The Quilted Maple top sonically enriches the response for picking and the American Basswood body delivers a natural and flat tone. The Oval C Roasted Maple neck is heat-treated to increase stability, durability, moisture resistance and tolerance of temperature changes. Rosewood fretboard provides a well-balanced solid tone with a focused mid range. The Gotoh MG-T locking machine heads achieve incredible tuning stability, cutting down string-changing time. The Gotoh T1572S tremolo bridge features steel saddles and a steel 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. The dyna-MIX 10 switching system with Alter Switch offers ten sound variations and can easily switch from humbucker and single coil modes with the mini switch. The power Tap mode provides a realistic single coil sound despite its two humbucker pickup layout.