Wheeling and Dealing Nik Huber Guitars

This page belongs to me, Paul Weber - freelance electric guitar aficionado and part-time dealer. I've hooked up with german luthier extraordinaire Nik Huber to get some of his world-class guitars around and with german custom pickup maker Harry Häussel. These 2 people must be amongst the most underrated music industry participants I know... Do check out my website http://www.ugroove.biz for more six string action ;-)

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Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Junior!!!



OK.
It's been three days I've had my Dolphin Junior (prototype #5).
I'm stoked is all I can say. It's a korina body / neck guitar, BRW 'board, finished in a dark tobacco sunburst, new Tonepros wraparound.
And then ther's the secret weapon ;-)

Must have been late last year I was discussing the Junior concept with Nik. He had some qualms about a "one-trick-pony" kind of guitar. After all, one pickup = one sound, right?
The solution I though of (serendipitous, really) was just a P90 with an added extra winding (tap) that could be selected via a push-push tone control.

so how does the secret weapon sound?

Damn monster thang, yessir.

You get the cool vibe / spank / chime of the regular P90 PLUS an extra kick in the low-mid frequency when you activate the extra wind.

You've never seen a happier camper.

Wanna know what's the next one? :-D
mahogany body / neck
BRW 'board
P90Plus (of course)
Tremolo (!)
Goldtop (!!) and matching headstock (!!!)
Kluson tuners

The Boss says he likes the idea. One of these days it'll show up at my door. Now I just have to be patient (aaaargh!)...