MIGHTY NEW DAWN – (Families: Unicorn & Pegasus Sky Guitar)
General Description:
MIGHTY NEW DAWN is the first ever hybrid Sky Guitar which bundles the powers of two completely different species of Sky Guitar into one! The proto-type was built by Boris for Uli in 2016 and it has since been used in many concerts with stunning results.
The guitar consists of two fully fledged independent Sky Guitars which share the same body, but have completely independent electronics and outputs.
The lower neck belongs to a Unicorn type Flamenco Sky Guitar with 7 nylon strings and piezos. The upper neck is that of a Pegasus type electric Sky Guitar like the Lionheart.
The body is mahogany and the Flamenco upper half is hollow with a spruce top and Torres bracing. The lower electric half is solid mahogany, but has a maple top. The electronics are the same as in individual SGs. That means there is a Mega Wing III system installed for the electric Sky and a piezo based system for the semi-acoustic classical nylon Sky.
The 5 control knobs on the top scratch plate are for the Flamenco Sky, whereas the 5 controls on the top are designated for the Mega Wing System. There is a 3-way toggle switch which allows for the choice of A) Flamenco only – B) both guitars – C) Electric Pegasus Sky only
Wood & Specs:
- Number of nylon strings: 7
- Number of nickel strings: 6 or 7
- Mahogany body, hollow on one side – solid on the other
- Spruce top with Torres bracing for lower half Flamenco
- Mahogany neck for Flamenco Sky
- Ebony fingerboard with maple top for Flamenco Sky
- Flamed maple neck for Pegasus electric Sky
- Position markers in abalone (stars)
- Long scale (25 inch – 65 cm)
- Neck width at saddle: 5.1 cm
- Neck width towards bridge: 6.8 cm
- Neck join: MW
- Flamenco neck not scalloped
- Pegasus electric neck deep scalloped
- Number of frets: 37 for Pegasus neck
- Number of frets: 24 for Flamenco neck
- Super-Jumbo fret wire
- ABM floating tremolo with three gold-plated springs for Pegasus Electric
- Ebony fixed bridge for Flamenco Sky Sound & Tone Engine:
- Mega-Wing III System with 18-volt power supply for the Pegasus electric Sky
- 3 pick-ups: 2 humbuckers & 1 single coil in the middle
- 5 bottom control knobs:
1) volume – 2) treble-range – 3) Mid-range – 4) bass-range – 5) master gain - Piezos with 4 band EQ for the Flamenco Sky
- 19-volt Mega Wing power supply & battery
- 5 top control knobs for the piezo section Flamenco Sky
- 3-way toggle switch: A) Flamenco B) both guitars C) Electric Pegasus Sky
- Cyan Magic – 12 blue/turquoise lights with dimmer for Pegasus electric Sky
- Cyan Magic – 10 blue/turquoise lights with dimmer for Flamenco Sky
- Midi optional
- Finish & Colour:
- Polyurethane
- Body: multi-tone sun-burst glaze with gold dust – either red/amber to black
Decoration &Symbols: - Overall appearance: gold theme, sunburst
- 2 brass scratch plates – 24 carat gold plated
- Sky Academy Spiral on body
- USG logo on headstock
- Unique Sky Guitar identification back plate with date, name of series and serial number – 24 carat gold-platedExtras:
- 2 x Tronical Powertune Self-Tuning System with tulip pegs
(7th string does not auto-tune!) - Acrylic glass detachable Leg Rest
- Black Sky Guitar case with black velvet interior
Tone:
- Genuine fully fledged Pegasus type Sky Guitar sound, very warm and singing
- Flamenco: Crystal clear, close to a classical acoustic guitar, resonant, versatile. Extremely feedback resistant, even in a loud onstage environment Sky Guitar Type:
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Unicorn & Pegasus Sky in one
MIGHTY NEW DAWN with descriptions by Boris
the two necks from the back – beautiful flamed maple and beautiful mahogany
…the beginning…
Uli & Boris on the day Mighty New Dawn was finally assembled.
