The Fret-King® Elise™ is one of our most elegant styles. Ergonomic, classic lines, familiar, yet forward looking.
The thin-line semi acoustic guitar is one of the great workhorses of the electric player’s arsenal. The Fret-King Elise Custom is the latest in a long line of Elise variants. With its offset, chambered mahogany body, carved, tuned maple cap, the Elise is light, strong, and resonant. Easy to wear and fast and fluid to play, it’s loaded with a pair of Trev’s most iconic pickup designs, the Fret-King Fifty-Five™, a first-generation pickup masterpiece. The Elise just oozes class and with the Varicoil™, and master tone with push/push phase reversal, has the inherent versatility to adapt itself to the warm, mellow horn like lead lines of the thirties, or supernatural sounds from the sixties, straight-ahead full-bore rock, and even tilt its hat at classic country tone.
Elise Custom Features
Body:
The two-piece centre jointed, chambered semi-acoustic premium mahogany body features a tuned, violin carved maple cap, mahogany extended tenon neck joint, and premium mahogany neck, which all couple outstandingly well to create an airy lightness and ensure the strength and constructional integrity which provides the platform for the singing tone, blooming sustain and classic, authentic tonalities of the Elise Custom.
The unique reduced profile neck joint and subtly extended cutaway offers enhanced upper fret access, and the superb overall balance makes the Elise Custom a pleasure to wear.
Headstock:
The raked signature Fret-King headstock ensures correct string tension, perfect balance, classic looks, and great visual appeal.
Machine Heads:
Wilkinson® WJ04 machine heads provide quick, accurate, stable tuning.
Nut:
43mm Graph Tech® self-lubricating nut, smooth and friction free.
Neck:
Gloss finished, body colour constructed from premium mahogany with classic ‘soft C’ profile for instant comfort, speed, accuracy, and a luxurious 'played in' feel.
Fingerboard:
Premium Indian Rosewood for durability and outstanding tonal transfer, with a 10” radius for a super comfortable, responsive, positive playing feel.
Scale Length:
24.7" / 628mm.
Frets:
22 Medium profile hi-durability nickel silver frets ensure accuracy, comfort, and an overall feel.
Pickups:
A carefully curated set of Fret-King pickups enables the Elise Custom to deliver phenomenal versatility.
The custom designed Fret-King Fifty-Five™ double coil pickups, created by Trev Wilkinson using a truly authentic recipe, give the Elise Custom the inherent character and tonal versatility its semi-acoustic style suggests, whilst hinting at there being many other different personas waiting to burst forth.
Those other personas manifest themselves from within an almost impossibly broad tonal palette. The Elise Custom features a three-way selector switch, master volume, master tone control with latching push/push out of phase switch, and Fret-King’s unique Varicoil™ control which progressively winds the Fifty-Five™ pickups from full throated ‘powertone’, to sparkling single coil settings. The extraordinary range of tones this arrangement gives underscores the Fret-King ‘Versatility’ philosophy and makes the Elise Custom, a true journeyman player’s guitar.
Control Functions:
• Three-way toggle selects neck, both, or bridge pickup.
• Master Volume.
• Master Tone with Push-Push Out of Phase Switch.
• Varicoil rolls either or both pickups progressively from double coil to single coil.
Bridge:
Enhancing that tonality is a direct mounted T.O.M. style bridge and stop tailpiece, which anchors the bridge solidly to the body ensuring the all-important transfer of maximum string energy to the body and pickups.
Carry Bag:
The Elise Custom comes with a Fret-King luxury gig bag.
The Elise™ Custom is an original Fret-King® design created by the UK Fret-King® design team.
Shipping Pricing Guide
We expertly pack all of our items.
Standard Delivery for Small Parts & Accessories + Vinyl Records (2-3 Day) - £3.50
Standard Delivery for Small/Medium Items (3-5 Working Day) - £4.99
Standard Guitar & Amp Delivery (3-5 Working Day) - £9.99
Express Small/Medium Item Delivery (Next Working Day) - £9.99
Express Instrument & Amp Delivery (Next Working Day) - £14.99
Setup & Ship Service - £25.00 Professional setup service worth over £50! Lead times typically +2 days for this service.
There will be a small surcharge for parts of Scottish Highlands/Isles & Ireland, we will be in touch after you place your order. Or you ask us for a quote prior to ordering.
Dispatch Times
We aim to dispatch all orders SAME DAY WORKING DAY, if you place your order before 1PM. If your guitar requires setup work before shipping, please allow 1-2 days lead time.
International Shipping
Europe - Please contact us for a quote
USA Guitar Shipping £150-195 via UPS - (Please contact us for a quote)
USA Pedal Shipping £45 via UPS - (Please contact us for a quote)
Rest of World - Please contact us for a quote
Online Orders – 14-Day Returns (Distance Selling Regulations)
Customers who make a purchase online or via distance selling are entitled to return an item within 14 days of receipt, in accordance with the Consumer Contracts Regulations. Items must be in unused condition and returned with all original packaging and documentation.
- Refunds will be issued to the original payment method once the item has been inspected and confirmed to be in resalable condition.
- Return shipping is the responsibility of the customer unless the item is faulty or supplied in error.
In-Store Purchases
Items purchased in-store are not eligible for a refund. However, we do offer exchange or a store credit (gift card) for in-store purchases returned within 14 days, provided they are in their original condition with proof of purchase.
Exclusions
Please note that custom orders, modified items, B-stock, clearance items, and goods obtained through part exchange are non-refundable, unless faulty.
Partial Refunds
There are certain situations where only partial refunds may be granted, at our discretion. These include, but are not limited to:
- Guitars returned with protective plastic film removed from pickguards or pickups.
- Items showing signs of use or handling.
- Missing or damaged original packaging, tags, or accessories.
All returns are inspected upon receipt. If a return does not meet the conditions above, we reserve the right to refuse it or issue a partial refund.
