The Leisure Caster / Shellac

The Leisure Caster in Shellac & Tortoise

All guitars are designed and crafted by Jasper Adkins in Nashville, TN.

*This is Prototype / Demo guitar with light cosmetic wear, visible in photographs 8-10*

What sets The Leisure Caster Apart:

Simplicity, beauty, and craftsmanship are the North Star, guiding every detail of this instrument. 

Built to be played across genres, anywhere, anytime. The Leisure Caster is handcrafted using natural finishes, including milk paint on the mahogany body and a French polished maple neck for a rich, high-gloss finish. 

Most guitars built today use a thick coat of poly urethane, but the Leisure Caster utilizes milk paint instead, which is a natural, non toxic finish that leaves a thin, softer coat that allows the wood to resonate, speak freely, and age naturally and beautifully with time.  

*This Guitar body is finished with a thin layer of shellac over the milk paint to give it the yellowed look

French polish is a wipe on technique for applying shellac, enhancing the wood grain and all of its natural beauty.  It has been a traditional finish used for classical instruments for generations, giving the neck a natural feel that allows the hand to glide along free from resistance. 

Shellac flakes are made from the purified resinous secretion of the female lac bug (Kerria lacca), which is harvested from trees in India and Southeast Asia. This raw resin, known as lac, is collected, washed, melted, filtered for impurities, and dried into thin sheets, which are then broken into the flakes.

Equipped with a  single bridge pickup hand wound by Arcane Inc. 

The '51 Experience Tele Bridge Pickup is a vintage correct replica of a 1951 bridge pickup, with a tone that is fat and sweet with no ear-piercing highs. Made the old way, wound by hand using only the finest components, built with select grade and tuned Alnico 3 magnets that are non staggered, period correct gauge and type wire, a black thread wrapped coil, vintage style cloth push back wire and a Zinc plated steel base plate stamped with our own stamping die to exact specifications. Each pickup is hand assembled with precision that transcends many vintage pickups this produces a pickup that is the ultimate in quality.

Volume and tone controls keeps it straightforward and unapologetically rock ’n’ roll, ready to plug in and play at a moment’s notice.

Specs:

Body:

Material: 2  Piece Mahogany

Thickness: 1.5”

Finish: Antique White Milk Paint w/ Shellac

Neck:

Material: Hard Maple

Scale Length: 25.5

Neck Profile Shape: C

Frets: Tall, Medium, or Jumbo

Wood: Maple with rosewood fretboard

Finish: Shellac (French Polish)

Fretboard Radius: 10"

Nut Width: 1-5/8"

Truss Rod Adjustment Location: Heel

Neck Thickness:

• • 0.86" at first fret

  • 0.96" at twelfth fret

Hardware: Guyker

Tuners: Aged Locking 6 in line

Bridge: Aged Telecaster style

Neck plate: Aged Nickel

Control plate: Aged Nickel

Strap buttons: Aged Nickel

Controls:

Potentiometers:

Axlabs 1/4" solid shaft

Capacitor: Centralab Bumble bee Paper in oil .047uf

Output Jack: Switchcraft 1/4”

Pickup:

Arcane Inc.

‘51 experience Bridge, Distressed