Spade Spade Matte Clear HH(Humbucker Humbucker)

Color Options See Through Blue, Red, Honey, Black, Green, Honey Matte with Maple Fretboard. Also solid white and black.

We now also offer custom padded gig bags

The Spade Matte Clear HH is a full 25.5 scale 24 fret set neck performance guitar. At 5 pounds It is well suited for the traveling pro or the traveling enthusiast. All highest quality South Korean hardware and use standard single ball strings. Our new Monorail bridge isolates each saddle/string so that it vibrates optimally, not allowing sympathetic vibration.

We use only the highest quality woods, three-piece maple neck-through construction body, swamp ash body wings, and beautiful high polished Brazilian Rosewood fretboard. Comes with OHSC hard case ready for the road or overhead plane compartment. The Ace 4 & 5 string bass and Spade are designed by Bootlegger Guitar and in the tradition of Bootlegger Guitar USA.

Specifications of Spade Matte Clear

All hardware and pickups high-quality BHK Industries S. Korea. We design and build professional quality guitars and tube amps.

We have sold our guitars and our Tube amps to players all over the world.

More Information

Since the 80’s creative builders like Steinberger have challenged the standard by producing high-quality guitars without heads. This unconventional, but savvy design places all of the hardware in one location.

Having everything in one place eliminates the need for a nut, which is a boon for your open notes and intonation in general. Without that extra wood and hardware at the end of the neck, the balance of the guitar shifts to the body, alleviating the strain on your strap shoulder. Lighter, full scale, compact and works great as a travel bass.

Current headless builders such as Strandberg, Teuffel, Mayones, NS, Roehrs, Kiesel, Skervesen, and Carvin make high-end high-quality headless guitars. Now Bootlegger Guitar is introducing the new Spade Gen 2 and Ace 4 string bass,  inspired by our original Spade six-string guitar.

A few notable headless players

Mark Knopfler

• Eddie Van Halen
• Johnny Winter
• David Bowie
• Reeves Gabrels
• Lou Reed
• David Gilmour
• Greg Lake
• Don Felder
• 35/18/6 16lbs shipping

Recent Review Spade

Hi Chuck,

The Spade Clear Honey arrived last night. WOW, what a Sweet Guitar. I compared it to Steinberger. No Comparison. Just has way more depth in every aspect. Thanks for the T-Shirt and keep up the good work. I wish all of you out there a safe and healthy future. Kind regards, Doug P

I received my guitar on Friday with no issues. This thing is amazing, it has exceeded my expectations and plays as good as it looks! She is proudly hanging out with her new family and currently getting all the attention.

Thanks again!
Paul U

Beast! No cons whatsoever!!!!!!!!!

A Few more spade reviews

1st review

I was looking for a good quality travel guitar that would not break the bank and came across a video review of the Bootlegger Spade 2 by a guy named the ‘Tone King’. I typically do a lot of research when looking at buying things, especially for something like a guitar, and knew there was a risk that what I saw on a video review would not translate to something I liked when I sat down to play it but was pleasantly surprised by the Spade 2. In fact, I’d say it’s pretty darn good for a reasonably priced travel guitar. I received it last week and sat on the couch playing a few blues scales and a little ‘Stormy Monday’ was pleased with the ease of playability and the tone I was able to achieve.

2nd review

Great guitar!! UPS managed to bust off the selector switch, even though it was packed Extremely well. Sent a message to Chuck and he called almost immediately with multiple solutions to get this corrected. Since I’m good with a soldering iron, opted for him just to mail me a new switch. 2-minute fix. Great guitar and Great customer service, can’t beat that 🙂

3rd review

It was great working with Chuck directly. He answered all my questions and I’m happy with my purchase.

4th review

Who-da-thunk! After playing for 50 years, thought the Spade would be a good guitar to practice on, Yup, but actually, I’ll be using her life. Chuck gives a rather complete description of the pros and cons, but in reality, there are more pluses. Build quality is excellent, from the fretwork to the hardware. It’s really stable and didn’t take long to get used to the feel (gotta stop tryin’ to fine-tune the invisible tuners on the headstock though).

5th review

Only needed some minor setup tweaks right out of the box (neck was arrow straight, needed some relief for my style) Even though it has the “dime” pots, the cavity is shielded, the pups are well balanced, and can roar! As primarily a Strat player, love the scale on this, and the ability to get vintage bucker tones without switching guitars. Time will tell if it holds up to my abuse, but so far I’m very impressed. Some say it’s weird or ugly, but so am I. I anticipate a lot of questions when folks hear her.

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