Belltone Guitars offers the B-Classic 3, featuring a custom two-post S-Style ‘tremolo’ bridge and a wide selection of pickup options.
The B-Classic 3 is the newest guitar from Belltone Guitars. The BC3 model retains the core single-cutaway profile as found with Belltone’s B-Classic 1 and B-Classic 2 models. The B-Classic 3 body is made of alder wood and has body and armcontours and an ‘easy-access’ tapered neck pocket. The BC3 features the introduction of a custom-made, two-post S-Style ‘tremolo’ bridge with brass.
All Belltone® guitars feature a wide selection of pickup options that deliver diverse sonic character and tonality.
Along with the body shape, the available neck profiles, headstock, and hardware, all reflect the Belltone design perspective and aesthetic. The company’s Custom-Select System affords the guitarist the opportunity to choose from a carefully curated collection of components and design elements such as body color, pickguard color, pickups, neck profile and fingerboard, tuners, etc. to put their own "signature" on the look and sound of the guitar.
Belltone Signature Components
- Custom two post ‘tremolo’ bridge with MannMade USA brass saddles and solid brass block ‘push-set’ arm
- Top Hat ‘B’ logo control knobs
- 12-inch radius neck
- Bell-Tron, Bell-90, Bell-Foil, and Single Bell pickups
- Belltone Lockers 1:18 ratio locking tuners
- Custom Belltone ‘Blue Gator’ Hardshell Case
Custom-Select System™ Options:
- Over 30 body colors to select from
- Over 25 different pickguard
- Modern ‘C’ or ’59 Round Back neck profiles
- Maple or rosewood fingerboard
- Sperzel USA, Ratio, and Kluson locking tuners
- Pickups from TV Jones, Rio Grande, Lindy Fralin, Righteous Sound, Benson Custom, Mojo/UK, and more …
Belltone Guitars are made to order and handcrafted in the USA. Prices range from $2,825 to $3,200 depending on the custom components and features selected. Custom case and free continental USA shipping included.
For more information, please visit belltoneguitars.com.
B-Classic 3 Demo Video - YouTube
Belltone Guitars and Righteous Sound Pickups Announce Big-AL and Staggered Bucker Pickups
Belltone Guitars as part of their Custom-Select System curated offering of pickups has partnered with Righteous Sound Pickups to create two, one-of-a-kind retro-vibe humbucking pickups in the standard Filtertron size format.
Big AL
First up is the Big Al. This pickup, with its alnico pole rod magnets, captures more of the clear, bell-like chime of a classic single-coil when played clean and retains the tight mids and articulate low-end vintage growl and smooth sustain saturation when pushed into overdrive all without the 60-cycle hum issues associate with standard single-coil pickups.
Staggered Bucker
Next is the Staggered Bucker. This unique 3x3 Hex Pole design has a sonic voicing closer to a traditional P.A.F. humbucker than a typical Filtertron. Loaded with custom Alnico magnets, and hand scatter wound with a unique blend of vintage and modern wire, this is the set for players looking for more of a warmer balanced tone and mid-range muscle in our Filtertron footprint.
Both of these custom hand-built Righteous Sound pickups come housed in dull brushed nickel vintage Filtertron hi-lo open-face casings available in either parchment or black deco aesthetic designs making either one a perfect pickup choice for your signature Belltone custom build.
35 0 Righteous Sound pickups
Available directly and exclusively through Belltone Guitars/Righteous Sound Pickups.
For more information, please visit belltoneguitars.com.
This pickup captures the clear, bell-like single-coil chime of a classic P-90 when played clean and retains the tight mids and articulate low-end vintage growl and smooth sustain saturation when pushed into overdrive.
Belltone Guitars, as part of their Custom-Select System curated offering of pickups, has partnered McNelly pickups to create a one-of-a-kind retro-vibe P-90 pickup in the standard Filtertron size format. This pickup captures the clear, bell-like single-coil chime of a classic P-90 when played clean and retains the tight mids and articulate low-end vintage growl, and smooth sustain saturation when pushed into overdrive.
The McNelly P-90 Foil-Coil comes housed in a ‘raw’ nickel outer casing with a dull nickel foil face with metal mount screw gromets to complete the ‘new-vintage’ aesthetic, making it a perfect choice for your signature Belltone custom build. Available exclusively through Belltone Guitars.
Check out the Custom-Select System belltoneguitars.com to preview the McNelly P-90 Foil-Trons and all our standard and selectable components available to create your own signature Belltone. Then visit the Dream Lab on our website and select either model B-Classic ONE with its top binding or B-Classic TWO with its arm and body contours select your body color from our wide range of offerings, select your neck profile of either standard ‘C’ or thicker ’59 Round Back and either Maple or Rosewood fingerboard followed by your tuners, pickguard, and strings. Finally, review our curated custom-designed, and unique pickup selection to locate the McNelly P-90 Foil-Trons to complete your signature build.
Builds start at just over $2,300.00 with a custom case and shipping included.
For more information, please visit belltoneguitars.com.