レンブラント・スカイ(ファミリー:ペガサス・スカイギター)
概要
レンブラント・スカイは2本目となる7弦仕様スカイギターです。マイティ・ウイングの後継機として製作された5本目のスカイギターで、
ディミトゥリオの手による最後の原型スカイギターとなりました。
また、マホガニー材を使用した最初のスカイギターでもあり、これは重要な特徴です。マイティ・ウイングは技巧派演奏を新たな高みへと
導くものでしたが、レンブラント・スカイは別の目的のために製作されました。弦間ピッチもその一つで、マイティ・ウイングよりも広く
なりましたが、それでも一般的な7弦ギターよりはまだ若干狭いです。
Wood & Specs:
- Number of strings: 7
- Mahogany body
- Flamed maple neck
- Position markers: lack dots/spirals
- Long scale (Strat style – 25 inch – 65 cm)
- Neck width at saddle: 5.1 cm
- Neck width towards bridge: 6.8 cm
- Neck join: Emperor
- Medium scalloped all the way
- Number of frets: 32 (the top 4 frets are whole-tone steps, counting as 2 frets each)
- Super-Jumbo fret wire – smaller in the higher regions
- ABM super smooth floating tremolo with 3 gold-plated springsSound & Tone Engine:
- Mega-Wing III System with 18-volt power supply
- 2 pick-ups: 2 humbuckers – 1 single coil middle pick-up
- 5 bottom control knobs:
1) volume – 2) treble-range – 3) Mid-range – 4) bass-range – 5) master gain - 5-position toggle switch
- 2 humbucker to single coil switches
- Cyan Magic – 12 blue/turquoise lights with dimmerFinish & Colour:
- Overall appearance: gold theme – light blue 3-pronged spiral on black
- Polyurethane
- Body: black
Decoration & Symbols:
- 2 brass scratch plates – 24 Karat gold plated
- Turquoise/light blue galaxy spiral on body, multi-layered, soft edges
- Oval brass brooch with blue stone under glass
- Unique identification back plate – 24 Karat gold-platedExtras:
- Tronical Powertune Self-Tuning System with App
- Acrylic glass detachable Leg Rest
- Black UJR Sky Guitar case with black velvet interior
- Pegasus Sky Guitar Strap in black ultra soft poly velvet, 3 inches wide
音色: クリーミー、芳醇、歌うかのよう、ウォーム
スカイギター・タイプ: ペガサス・スカイ
Jamming with Michael Schenker in 2001
Although a 7-string does not easily lend itself to playing Jimi Hendrix style, Uli chose the Rembrandt Sky because of its phenomenal tone for his appearance in a television show which featured Jimi’s music. Cologne, Germany, 1991
At the Monsters of Rock Festival, Turin, Italy 1998
The Rembrandt Sky is also featured strongly in the Legends of Rock DVD from 2001, where he used it during his performances with UFO as well as Jack Bruce.
The Rembrandt Sky was also one of the two main protagonists on Uli’s album “Transcendental Sky Guitar”, which came in two sides: “The Phoenix and the Dragon”. The Rembrandt Sky was assigned the role of “the Dragon”.
Uli with Mighty Wing & Rembrandt at Tan-y-Bwlch beach in Wales
UJR poster with Rembrandt Sky