Ormsby Hype GTR 8 Ando San, Red/Gold Chameleon, Run 16

Product Description

What better way to celebrate Ando San’s artistry than to offer him the opportunity to design a new variation of the mighty HypeGTR?

It all started with a conversation after NAMM 2020, when we were hanging out back at the hotel. “What would you get, Ando?”. Having played a HypeGTR for some time, and a Goliath, it was easy for him to design something unique based on a bit of both guitars: Ash body, Wenge neck, Flame fretboard and a Red/Gold chameleon finish on the front. We whipped up some mockups, and that was that!
The mighty Hype GTR is Ormsby’s most infamous model… it’s aggressive, lightweight, and built for the rigours of touring.

Hype GTR:
The fanned arrangement of the Multiscale fretboard creates scale lengths for each individual string. We generally call this the “spread”. For the GTR range, the spread is as follows:
Six string: 25.5″ – 27.5″ Multiscale
Seven string: 25.5″ – 27.8″ Multiscale
Eight string: 25.5″-28.3″ Multiscale
Body dimensions (thickness): 38mm. For comparison, Jacksons, Ibanez RG, Fender Strats, etc are generally 47mm.
Neck shape: 19.0mm @ 1st, 21 @ 17th, D shape with round shoulders. AKA “thin U”

HARDWARE
Ormsby’s own proprietary Multiscale bridge and locking machine heads.

TONE
An Ormsby Hot Rock A8 model Humbucker (13.4k approximate DC resistance) features pride of place in the bridge position, with a De La Creme A2 (8.0k approximate DC resistance) in the neck. Both of these pickups are made to Ormsby’s specifications by our partners in Korea. 500k pots for volume, a 3 way toggle, and 500k push/pull tone pot for coil splitting. Tusq nut.

FINISH
See below for full details. All models are gloss finish, with satin necks.
BODY: Swamp Ash
NECK: Laminated Wenge, set neck, carbon reinforced rods
NECK SHAPE: 19.0 @ 1st – 21 @ 17th D shape
FRETBOARD: Flame Maple
FRETWIRE: Jumbo Stainless Steel
INLAY: Black dots, Z pattern
SIDE DOTS: Glow in the dark
HARDWARE COLOUR: Gold
BRIDGE + MACHINEHEADS: Custom bridge and locking tuners
ELECTRONICS: 500k Volume, 500k Tone with Push/Pull + 3 way toggle switch
PICKUPS: Hot Rock A8 Bridge humbucker, De La Creme A2 Neck humbucker
FINISH: Red/Gold colour change chameleon in Gloss (satin neck finish)
OTHER: Premium Gig bag
ORIENTATION: Right hand only
Scale length details:
Six string: 25.5 – 27.5″
Seven string: 25.5 – 27.8″
Eight String: 25.5″ – 28.3″

This model comes with a Premium Gig Bag