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SKU SKVN-RAPTOR7-GRAPHB

Skervesen Raptor 7 Guitar, Black Graphite Burst, Swamp Ash Top, Stained Walnut Fretboard

$3,149.00
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Player's Perspective

Music Store Live is very proud to offer up this Skervesen 7-string Raptor guitar with a beautifully figured swamp ash top! 

This Skervesen Raptor is very appropriately named. The guitar is aggressive and super fast to play. If you're not careful, it could just bite your head off... But if you can channel the power of a true beast master, then all it has to offer will be at your fingertips. Blazing lead licks up and down the fretboard are a real breeze while complicated chord shapes are still easy to get every note to ring out perfectly. Even if this is your first foray into the world of extended range guitars, you're likely to feel right at home on this bad boy.

Let's not kid ourselves here, this is a shredder's axe through and through! Sure, it can handle a variety of playing styles, but it's begging to hit the front end of your amp hard and scorch the big stage. There's enough mid-range in the Bare Knuckle pickups to keep your tone punchy and defined, even when heavily saturated with distortion. The beautiful swamp ash body provides a nice spankiness and brightness to the sound, ensuring that you'll never be bogged down with a muddy tone. You'll slice through any mix like a raptor shredding apart its prey. The neck is slim, thin, and lightning fast. The fretwork is immaculate and allows for extreme bends without fretting out, two-handed tapping without exhausting your fingers, lightning fast shredding up and down the neck, and chugging rhythms, all with minimal effort. The heel is contoured for easy access to those upper frets so you can really get as high up on the neck as you need to. A simple control layout and gorgeous aesthetics round out this incredible sounding guitar. Whether you're lighting it up on the big stage or just jamming with friends, this guitar will impress both visually and with its killer tone.

Manufacturer's Description

The Raptor is the most popular model in the Skervesen line - a  versatile instrument of classic design.

This guitar features a European ash body with a swamp ash top, Jescar stainless frets, Bare Knuckle pickups, and a stained walnut fingerboard. A Hiscox case is included so you can keep your guitar protected from scratches and dings when you're not playing it. It's also covered by a 2-year warranty! 

THE JUGGERNAUT HUMBUCKER
Whether it's crushing rhythm tones, fluid solo tone or massive clean soundscapes that you want to create, the Juggernaut humbuckers deliver on every level. The Juggernaut is Periphery guitarist Misha Mansoor’s signature humbucker, and the pickup has been designed with Misha’s progressive playing style in mind. Along with a massive sound, the pickup has an optional distinctive 'bulb' design cover etch, which adds a further dimension to an already unique pickup.  

"The Bare Knuckle Juggernaut encapsulates everything that I look for in a pickup in a ground breaking way. I can finally have the tightness and attack of a ceramic with the dynamics and musical nature of an Alnico. I can proudly call the Bare Knuckle 'Juggernaut' my signature pickup set." Misha Mansoor.

The Juggernaut humbucker is designed with symmetrically hand-wound twin screw coils and has a unique combination of massive Alnico V and ceramic VIII flankers for its engine in the bridge and a custom size Alnico V in the neck. Bass response is big and focused with lots of weight in the mids for the ultimate in definition through complex extended chord voicings. High end is rich and vocal with all of the articulation and dynamic control that Misha demands for his progressive playing style.

"The pickups are full and musical at all times even though they are super tight and can turn very aggressive if you pick hard." Misha Mansoor.

Specifications

BODY

  • Model: Raptor 7
  • Color: Graphite Burst
  • Top Wood: Swamp Ash
  • Body Wood: European Ash

NECK

  • Fretboard: Walnut (stained black)
  • Neck Wood: 5-Piece Maple-Wenge-Pau Ferro
  • Binding: Parchment (around fretboard and headstock)
  • Scale Length: 25.5"
  • Frets: 24, Stainless Steel
  • Side Dots: Luminlay (glow-in-the-dark)

ELECTRONICS

  • Pickups: Bare Knuckle Pickups Juggernaut Set
  • Controls: Volume (push/pull coil split)
  • Pickup Selector: 3-Way Toggle Switch

HARDWARE

  • Bridge: Schaller Hannes 7
  • Tuners: Hipshot Locking Open-Gear
  • Color: Black

MISCELLANEOUS

  • Case: Hiscox Molded Hardshell
  • 2-Year Skervesen Warranty
  • Serial #: 96452
  • Instrument Weight: 7.7 lbs.

Overall Condition

Music Store Live is proud to be an authorized dealer for Skervesen. This Raptor 7 is 100% brand new and is being sold with a full manufacturer's warranty. Photos are of the exact guitar you'll receive.

Our in-house guitar tech will inspect, test, set up, and clean all of our instruments on site prior to shipping. All of our instruments are guaranteed to be fully functional upon arrival.