RAVEN SKY – (Family: Aquila Sky Guitar)
Sorry, we don’t have many photos of the RAVEN SKY as yet.
However, the guitar is basically the same as the BIANCA, except for the colour.
General Description:
Based on the JEANNIE-BIANCA SKY prototype the first RAVEN SKY was built by Boris Dommenget in 2011.
Designed to combine the best qualities of a Sky Guitar with great sounding clarity of tone and elegant looks, these guitars command attention wherever you play.
Wood & Specs:
- Number of strings: 6
- Alder body
- Flamed maple neck
- Position markers: abalone stars
- Long scale (Strat style – 25.5 inches – 65 cm)
- Neck width at saddle: 4.5 cm
- Neck width towards bridge: 5.9 cm
- Neck join: Emperor
- Medium scalloped from 7th fret
- Number of frets: 37 (the top 5 frets are whole-tone steps, counting as 2 frets each – the amount differs between individual guitars)
- Super-Jumbo fret wire – smaller in the higher regions
- ABM super smooth floating tremolo with 3 gold-plated springs Sound & Tone Engine:
- Mega-Wing III System with 18-volt power supply
- 3 pick-ups: (2 humbuckers & 1 single coil in the middle)
- 5 control knobs:
1) volume – 2) treble-range – 3) Mid-range – 4) bass-range – 5) master gain
- 5-way toggle switch
- 2 X humbucker-to-single coil switches
- Cyan Magic – 12 blue/turquoise lights with dimmerFinish & Colour:
- Overall appearance: gold theme
- Polyurethane
- Body: raven black
Decoration &Symbols:
- 2 brass scratch plates, 24 Karat gold plated
- Sky Academy spiral symbol on body
- USG symbol on headstock
- Unique USG identification back plate, 24 Karat gold-plated Extras:
- Tronical Powertune Self-Tuning System
- pick holder
- Black UJR Sky Guitar case with black velvet interior Tone:
- Bright, singing, three dimensional
Sky Guitar Type:Aquila Sky
Uli with the first RAVEN SKY, “Black Lion” at Schloss Rietzneuendorf in 2011
With “Jeannie-Bianca” on the pool-deck at a very memorable 70 000 Tons of Metal Caribbean cruise
Performing “The Sails of Charon” with Chuck Billy and Elliott Rubinson
Playing Jeannie-Bianca at a classical concert at Kassel Stadthalle, Germany
With Pat McManus in France
Slash is taking a closer look at Jeannie-Bianca during a jam session in New Zealand
1st ever performance with “Jeannie-Bianca” at the Crossroads Festival in Hamburg, 2010
