Rapier add the Rocket to its Series of guitars and basses, themed around British built guitars from the 1960s and 70s.
Whilst celebrating the company’s 60th anniversary, JHS are launching a host of new instruments at Winter NAMM 2025, which include the Rapier Rocket, designed by the legendary UK guitar builder and hardware specialist Alan Entwistle.
With its distinctive symmetrical, swept-wing okeume body, neck and angled headstock, all finished in a striking metallic silver, offset with a single ply black scratchplate and chrome hardware, the Rapier Rocket looks unquestionably cool.
Straight string-pull from the Wilkinson EZ loc machine heads to the Entwistle designed Hi-Lo Resonance long-plate vibrato system, via a precision cut Graphtech nut and roller bridge, ensures accurate return to pitch, stable tuning and pinpoint intonation over the Canadian rock maple neck with double action truss rod and 22 fret, bound rosewood fingerboard.
With a low DCR output of 5K ohms, the Entwistle FireStar pickups are more open sounding with a massive dynamic range, whilst heavy gauge winding wire and powered by a single Neodymium Rare Earth magnet, they’re extra hot, whilst also highlighting Entwistle’s extraordinary talent for guitar wiring.
Rapier Rocket Electric Guitar – fitted with Elixir Strings as standard. RRP £499.00 / US MAP $699
Visit Rapier guitars in Hall D, Booth 5910 at The NAMM Show 2025.
Vintage guitars are distributed worldwide exclusively by JHS. JHS Website
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