Kauer Guitars Banshee Standard
One of the finest goldtop finishes I've ever seen on an electric guitar — and a pickup configuration that opens up tonal combinations most guitarists have never explored. The Kauer Banshee Standard makes its return to the channel. Welcome back to Edge of Breakup.
In this episode the Kauer Banshee Standard takes center stage — three Lollar pickups, a Cocked Wah switch, a middle pickup on/off switch, and more tonal variables than any three-pickup guitar I've played — into the Benson Amps Monarch and Benson 2x12" via the Boss Waza Tube Amp Expander. Origin Effects Revival Drive Compact, R2R Electric Rangemaster OC202 Silicon, Meris Mercury X Reverb, and Echo Fix EF-X3 all feature.
The pickup configuration is the headline. Lollar Firebird neck and middle, with a Lollar Mini Humbucker in the bridge — aesthetically styled to match the Firebird covers so all three pickups look identical from the front. The Mini Humbucker's tighter, more articulate character in the bridge sits distinctly against the Firebirds' mid-forward bark, and the middle Firebird pickup's on/off switch allows blending it with either the neck or bridge independent of the standard 3-way toggle — an unusual and genuinely versatile pickup routing explored in depth from 08:38 onward.
The Cocked Wah Switch is a custom Kauer feature: a fixed wah-position tone cap that simulates a wah pedal parked at a specific frequency — engaged at 12:22 across various pickup combinations, then combined with the Rangemaster for a particularly expressive set of textures at 21:33.
Full Banshee Standard specs: Spanish Mahogany back and neck. Brown Mahogany finish on back and back of neck. White binding. Gold Top finish. Standard C neck profile (0.87" at 1st fret / 1.01" at 12th fret). Nut width 1.70". Wenge fretboard, 24.75" scale, 22 frets, 12" radius, Jescar 47095NS fretwire. Keystone inlays. TonePros Nashville Tune-o-matic. Bigsby tremolo. Rickard Banjo Tuners. 3 Volume / 1 Global Tone / 3-Way Toggle. 7 lbs 4 oz. Serial #625. Built 04/10/2023.
🎸 Kauer Guitars: https://www.kauerguitars.com
🎸 Lollar Firebird & Mini Humbucker: https://www.lollarguitars.com/lollar-pickups
🔊 Benson Amps: https://www.bensonamps.com/guitar-amplifiers
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🎸 Kauer Banshee Standard | Gold Top | Lollar Firebird (Neck + Middle) + Lollar Mini HB (Bridge) | Cocked Wah Switch | Bigsby | Wenge Board | Serial #625
🎛️ Origin Effects Revival Drive Compact | R2R Electric Rangemaster OC202 Silicon | Meris Mercury X | Echo Fix EF-X3
🔊 Benson Amps Monarch | Boss Waza TAE | Benson 2x12"
Recording: Universal Audio Apollo x4 | Lauten Audio LS-208 | Royer R10 & R121 | Sennheiser E906 | Ableton Live 11
