Dismal Ax Barnstormer

After World War I, and before aviation regulations, many former military pilots bought surplus planes from the government and toured the countryside performing daring aerial stunts. They were called Barnstormers, and these guitars are a tribute to them, the planes they flew and the barns they stormed; blending the rough textures of the barn into the sleek, spare lines of the plane, the pilot having bailed shortly before the calamity.

The Barnstormer series features bodies built from sections of 2x4 or 2x6 rafters from old barns and can be hollowed out to reduce weight. Original saw marks are left showing and are lightly sanded to accentuate them. All Barnstormers can also be custom ordered with plain slab style or topped bodies. The necks are either one piece or laminated, with an inline headstock, and attached to the body with a full width mortise and tenon joint. The Barnstormer headstock is ¼” deeper than a typical headstock and the guitar models use Hipshot tuners with graduated posts, thus requiring no string retainers.

General Barnstormer Specifications:
- Body woods: Beech or oak standard; maple, poplar, tupelo, and elm available, but limited
- Neck woods: Maple, walnut, cherry, osage orange (for laminates)
- Fretboard woods: Persimmon, osage orange, black locust, honeylocust, mesquite
- Pickups: Lindy Fralin, Jason Lollar, Rio Grande, TV Jones, Nordstrand, others

Barnstormer SC models:
- 25” scale set neck with 24 frets and inline headstock
- 2 P90 or humbucker pickups and half-round control plate
- Hipshot baby grand or hardtail bridge
- Hipshot classic tuners

Barnstormer DC models:
- 25” scale set neck with 24 frets and inline headstock
- 2 P90 or humbucker pickups and half-round control plate
- Pigtail or similar wraparound bridge or Tuneomatic with string thru body
- Hipshot classic tuners

Barnstormer AC (asymmetric cutaway-similar to strat) models:
- 25.5” scale set neck with 22 frets and inline headstock
- 3 single coil pickups and full pickguard
- Optional bridge Humbucker
- Hipshot hardtail bridge or contour tremolo
- Hipshot classic tuners

Barnstormer Bass:
- 34”scale set neck with 22 frets and inline headstock
- 2 soapbar pickups and half-round control plate
- Hipshot B aluminum bridge
- Hipshot ultralite tuners

Pricing:
Barnstormer SC Model Base Price: $2100