The Quilted Maple top sonically enriches the response for picking and the American Basswood body delivers a natural and flat tone. The Roasted Maple neck is heat-treated to increase stability, durability, moisture resistance and tolerance of temperature changes. Roasted Maple fretboard - heat-treatment provides a well-balanced attack and tone and a rich sustain. In order to achieve supreme neck grip comfort, the fretboard edge is finished with a smooth curve. The Gotoh MG-T locking machine heads achieve incredible tuning stability, cutting down string-changing time. The Gotoh T1502 tremolo bridge features steel saddles and a die-cast zinc tremolo block for a quick response and improved articulation. Seymour Duncan Hyperion Pickups feature a moderate output through Alnico-5 magnets to keep the clarity of the fundamental tone when using a distortion sound, and to deliver a clear pick attack. dyna-MIX 9 switching system with Alter switch offers nine sound variations, and can easily switch between humbucker and single coil modes with just the mini switch.