The Lil' Rey

The original Lil’ Rey was built for a left-handed family friend who wanted a top-quality T-Style guitar to go in his stable of guitars.  The Lil’ Rey was designed to his specifications and has a very resonant swamp ash body and solid Gotoh 6-saddle bridge.

Custom Pickup Options

The standard Lil’ Rey ships with MojoTone Broadcaster  Clone Tele pickups.  The Lil’ Rey was created to emulate vintage T-Style sounds and these pickups do it perfectly.  From the Mojotone website:

The Broadcaster only officially existed for a period of about 4 months, from October of 1950 to February of 1951, but it left an undeniable mark on music and the electric guitar itself. An upgrade from the original Esquire, with the addition of a neck pickup and a ‘blend’ potentiometer, there was nothing like it before or since. The first generation of “Blackguard” Teles are very highly regarded in terms of playability and tone, and now you can make your guitar sound like a slice of history.

Alnico 3 for the bridge and Alnico 5 for the neck, with vintage-spec 43 gauge plain enamel wire, a deep drawn chrome brass cover for the neck pickup, and a zinc plated baseplate for the bridge pickup. RWRP when combined for hum-cancelling in the middle position. 

All original manufacturing methods are the same with handwound coils, and lightly wax potted coils. The neck pickup is clean and glassy with lots of power to balance right with the overwound bridge pickup. The bridge pickup is fat and clear when clean, and creamy when distorted. Stellar example of a true Broadcaster sound! “

All Rana Guitars are completely shielded with copper foil tape and properly grounded to ensure quiet operation.

You can choose your own pickup configuration and any pickups.   Just let us know what you want.

Schaller M6 Locking Tuners

The Schaller M6 is the ultimate tuning machine.  They look beautiful and they perform better.  These tuners have a 1:18 gear ratio, which provides precise and smooth tuning.  The feature self locking drives and lubricate, enclosed gears.

 

Custom Inlays

The custom abalone diamond inlays that were chosen for the Lil’ Rey really complete this guitar.  Inlays are customizable on all of our guitars.  When you contact us to order your Rana Guitar, let us know what you are looking for.  

SPECIFICATIONS

BODY

Body Construction Solid body
Body Wood Swamp Ash (customer choice)
Top Wood Same as body (can be customized)

NECK

Neck Construction One piece
Neck Wood Torreified Figured Maple
Fretboard Wood Rosewood
Fretboard Radius 9 1/2"
Scale Length 25 1/2"
Truss Rod Dual-Action Spoke Wheel (Wheel at heel)
Frets 21
Assembly to Body Bolt-on

HARDWARE

Tuners Schaller M6
Bridge Gotoh GTC201
Nut Unbleached Bone

ELECTRONICS

Switch CLR 3-Way
Pots CTS 250k
Neck Pickup MojoTone Broadcaster Clone Tele (customer choice)
Bridge Pickup MojoTone Broadcaster Clone Tele (customer choice)
Controls Master Volume; Master Tone
Control Cavity 100% shielded with copper foil tape