Neal Casal
Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Circles Around the Sun
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
“Ah man I need to write something for your site, right? You still want/need that? I’m totally into it!!!”
—Neal Casal
R.I.P. Neal Casal - 11/2/1968 - 8/26/2019
Photo by Rob Mondell
Neal at the Stone Pony, Asbury Park NJ
Unitone Double Cut German Carve
This guitar I built for Neal was inspired by Chris Robinson’s song “Barefoot by the Cherry Tree”. I wanted to create something special that no one else had. Neal was the first recording artist to play my patented Unitone™ in the studio with the cuts making it to the final recording. This guitar features a 3 pc. Kosi Kosi body and mahogany neck with an Indian rosewood fretboard with medium tall frets. This guitar also features the Unitone™ mounting system and Fernandes sustainer circuit. To select the sounds, a 3 way switch controls the outside pickups. The middle pickup has its own designated blend control. Split coils and phasing is controlled by the 2 push/pull volume pots. Master tone affects all 3 pickups.