Cavalier 6-string
THE CAVALIER 6-STRING is the first of an exciting new range of Shergold guitars combining the fine Shergold neck with a new body via a unique straight-through joint. The extended, completely detachable neck section passes through a rectangular slot between the cutaways in the body and is bolted in place beneath the tailpiece. The result is a slim joint with small heel which eliminates problems with access to the top fret while ensuring maximum sustain.
The 25½" inch scale length neck is precision-machined and hand-finished from selected seasoned Canadian hard rock maple. The fingerboard is burnished and fretted by hand using generous camber nickel silver T-section fret wire, then sealed with durable polyurethane and bound at the edges to lip over the fret ends. The unique Shergold counteradjustable truss rod maintains perfect level of action with any gauge of string while the hand-cut and fitted ivory fingerboard nut ensures correct string height at the first fret.
The body is made from selected, kilndried hardwoods chosen for stability and grain, and the symmetrical double cutaway design is dimensioned and shaped to give perfect balance and maximum rigidity without excessive weight. The tough polyester finish is available in five attractive colours: black, white, natural, sunburst or cherry.
The instrument is fitted with two very high output humbucking pick-ups designed as a matching pair exclusively for Shergold. Each incorporates 12 adjustable polepieces. Controls on the instrument are the result of Shergold's extensive research into guitar circuitry which has enabled the best possible arrangement for this particular instrument to be perfected.
Three carefully positioned selector switches allow a wide choice of pick-up combinations to be controlled by one volume pot and one tone pot for each pick-up. The switch nearest the bridge selects the bridge pick-up. neck pick-up or both together. The middle switch affects the bridge pick-up only, and selects single coil (superflux type). out-of-phase humbucker or normal humbucker mode for that pick-up. The third switch does the same for the neck pick-up.
An added sophistication is the provision of a stereo/mono output jack enabling the two pick-ups to be fed to separate amplifiers or separate channels of one amp if desired.
Heavily chromium-plated fittings complete the trim of the guitar. Machines are Schaller while the combined bridge/ tailpiece is a Shergold design in steel and perspex with six individual saddles adjustable for string height and intonation. Scratchplate and control mounting plate are in high-gloss black plastic.
A rectangular plush-lined padded case is available specifically for this model.

Cavalier 12 String
SHERGOLD HAVE ALREADY established a reputation for building electric 12-strings that are as easy to play as any 6-string, and the Cavalier 12-string is no exception. Its headstock is longer to accommodate the extra machines but otherwise the neck has the same dimensions as that of the Cavalier 6-string. In fact the two necks are completely interchangeable, and the musician can convert one guitar to the other simply by purchasing the appropriate new neck and tailpiece.
The 25½" inch scale length neck is precision-machined and hand-finished from selected seasoned Canadian hard rock maple. The fingerboard is burnished and fretted by hand using generous camber nickel silver T-section fret wire, then sealed with durable polyurethane and bound at the edges to lip over the fret ends. The unique Shergold counteradjustable truss rod maintains perfect level of action with any gauge of string while the hand-cut and fitted ivory fingerboard nut ensures correct string height at the first fret.
The body is made from selected, Undried hardwoods chosen for stability and grain, and the symmetrical double cutaway design is dimensioned and shaped to give perfect balance and maximum rigidity without excessive weight. The tough polyester finish isavailable in five attractive colours: black, white, natural, sunburst or cherry.
The instrument is fitted with two very high output humbucking pick-ups designed as a matching pair exclusively for Shergold. Each incorporates 12 adjustable polepieces. Controls on the instrument are the result of Shergold's extensive research into guitar circuitry which has enabled the best possible arrangement for this particular instrument to be perfected.
Three carefully positioned selector switches allow a wide choice of pick-up combinations to be controlled by one volume pot and one tone pot for each pick-up. The switch nearest the bridge selects the bridge pick-up, neck pick-up or both together. The middle switch affects the bridge pick-up only, and selects single coil (superflux type), out-of-phase humbucker or normal humbucker mode for that pick-up. The third switch does the same for the neck pick-up. An added sophistication is the provision of a stereo/mono output jack enabling the two pick-ups to be fed to separate amplifiers or separate channels of one amp.
Heavily chromium-plated fittings complete the trim of the guitar. Machines are Schaller while the combined bridge/tailpiece is a Shergold design in steel and perspex with six individual saddles adjustable for string height and intonation. Scratchplate and control mounting plate are in high-gloss black plastic.
A rectangular plush-lined padded case is available specifically for this model.

Cavalier Doublenecks
Available in 12+6, 12+4, and 6+4 neck combinations
SHERGOLD'S WORK WITH doubleneck guitars began literally with a phone call from Genesis guitarist Mike Rutherford. Mike wanted Shergold to build him a demountable instrument - basically a 12+4 combination which could be broken down into two separate instruments but which would actually take a total of five different necks. The result was the special doubleneck with which Rutherford is usually depicted nowadays in the Music Press, and also the inspiration for a completely new line from Shergold.
The company's first non-demountable production doublenecks were the Custom range made for distributor Barnes & Mullins. This range is now complemented by the Cavalier Doublenecks, which are available in 12+6, 12+4 and 6+4 combinations. In these instruments, the 12-string neck is usually on top and, where appropriate, the bass on the bottom unless otherwise specified by the customer. (There is as yet no single neck bass guitar in the Cavalier range. but this logical development is promised for the near future). The necks use the standard Cavalier 6 and 12-string necks and. where required, the Shergold 34 inch scale-length bass neck. mounted on a widened Cavalier body which accommodates two pairs of pick-ups and appropriately modified controls.
The body, though wider than that of the standard instrument, is carefully designed for balance, and finishes are available in the same five polyesters: black, white, natural. sunburst and cherry.
The instrument is fitted with two very high output humbucking pick-ups for each neck. designed as matching pairs exclusively for Shergold. The 6 and 12-string pick-ups, each incorporate 12 adjustable pole-pieces while the bass pickups each incorporate 16.
Controls are similar to those of the single neck instruments except that for the sake of simplicity, there is just one volume pot and one tone pot to control all the pick-ups. The only addition is a three position neck selector switch which chooses top, bottom, or both necks. The pick-up selector and the two coil-tap selectors operate according to which neck selection is made. Stereo/mono operation is facilitated by separate mono and stereo jack sockets.
Heavily chromium-plated fittings complete the trim. Machines are Schaller while the two steel-and-perspex, bridge/tail pieces have six individual saddles (four on the bass) adjustable for height and intonation.
Rectangular, plush-lined, padded cases are available specifically for these models.

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