The Ronin Songbird & Kingbird

Specifications:

  • Body: Master Grade Reclaimed Old Growth Redwood
  • Neck: Honduran Mahogany
  • Heel: Mannmade® 4 Bolt Heel Plate
  • Frets: 22 Stewmac 154
  • Truss Rod: Single Action
  • Scale Length: 25.5”
  • Radius: 9.5" or 12"
  • Back Contour: C or V-C Hand Shaped
  • Nut Width: Approx 1” 11/16ths 
  • Nut Material: Unbleached Bone
  • Inlay: Dots
  • Finish: 100% Un-Catalyzed Nitrocellulose Lacquer
  • Pickguard: Treble Side
  • Hand Made Bone Nut
  • Weight: 5.8 - 6.7 lbs

Hardware

  • Mannmade® 2 Pin Full Size Steel Block Tremolo
  • Glendale® Half-cut Raw Steel w/ 3 Steel Rod-Stock Saddles
  • Hipshot® Open Gear Tuning Machines

Electronics:

  • NOS Vintage .047uf 200V Tone Cap
  • Treble Bleed Cap + Resistor
  • CTS 250k Pots
  • Switch Craft® Switches


 

Upgrades & Options

Special Colors:
Large Flake Sparkle (Various)
Black Sparkle
Charcoal-Silverburst
Fine Silver
Golden Copper
Oxblood Sparkle
Tahitian Coral
Mint Green
Pelham Blue
Persian Ivory

Pickups:
2x Ronin Single Foil Matched Set
3x Ronin Single Foil Matched Set

Controls:
1x Vol 2x Tone + 3 Way Switch
1x Vol 1x Tone + 3 Way Switch
1x Vol 1x Tone + 3 Way Switch + Middle PU Switch
 


Kingbird/Songbird Owners Say

The Kingbird is my most-used guitar, not only because it feels inspiring to play, but because it’s a tone that is both a stylistic blank slate—free from the creativity-bullying, subliminal expectations that a strat or tele can conjour—and yet perfectly fitting for any musical situation in which I find myself dumb enough to have agreed to. I play better with it. I sound better with it. I make better choices with it (unlike the nunchucks mom took away from me).
— Mark Cuthbertson
My Ronin Songbird and Betty guitars come with me everywhere I go, on every session and every live gig.
— Scott Metzger - NYC Guitarist for Wolf