Washburn Hawk 78’

Description

The reborn Hawk features an ash body with carved maple top, with a neck-through design for eminent tone and playability. The full-contact hardtail bridge enhances definition and sustain. And dual DiMarzio Double Cream humbucking pickups with push/pull coil-splitting yield limitless sonic potential.

Features:

Carved Maple Over Ash

As part of Washburn’s original Wing Series, the Hawk helped define an iconic look that many guitar brands still favor today. The reborn Hawk pushes the symmetrical double-cutaway design forward while keeping the classic tonewood formula of an ash body topped with carved maple.

Tone-Enhancing Hardware

The Hawk’s full-contact hardtail bridge maximizes vibrational transfer for amazing clarity and epic sustain. Combined with the brass nut, the Hawk has the sonic clarity to translate every nuance of your technique.

DiMarzio Double Cream Pickups

The reborn Hawk stays true to its roots with a pair of DiMarzio Double Cream humbucking pickups to deliver the sonic aggression that helped forge the sound of heavy metal.

Push-Pull Coil Splitting

The Hawk features push-pull tone controls to add crystalline single-coil sounds to arsenal of full-bodied humbucking tones. Fine-tune your tone further with individual volume and tone controls for each pickup that give you access to a vast range of tone to explore.

Fast, Fluid Playability with Brass Ring Inlays

The Hawk’s bound ebony fretboard with jumbo frets sets a fast, responsive foundation for even the most technical players, accented by inlays inspired by the iconic Washburn’s Wing Series guitars.

USA-Made Timeless Design

Crafted with passion in Washburn’s USA Custom Shop, the Hawk was one of the first electric guitars with a symmetrical double-cutaway shape, a design many guitar brands have since adopted.

Specifications

Body & Construction

• Body Wood: Ash with cream celluloid binding.
• Top Wood: Maple.
• Type: Electric Guitars.
• Style: Double Cut Solid Body.

Neck

• Neck Wood: 3-piece Maple/Padauk (neck-through) with 2-way truss rod.
• Fretboard: Ebony with cream celluloid binding.
• Number of Frets: 22.
• Inlays: Dots.
• Nut: Brass.
• Scale: 25″.

Electronics

• Controls: 2 Volume / 2 Tone push/pull coil splitting with gold speed knobs.
• Pickups: 2 Dimarzio double cream.
• Pickup Configuration: HH.
• Pickup Selector: 3-way switch.

Hardware

• Hardware: Chrome.
• Bridge: Full Contact Hardtail bridge.
• Tuners: Ping.

Other

• Color: Vintage Sunburst.
• Finish: Vintage Sunburst.
• Strings: 6.