Nova 24
The Nova 24 (24-fret version) was conceived parallel to the Zooma and contains much the same essential design features.
The shorter scale corresponds approximately to Gibson's 625 mm/24.625" standard.
Katalox wood looks very similar to wenge, but is even harder, with finer pores. Ideal for fingerboards.
The Bender humbucker pickups have a high output with a warm, well-defined tone. They are custom-made by the famous Berlin guitar electro-technician and Kuhlo Guitars/PlekHaus team member Michael Bender.
Like the Zooma, the Nova 24 is equipped with stainless steel frets in 3 different widths. The aim here being to provide optimal haptics and playability in the higher playing positions.
Like all my guitars, the Nova has a built-in fingerboard fall-off of 50 (a plek-internal logarithmic value).
This means that the ftretboard is flattened from the 12th fret up, so there is a minimal increase in distance between the strings and the following frets. The result is an avoidance of fret-buzz/fret-out in high positions with ever closely spaced frets, without recognizably leaving the overall linear action.
- Body: swamp ash with aspen burl top
- Neck: curly maple, head plate with aspen burl top, 2-way adjustable trussrod
- Fretboard: Katalox, shell inlays
- Frets: 24, stainless steel 2.7/ 2.5/ 2.3 mm
- Scale: 629 mm, 24.8"
- Neck-body joint: direct 6x bolt-on
- Bridge: ABM 3256, brass, body through string mount
- Gears: Kluson/Schaller w/cylinder keys
- Pickups: Bender HB Custom
- Electric setup: 1 master volume, 3-way toggle,
Piuckups individually switchable to serial or parallel - Finish: light amber
- Overall weight: 2,700 gr.
- Set Up: plek©