{"product_id":"eastwood-hooky-raider","title":"Eastwood Hooky Raider Electric Guitar","description":"\u003ch5\u003eStory\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOur first guitar to hit the Hooky Series won’t come as a surprise to anyone familiar with Hooky’s career and musical background.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eJoy Division’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FD2SfQJOK08\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003elive TV performance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e of ‘She’s Lost Control’ in September 1979 for Granada TV and Bernard Sumner’s use of his customised 70’s Shergold Masquerader guitar for that performance guaranteed it’s place as an iconic part of rock music history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the Eastwood Hooky Series is our tribute to the original Shergold models, we’re delighted to release the Eastwood Hooky Raider Guitar as our tribute to that specific guitar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRaiding \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ethe designs of both the original Masquerader and our Hooky Bass 6 PRO model, we’ve also added some of our own design decisions to make the Hooky Raider stand up as a model in it’s own right.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWe’ve used Alder for the body to keep the overall weight down, while also maximizing the resonance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAdd an incredibly versatile electronics set up, including an \u003cstrong\u003eELDRED MOD*\u003c\/strong\u003e for each pickup, and you have a guitar that has everything! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWe don’t say this lightly, the Hooky Raider is truly a versatile beast! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e*Eldred Mod? What's that?\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the regular 3-way pickup selector, each pickup has its own 3-way selector that allows you to switch the Humbucker between:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHumbucker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSingle Coil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSingle Coil Eldred Mod\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Eldred Mod is a low value capacitor that we installed to each pickup. This enables a different\/extra tone from the same pickup in Single Coil mode (coil-tapped), giving you two alternative single coil sounds to work with on each pickup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt its core the Hooker Raider is a Dual Humbucker guitar (and fantastic just like this, btw), and then depending how you want to move to a Single Coil you've got the two options:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-The Eldred Mod position can be a better balance against the HB, because it's mellower and more tonally aligned to the HB, there's less 'NOW WE'RE IN SINGLE COIL!!' about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-But then again, sometimes you want that full on ‘cut through anything’ sound of a Single Coil… if you want that, it’s there for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd this is before you get into how they all work in combination with each other too! For instance, BRIDGE-HB with NECK-SC is quite a different flavour to BRIDGE-HB with NECK-SCEM... it's pretty versatile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eFeatures \u0026amp; Specs\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul data-stringify-type=\"unordered-list\" class=\"p-rich_text_list p-rich_text_list__bullet\" data-indent=\"0\" data-border=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\"\u003eBody: Solid Alder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\"\u003eNeck: Bolt-on Maple\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\"\u003eFingerboard: Maple\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\"\u003eScale Length: 25.5\" (648mm) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\"\u003eNut Material: Bone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\"\u003eNut Width: 1.65\" (42mm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\"\u003eBridge Pickup: Custom Alnico 5 Humbucker (14.9k)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\"\u003eNeck Pickup: Custom Ceramic Humbucker (8.6k)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\"\u003eSwitching: 1x 3-way Pickup Selector, 2x 3-way Pickup Voice Selector\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\"\u003eControls: Master Volume, Master Tone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\"\u003eBridge: Custom Hooky Thru-Body\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\"\u003eHardware: Nickel\/Chrome\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\"\u003eStrings: 10-46\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"#technical-specs\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFULL TECH SPECS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eCase Fit\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePremium Soft Case:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eStandard Guitar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/eastwoodguitars.sbs\/collections\/cases\/products\/eastwood-dlx-gig-bag\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #808080;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003eOptional Add-On\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hooky Series","offers":[{"title":"Black","offer_id":32948091912277,"sku":"2971","price":1449.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1621\/5363\/files\/raid.jpg?v=1776779951","url":"https:\/\/eastwoodguitars.sbs\/products\/eastwood-hooky-raider","provider":"Eastwood Guitars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}