Tone Ranger Guitars High Horse handmade USA w/hard case

Tone Ranger Guitars grew from luthier Jeff Mark Leavitt’s love of the West: the culture, the environment, the music, and the history of the western American deserts and forests. He set out to create an instrument that is not only a part of the West itself, but also allows himself and players of his guitars to be stewards of the land. Lovingly hand-crafted in his one-man shop in LA with the finest components and pickups, Tone Ranger Guitars are made entirely from sustainable, local, urban trees from Los Angeles and her surrounding counties, yielding tonewoods with a unique sonic brilliance all their own. 

These trees lined our city streets, shaded our parks, and grew in our backyards, but are felled due to storms, disease, or normal senescence. In the past, these trees would’ve been chipped on site and sent to landfills, but they are now rescued by arborists who choose to repurpose these beautiful trees and give them a second life. Using wood from our municipal forests helps reduce our carbon footprint as these trees aren’t factory-farmed, nor do they contribute to deforestation. This guilt-free wood grew in our local neighborhoods and communities, and is a beloved part of our history. You’re a part of that history now as this wood continues its life as your creative partner wherever the trail may take you. 

“An offset for Stage and Range”

You’ll be riding high with the Tone Ranger Guitars “High Horse” model. My offset design harkens back to the space-age era of the late ‘50s with tone to launch you into orbit, and playability to keep you there. So whether you’re shooting the tubes with a drippy reverb tank, awash in thick shoegaze modulation, or watching fans die in the pit to your crushing riffs, the High Horse is the guitar you want to ride in on. 

Materials

Body wood Urban California redwood

Neck wood Urban red gum eucalyptus

Fretboard wood Urban Indian rosewood

Headcap wood Urban California redwood

Fret markers Turquoise

Side dots Copper

Frets Jescar 55090 medium/highest nickel

silver

Nut material Bone

Construction

Weight 7.8 pounds

Number of frets 22

Fretboard

radius

12”

Neck profile C

Scale length 24.75”

Neck joint Set neckFinish Hand-rubbed Walrus Oil

Headstock logo Silkscreened

Electronics

Pickups Lollar ’58 Jazzmaster set

Volume pots 2x CTS 500k audio taper w/ treble

bleed

Tone pots 1x CTS 500k audio taper w/ 22nf

Orange Drop / 1x rotary switch w/ 3.9nf

and 12nf Orange Drops

Switch Switchcraft 3-way switch

Output jack PureTone multi-contact jack

Hardware

Finish Nickel

Tuners Grover Sta-Tite

Bridge Mastery M1

Tailpiece Mastery MV

Knobs Cupcakes

Pickguard Three-ply tortoise shell