Watchtower Guitars is extremely excited to be a new Music Man dealer! We love the fit, finish and incredible value these instruments have to offer. The basses, of course, are already legendary - but we are just blown away at how good these guitars sound and the craftsmanship of these California made beauties!
The 2019 Cutlass RS HSS features a brand new roasted figured maple neck with rosewood or maple fingerboard (fingerboard option depends on body color). The RS HSS model retains all of the familiar elements of the original Cutlass including an alder body, super smooth modern tremolo and oversized 4 over 2 headstock. The bridge pickup in the HSS is a custom wound Music Man ceramic humbucker with a vintage sound that compliments the single coils yet has plenty of crunchy rhythms and biting lead tones. Also new for 2019 are two new finish options - Firemist Silver with maple fretboard and Stealth Black with ebony fretboard and matte black finished maple neck.
7lbs 13oz
| Specifications |
Cutlass HSS RS |
| Model |
Cutlass HSS RS |
| Size |
12-7/8" wide, 1-5/8" thick, 38-1/8" long (32.7 cm wide, 4.1 cm thick, 96.8 cm long) |
| Body Wood |
Alder |
| Body Finish |
High Gloss Polyester |
| Body Colors |
Firemist Silver, Ivory White, Vintage Sunburst, Vintage Turquoise, Charcoal Frost, Coral Red, Stealth Black |
| Bridge |
Music Man® Modern tremolo with vintage bent steel saddles |
| Pickguard |
Parchment (Firemist Silver, Vintage Turquoise, or Coral Red); Mint (Ivory White); Shell (Vintage Sunburst or Charcoal Frost); Matte Black (Stealth) |
| Scale Length |
25-1/2" (64.8 cm) |
| Neck Radius |
10" (25.4 cm) |
| Headstock Size |
6-3/8" (16.2 cm) long |
| Frets |
22 - High profile, medium width, Stainless Steel |
| Neck Width |
1-5/8" (41.3 mm) at nut, 2-1/4" (56.9 mm) at last fret |
| Neck Wood |
Select maple neck |
| Fingerboard |
Roasted Figured Maple (Vintage Turquoise, Vintage Sunburst,); Rosewood ( Ivory White, Coral Red Red, or Charcoal Frost); Ebony (Stealth) |
| Fret Markers |
1/4" Black or White Face dots |
| Neck Finish |
Hand rubbed oil and wax finish on all but Stealth Black, which features an ultra-light satin polyurethane finish |
| Tuning Machines |
Schaller M6-IND locking |
| Truss Rod |
Adjustable - no component or string removal |
| Neck Attachment |
5 bolts - Sculpted neck joint allows smooth access to higher frets |
| Electronic Shielding |
Graphite acrylic resin coated body cavity and aluminum lined pickguard |
| Controls |
Passive 500kohm volume and tone (250kohm load on lever switch positions 2,3,4, & 5) - .022µF tone capacitor; with transparent buffered output for complete tonal consistency at all volume levels |
| Switching |
5-way lever pickup selector |
| Pickups |
HSS - 1 Music Man® custom humbucking bridge pickup, 2 Music Man® custom wound single coils featuring the new wide spectrum Music Man® "Silent Circuit", which reduces hum and retains true single coil sound |
