Lipe Soldato #25 Guitar
About Lipe Guitars:
After decades of creating building and customizing guitars exclusively for megastar guitar players, Mike Lipe decided to make his craftsmanship accessible to the general public as well. In the year 2000, Mike started his very own company Lipe Guitars USA.
Lipe Guitars are High End Boutique Instruments which are hand made one at a time by Mike Lipe himself. The finest materials and highest standards of craftsmanship are used to bring you the best instrument imaginable.These guitars are designed to last a lifetime and inspire the best of the players creativity.
In today's digital age, CNC operated machines have taken over, replacing the art form of guitar-building with a mass production guitar cloning process. Lipe guitars are one of the last representatives of a dying breed proudly caring the flag of genuine old school craftsmanship where guitars have individual soul and personality that can't be duplicated exactly the same.
Lipe Guitars are to be recognized with their stunning selection of woods, tasteful musical tone, effortless playability with a vibe and feel that only a genuine hand made guitar by a Master can possess.
WOOD:
The wood is the heart and soul in a guitar. Aware of this fact, Mike Lipe personally selects the wood for each instrument with extreme care. The moisture content, stability and acoustic properties are always double checked before use.
Alder, Mahogany, Swamp Ash and Korina are the standard woods used for the body core. The laminated top's are highly figured Flame Maple, Quilted Maple, Spalted Maple, Koa, Redwood, Walnut and Mikes personal favorite, Hawaiian Mango, which has become a Lipe Guitar trade mark due to it's incredible sonic properties and very extravagant looks.
The neck's are made from Hard Rock Maple, Mahogany or Korina with large variety of fingerboard woods Indian Rosewood, Madagascar Rosewood, Cocobolo, Maple, and Pau Ferro.
PICKUPS:
After years and years of painstaking research Mike Lipe has discovered that Amalfitano pickups are the best match for his line of guitars. Amalfitano are high end boutique pickups hand wound in the heart of Texas by Jerry Amalfitano. Jerry's pickups seem to amplify most accurately the true voice of the guitar without altering but complimenting it's very nature. This is why Amalfitano pickups come standard on most Lipe Models except, The Ivo model which is equipped with Dimarzio pickups. After many comparing tests, Dimarzio with their Area Series, proved to be the absolutely best noise free single coil size pickup made to date.
Dimarzio Area Series, PAF 36th anniversary and Vintage Minibucker are a standard option on The Ivo Model.
HARDWARE:
Most models come standard with Hip Shot Bridges, Tremolos and Tuners.
Hip Shot is an American Company producing the finest guitar hardware made in the USA. The tuning stability, tone and classy styling made Hip Shot an instant match with Lipe Guitars.
The fully floating tremolo unites state of the art design and highest quality materials with super hard steel alloy ball bearing system to insure excellent return to pitch, accuracy, maximum tone, sustain, and durability. The stainless steel no wobble vibrato arm gives you a superb feel and years of reliable trouble free service.
The necks utilize the Bruce Johnson single-two way truss rod, which is the best of both worlds. It has the better tone of a vintage single truss rod with the flexibility of a modern double truss rod.
The neck joint incorporates treated brass inserts in the neck butt which along with the stainless steel bolts and recessed neck plate creates much stronger contact point between the neck and the body with superior tone transfer, sustain and rock solid stability.
The listed woods, pickups and hardware options above are strong suggestion based on extensive tests and lifelong experience. However, Lipe Custom Shop can meet any custom order different from the standard option according to the customer preference, rare exotic wood's, different pickup manufacturers, and different hardware etc....
