J.L.G. Governor

J.L.G. Governor Series - Bass

J.L.G. Governor Bass our brand new model and our first custom bass design, was released start of the year 2021.
Base design is coming from our earlier Governor guitar design sharing the base idea and keeping the minimalistic design in mind without forgetting the best and easiest playability.
This is our new std Bass model and can be customized almost in any level. Hundreds of possible combinations available. Check the Governor Bass own design page for more info.

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J.L.G. Governor Series - Guitars

Governor Jr.

Governor Jr. Model coming soon.

Governor (STD) and (Deluxe)

J.L.G. Governor Electric guitar model was released to public at start of the year 2020.
Unique design, best playability and configurability have been corner stones for this design. This is our new base model and can be customized almost in any level. Hundreds of possible combinations available. Check the visualizer of all the available options and build your Governor.

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J.L.G. Governor models, specs and highlights

Standard (STD)

Base construction of Standard Governor.

Standard model features basic options for wood, color, finish, pickups and electronics options.

SPECS

Alder, mahogany or poplar 1 or 2-piece body wood, flat design, 1 degree angle on neck socket, routed to support all possible pickup combinations, space for 9v battery to support active electronics, copper isolation on body cavities, black, white or cream binding possible on top edge.
25.5" scale 2-piece maple or maple/pao ferro neck, 2-way rod accessible on heel or headstock, 12" rad, 21 Jescar medium jumbo nickel silver frets, black or perloid dots all the way and J.L.G. logo on 12th fret position, bone nut, J.L.G. small headstock and logo
Chrome HW: tune-o-matic style bridge and stoptail, alternatively, Bigsby B5 or B50 or Duesenberg tremolo system, vintage Kluson or Gotoh tuners and dome knobs, engraved J.L.G. neck plate, Schaller strap locks
3-ply pickguard, color and style selectable
Standard selection of pickups from Mojotone offering
Cloth wires, 3-way slider or toggle switch, minimum 3 CTS pots, mono jack on body side, wiring can be done as customer wants, based on selected pickup amount and type
Color options for body and headstock: Natural(oiled or nitro finnish), fiesta red, black, butterscotch blonde, olympic white, vintage white, surf and seafoam green, daphne and sonic blue
Finish options for body and headstock: danish- or tru-oil, matt, satin or glossy nitro. Oils only available for natural finish, headstock always finish using nitro laquer
Hard Case, several options
J.L.G. Matched leather strap as option
Certificate, User guide and wiring diagram

Check all options from Brochure.

Deluxe

Base construction of Deluxe Governor.

Deluxe model features all std options + additional options for wood, color, finish, pickups and electronics options.

SPECS

Alder, mahogany, poplar, basswood, cherry or walnut 1 or 2-piece body wood, flat or with contour design for fore arm and belly. Alternatively we offer booked matched 4A flame mable, mable, walnut, cherry, basswood or alder tops, birds eye mable stripes. Separate tops have always binding on the top edge, either cream, white or black. 1 -2 degree angle on neck socket, routed to support all possible pickup combinations, additionally deluxe upper horn route for placement of pickup selector, space for 9v battery to support active electronics, copper isolation on body cavities. Also other woods possible via custom order.
25.5", 24.5" or 24" scale 2-piece maple, flame mable, birds eye maple neck as is or roasted, wenge, mahogany or walnut with pao ferro, rosewood, ebony, ebony macassar, wenge, walnut, mable, flame mable or birds eye mable fretboard, 2-way rod accessible on heel or headstock, 12", rad, 21 Jescar medium jumbo nickel silver frets, black or perloid dots all the way and J.L.G. logo on 12th fret position, bone nut, J.L.G. small headstock and logo. Possible of use conversion scale lenghts as a custom order.
Chrome HW: tune-o-matic style bridge and stoptail, alternatively, Bigsby B5 or B50 or Duesenberg tremolo system, vintage Kluson or Gotoh tuners and dome knobs, engraved J.L.G. neck plate, Schaller strap locks
3-ply pickguard, color and style selectable
Standard selection of pickups from Mojotone offering
Cloth wires, 3-way slider or toggle switch, minimum 3 CTS pots, mono jack on body side, wiring can be done as customer wants, based on selected pickup amount and type
Color options for body and headstock: Natural(oiled or nitro finnish), fiesta red, black, butterscotch blonde, olympic white, vintage white, surf and seafoam green, daphne and sonic blue, all these can be selected for matched headstock. Deluxe transparent burst finishes: red/black burst, blue/black, tobacco/black, honey/black, amber/black, 3-tone sunburst, these are only for the body,
Finish options for body and headstock: danish- or tru-oil, matt, satin or glossy nitro. Oils only available for natural finish, headstock always finish using nitro laquer
Hard Case, several options
J.L.G. Matched leather strap as option
Certificate, User guide and wiring diagram

Check all options from Brochure.

Colors

See possible standard color options below, other colors available via custom order.

Highlights

Modern "C" Neck

“Modern C” neck profile works for any style of playing. 12" radius provides enough flatness for speed playing but is not too flat for regular playing. String bends works extremely nice on this neck. By default, we use danish oil to finish neck back or alternatively satin nitro, which both offers smooth playing experience. Default tuners are either Kluson or Gotoh vintage models.

By default, we offer 2 base type of dots, black and perloid both freetboards and sides. Black is default for full mable and perloid for pao ferro based fretboards. Can be also mixed.

Governor body

2 base models, standard and deluxe. Standard model features flat 1- or 2-piece construction without upper horn rout. Default wood options are alder, swamp ash or poplar. Deluxe model features same options than standard + additional options, like fore arm and belly contours and upper horn control route to support more comprehensive wirings, more exotique wood selections.

Both models features same lower control route, which have enough space to support variety wiring mods, even active electronics, due place for 9v battery.

Deluxe model have additional upperhorn rout, to support pickup or other switch.

22mm Electrosocket for jack on body side is default for all models. Alternatively, jack can be placed to pickguard.

All Governor models have copper interference sealing on all body cavities.

Pickguard shapes

Governor features 2 different pickguard shapes, one for Standard and one for Deluxe model. Routing is done based on the customers selection of pickups and what type of wiring is wanted.

Hardware

Tune-o-matic type bridge and stop tail is default feature.

Bigsby B5, B50 or Duesenberg tremolo systems can be selected. Dome knobs and J.L.G. engraved neck plate.

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