The Cardinal D from QA Guitars. A quality hand made work horse guitar With nostalgic styling and a few improvements. The Cardinal series is designed and built to be comparable to guitars at three times the cost. Beautifully done in candy apple red the Cardinal D is an eye catcher that performs! Big brother to our Cardinal S the D model sports two pickups. Done right here in the good old USA one guitar at a time the Cardinal D gives the player an instrument that plays, feels and sounds incredible while remaining at an affordable price without compromising quality. The Cardinal D with its distinctive candy apple red color and black hardware scheme will quickly become your "number one"! It is built with the finest hardware and electronics and workmanship! Capable of cutting through the mix with powerful leads and vintage sounding crunch. While the Cardinal D is attractively priced it is suitable for both stage and studio. The Cardinal D has a 3" neck tenon and a 1 3/4" thick beveled edge mahogany body, improved neck angle and joint, tapered 50s style neck profile with a 16" inch radius and an action set to 1/16th (1.5 mm) off the seventeenth fret (maximum playability and speed) with D Addario 9s. A beveled edge mahogany body and maple neck with an African blackwood fingerboard with diamond and dot inlays. Black nut and custom made QA tuners. The two hand wound QA Stinger P-90 pickups with AlNico 2 long magnets are voiced very similar to vintage late 50s to early 60s P-90s and the completely shielded cavities insure noise free playing. The Bourns low friction pots 500k volume and 250k tone roll off smooth and efficiently. Mallory .022 5% tolerance cap, pointer washers under the knobs, Gavitt braided wiring, Switchcraft output jack and switch, D'Addario eliptical strap buttons, and set up by hand for an amazing playability. Comes with case candy and COA bearing our corporate seal.
