The GRB Kokocaster stopped production in 2011.  They are no longer for sale.

 

jweb