Frank Brothers Signature
The dedicated debut demo of my Frank Brothers Signature — the most resonant and versatile Frank Brothers guitar I've played. Welcome back to Edge of Breakup.
In this episode the Frank Brothers Arcade Signature takes center stage — loaded with a Lollar '50s Wind P90 in the neck and Lollar Low Wind Imperial in the bridge, fitted with a MojoAxe Trap Wrap compensated wraptail bridge and Emerson Custom Treble Bleed, into the Benson Amps Monarch and Benson 2x12" cabinet. The pedalboard features the R2R Electric Pre-Amp, Caroline Guitar Co. Arigato Phaser, Spruce Effects Tone Bender, Meris Polymoon, Origin Effects Deluxe61, and Mythos Wildwood Vipera.
Frank Brothers Guitar Company was built on the Signature Model — their original design, predating the Arcade and Ultralight. The Signature's defining construction feature is inverse chambering: a partially hollowed solid mahogany core with a bookmatched bigleaf curly maple top and back press-laminated over it. There is no f-hole. The chambering is internal — the treble side is semi-hollow, the bass side solid — giving the guitar a voice that blends semi-hollow resonance and acoustic projection with solid-body sustain and attack. At around 7.5 lbs, it's noticeably lighter than the Arcade and sounds meaningfully different: richer, more balanced EQ, with a natural acoustic complexity in the note that no fully solid guitar can produce. The double-bound body with seamlessly bound heel is the most premium presentation in the Frank Brothers lineup.
This specific build pairs two Lollar pickups from different families in the same guitar — the '50s Wind P90 (Alnico 2, lower output, brighter and more chime-forward, from the Sean Costello '53 Goldtop spec) in the neck, and the Low Wind Imperial humbucker (Alnico 2 neck / Alnico 5 bridge, 6.1K-7.4K, the semi-hollow voicing) in the bridge. The middle position blends them in parallel — a genuinely unique tonal combination not available with any matched P90 or matched humbucker set.
The MojoAxe Trap Wrap is a compensated wraptail bridge — a thoughtful upgrade over a standard wraparound tailpiece that adds individual saddle compensation for accurate intonation per string, while retaining the wraptail's distinctive warmth, sustain, and string feel. The Emerson Custom Treble Bleed on the volume pot preserves high-end detail through the entire volume sweep — essential for fuzz and overdrive cleanup.
🎸 Frank Brothers Guitar Company: https://www.frankbrothersguitars.com
🎸 Lollar Pickups: https://www.lollarguitars.com/lollar-pickups
🔊 Benson Amps: https://www.bensonamps.com/guitar-amplifiers
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🎸 Frank Brothers Arcade Signature | Inverse Chambering | Lollar '50s Wind P90 (Neck) + Low Wind Imperial (Bridge) | MojoAxe Trap Wrap | Emerson Treble Bleed
🎛️ R2R Electric Pre-Amp | Caroline Arigato | Spruce Effects Tone Bender | Meris Polymoon | Origin Deluxe61 | Mythos Wildwood Vipera
🔊 Benson Amps Monarch | Benson 2x12"
Recording: Universal Audio Apollo x4 | Lauten Audio LS-208 | Royer R10 & R121 | Sennheiser E906 | Ableton Live 11
