"Hello my fellow Rush fans! Alex Lifeson has given me permission to backwards engineer and meticulously blueprint his iconic Hentor Sportscaster so that I may make and sell accurate replicas. I have had the Hentor in my possession for about 6 months and have documented every property and detail of this amazing and unique sounding guitar. Alex's only stipulation was that for every guitar sold, a portion of the profit goes to his charity "Grapes Under Pressure". While in my possession over the last few months I made suggestions to Alex on upgrading the guitar. The Hentor now sports Dimarzio FS-1 single coils and I also fabricated a huge brass sustain block for the Floyd Rose, the biggest one I've seen and yet there is still a good amount of movement available. These two upgrades as well as others are listed in my OPTIONS category." - Freddy Gabrsek, FreddysFrets.com (Thanks to RushIsABand for the headsup!)
Alex Lifeson "Hentor Sportscaster" replicas from Freddy's Frets
Custom guitar shop "Freddy's Frets" has received permission from Alex Lifeson to create and sell replicas of his Hentor Sportscaster, a customized Fender Strat which Alex named after Peter Henderson, co-producer of Grace Under Pressure. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Grapes Under Pressure charity:
Hey thanks Power Windows for publishing this story. The replicas are done and shipped out to their new owners and I couldn't be happier about the reviews that have been coming in.
ReplyDeleteHere's a video with sound clips and build documentation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLtT8J5cbEc
Cheers!
Freddy Gabrsek