LoveMaker Zenith OD 73

Concept By Jerry West and Fred Rudder 

I grew up following the west coast bands and single coil guitar sounds. My favorite was the Hawaiian detective show driving a Red Ferrari.   I asked Jerry West of CAT 5 band to join me in the project to capture the diverse east coast guitar sound. We concluded the East Coast Guitar had to incorporate a diverse play list of music genera influenced by New Orleans, Muscle Shoals, Detroit, Memphis, Nashville, New Jersey, New York, Atlanta, Carolinas, down the east coast to Miami and many rural communities east of the Mississippi.  

Jerry West has been testing a unique Rudder Guitar prototype on the Cat 5 2023 tour. The resulting melting pot of such diverse sounds is the East Coast Guitar built by Rudder Guitar called the LoveMaker OD 73 or simply OD 73. The OD 73 Design allows the player in all bands to produce these sounds performed today by the legendary beach bands and others. They are spinning out sounds originating from the Eye of the storm in Myrtle Beach Ocean Drive SC across the country now!  

LoveMaker Zenith OD 73 Freedom Performance Circuit or FPC

All Rudder Guitars have the F.P.C. to begin our quest for a guitar to create your new unique sounds. We do this intentionally by matching up all of our electronics and hand soldering the components for the most versatile production of fresh new sounds with a new clarity. You can now produce multiple and even new types of music with their distinct sound to send into your pedals and amplifier. Everything looks clean on the top of your guitar because of our eliminating the need for micro switches all over the guitar body.

LoveMaker Zenith OD 73 Pickups:

Standard are the Dual US Hand Made BR&A ACT2 HB or BR&A Asymmetrical Clear Tone Coil Tap Humbucker in the Bridge and BR&A P90 in the neck. Both are in a matched set.

THIS IS THE ONLY PICKUP COMBINATION AVAILABLE FOR THE LOVEMAKER OD 73

LoveMaker Zenith OD 73 Switches:

Standard Switch is the Free-Way ®/Rudder Hi-Lo 6-way giving you both Single Coil and Humbucker sounds.

THIS IS THE ONLY SWITCH AVAILABLE FOR THE LOVEMAKER OD 73

LoveMaker Zenith OD 73 Potentiometers

It includes THREE CTS Potentiometers to match Pick-Up output. Each pickup has individual Volume control and a single Master Tone control.

LoveMaker Zenith OD 73 Capacitors

It features Selected orange drop capacitors on all potentiometers demonstrating how capacitors work creating swells, rotation kill switch and hear full EQ from lows, clean mids, and highs. 

LoveMaker Zenith OD 73 Output Jack

Features Puretone 4 Point Output Jack provides dual tension grounds and dual positive tips for optimal signal and lowest possible noise. The dual Tensioned design locks cable securely in place while the increased metal mass to carry a strong clear signal to your effect pedals and amplifier for your unique sound.

• Body Wood:
  Honduran Mahogony
• Top: Maple Arch Top Low Flame with optional High Flame, Waves, and more.  
• Fretboard: Rosewood
• Neck: Honduran Mahogany or Maple
• Masked Body Binding. 
• Frets: Stewmac Medium/High nickel, optional  Stainless or Cryogenic
• Weight:  8-9 Lbs
• Truss Rod: Headstock Adjustment 
• Fretboard Radius: 12" 
• Inlay:  Abalone Dots
• Number of Frets: 22 
• Scale Length: 24.562" 
• Nut: GraphTech® Nu Bone 
• Width at Nut: 1.69" 
• Width at 12th Fret 2.02" 
• Body Thickness: 2.25”   
• Inlay: Side Dots Standard  with Abelone on Frets
• Finish:  We use a Custom Mix Poly Trans Paint for the Unique Color looking out over the ocean from ocean front balconies at Ocean Drive.
•  ISLAND BURST IS ONLY COLOR AVAILABLE FOR OD 73.

• Tuners: GraphTech® Locking Ratio Tuners. 
• Bigsby Tremolo  
• Truss Rod Headstock  
• Bridge: roller 

Dual US Hand Made BR&A ACT2 HB or BR&A Asymmetrical Clear Tone Coil Tap Humbucker in the Bridge and Neck.

The Modern Bridge is 15K without distortion and Neck 10K or Modern P90-10K.

Rudder Guitar Pickup Collection 

• Freedom Performance Circuit or FPC
• Rudder Speed Sensitive Tone Neck or SST Neck     
• The Friendly Handshake Grip Neck
• 12 O Clock High Feature
• The Same Muscle Memory for Accuracy and More Speed 
•  WFR Spoke Truss Rod Wheel Adjustment Nut on the base of head stock.

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