Ernie Ball Music Man introduces 2020 Jason Richardson Cutlass
This year's model adds a Rorschach Red Buckeye Burl finish option, plus gold hardware and wood binding
Ernie Ball Music Man first released the Jason Richardson Artist Series 7-String Cutlass last year, and since then we’ve bestowed the electric guitar model, which features an alder body with a Buckeye Burl top finish, with a Platinum Award.
Now Ernie Ball has unveiled a new iteration of the signature model in an all-new Rorschach Red Buckeye Burl finish.
The new guitar also adds in gold hardware and wood binding, but otherwise boasts the same feature set, including a select figured roasted maple neck with ebony fingerboard and 24 stainless steel frets, and a contoured lower horn for superior upper fret access.
Electronics include custom Ernie Ball Music Man humbucking pickups, a push-push volume pot for up to 20db boost, 3-way pick-up selector switch and a custom laser-etched artist series neck plate.
The new Jason Richardson Artist Series Cutlass is available in six-string ($3,299) and seven-string ($3,499) configurations (as is the natural buckeye burl version).
For more information, head to Ernie Ball Music Man.
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Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.

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