Zerberus-Guitars Chimaira
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Make: Zerberus-Guitars
Model: Chimaira
Year: 2012
Condition: New
Price: € 1599.00
Insane Bluesmachine! Zerberus Guitars Chimaira in Magma-Burst #C1082012 brandnew the last one of 40
...just a guitar - so what?
You are wrong - this
Zerberus-Guitars Chimaira is not just a guitar as much as a Lamborghini Diablo
is not just a car.
The Chimaira we are talking about
was made mostly in handycraft in a small batch of only 40 pcs. worldwide.
This guitar might become a very
valuable collector´s item one day.
I really do my best to make the
Zerberus-Guitars a Legend :)
But even if it doesn’t become a
collector´s item - it is an amazing guitar with an incredible versatile sound
and it is more than just
a musical instrument - it is a
sculpture and a piece of art.
You must see that with your own
eyes to believe it.
But it is not only the wonderful
tops that make the Chimaira so extraordinary.
It´s the design, the concept, the
excellent hardware and selected tonewoods and many more things to explore.
But the story of the Chimaira
hardly can be told without telling a little bit about the person who brought
this guitar into being.
My name is Frank.
I was born in 1965 and I started
playing guitar when I was 10 years old.
When I was 15, I built my first
custom guitar with the help and assistance of a very old carpenter.
Over the years I have been
playing in several bands, on stages in studios in pubs and mostly in rehearsal
rooms and I built some more guitars just for fun.
Playing in different bands forced
me to use several guitars.
Being tired of changing my
guitars for every gig, I often wished to have one guitar that really could be a
jack of all trades.
With this requirement in mind, in
2002 I launched the Zerberus-Guitars company in Germany.
The Chimaira, I am talking about
began its live as a custom guitar.
The custom Chimaira prototype was
sold to a customer in the USA at the Summer NAMM 2012.
The Chimaira guitar that was
built as a small limited edition of only 40 guitars worldwide
Developing this guitar I aimed to
combine the versatility of our Hydra II with a slightly more unusual design and
a more user-friendly circuit.
Of course I did not make any
compromise on sound hardware or tonewood.
The body is made of solid
Korina-Wood with an also solid 18 mm thick Maple top and an amazing selected
flamed maple veneer.
Then neck is made of hard Maple
and is glued deep into the body of the Chimaira.
The neck-joint was designed to
create a very stable and secure compound.
Therefore the neck-heel reaches
underneath the neck humbucker.
We know about the problematic of
accessing the highest frets in most guitars, and we attached great importance
on an elegant and ergonomic
neck-body-transition that allows
soloing in the highest frets without breaking your fingers.
The neck has a 25.5 inch scale
and 24 medium jumbo frets that are perfectly polished and dressed.
The Black Ebony fretboard has
block inlays made of mother of pearl and abalone.
Even unplugged, thanks to its
selected tonewoods and the masterly workmanship, the Chimaira surprises with an
exceptional volumeand a very distinct sound.
With the aim to transform the
very harmonic character and the unplugged sound potential perfectly into
electrical oscillations we use the
Kammerstein Quadrail humbucker that already sparkled on the Hydra II.
Designing the circuit of the
Chimaira I have, as already established in the electronics of the Hydra and
Morpheus, put big emphasis on versatility.
Whether in the studio, on stage,
in the rehearsal room or at home in the living room: The Chimaira always
delivers the perfect sound, and thanks to the Kammerstein QuadRail Humbuckers,
even in split mode always two parallel coils are working.
That makes the Chimaira very
unsusceptible against interference and hum.
The Chimaira has one volume and
one tone-knob.
For both pots push-pull-pots are
used which can be used to split the neck and bridge humbucker into
single-coils.
Thus, the Chimera is again a
perfect working tool for all kinds of styles from jazz to heavy metal.
Thanks to the two push-pull-pots,
the Chimera provides fat powerful humbucker sounds as well as crisp percussive
single-coil-sounds
A special highlight of the
Chimaira is the well-engineered concept that stands behind the tremolo system.
Even the best guitar becomes
unusable if the tremolo system does not work properly.
Again Zerberus-Guitars relies on
the best hardware that was perfectly matched to the Chimaira.
The tremolo is a Wilkinson VS100
made by the well known high quality manufacturer Gotoh.
To guarantee smooth flow of the
strings over the nut we have assembled the Chimaira with a roller nut.
To avoid frictional loss, the
headstock especially was designed to assure that the strings run parallel
straight from the nut to the tuning machines.
If we would use standard tuning
machines the guitar could become out of tune as soon as you work with the
tremolo bar.
To guarantee the guitar to stay
in tune we have used locking machines made by Wilkinson.
Even by the choice of the strings
we attached great importance to provide best tuning performance and stability.
The Chimaira is equipped with
strings made by the US manufacturer SIT (Stay In Tune) -strings from Ohio.
The result of all that endeavors
is a well designed and composed tremolo system that works very precise, smooth
and stays in tune no matter how hard you attack the whammy bar.
Of course such a rare and
valuable instrument has to be protected against damage by dropping it.
Therefore we have equipped the
Chimaira with a great working Marvel straplock system.
The Chimaira includes a Zerberus
hardcase that fits the guitar perfect and a certificate.
From the first contact you can see, hear and feel that
the Chimaira is no ordinary guitar.
This guitar inspires and
motivates its user to boost his skills
and playing style.
We take personal responsibility for the quality of
all Zerberus Guitar products.
Our motto is: "Quality
starts with the design process and
includes the incorporation of the highest quality, cured tone woods and
the
best hardware and best componentry
available on the market.
Whilst quality inspection can be useful in some situations,
it is our aim to circumvent, as much as
possible, its need by ensuring
that we build our products 'right first time'.
When you purchase a Zerberus
guitar, you will own a unique, organic
product that has been loved and cared for from its inception and which is designed to last a lifetime."
All Zerberus guitars are individually set up and tested prior to
shipment, a process which we take great
pride in overseeing.
Before I ship a guitar, I always
make a very detailed setup.
Adjusting the neck, string
spacing, pickup height, adjusting the
tremolo and so on.
After the setup I seal the
fretboard using some very good German
plain hard wax oil with all natural ingrediences like linseed oil, colophony and other herbal resins.
After that procedure I play some
notes over the amplifier to make sure
that the guitar sounds and plays as I expect it
to.
Then I hand polish the guitar to
high gloss and put it into the Zerberus
hardcase, add some soft cleaning and polishing cloth and pack the case into
a stable cardboard box.
And this all to make sure that
you will not give the guitar out of your
hands anymore.
If you have any questions,
please feel free to mail me.
If you want to see more guitars
please visit the Zerberus-Guitars website !
Regarding the shipment:
I do my best to protect the
guitar as good as I can.
That means that I use overseas
cardboard which is very sturdy.
Then I wrap a lot of Red tape
around the parcel with the printing “Handle with care!!!”.
I really do my best to make the
shipment safe and secure.
In other words, I will make the
packing as safe as I can so nothing shall damage the guitar inside.
So if a guitar gets lost, the
shipping company will pay full refund.
Shipping Information
Ships from
Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Accepts Local Pickup: yes
Accepts Shipping: yes
Shipping rates:
Please contact seller
Publication date: Sep 17, 2017
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Type: Guitars
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Seller: Zerberus-Guitars
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+ - Payment Policy Bank transfer is mostly appreciated. Paypal is accepted. Checks are accepted. Local pickups is very much appreciated.
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