CREAM T AURORA STANDARD 2PS

PRICE: £2,499 (inc gigbag)

ORIGIN: UK

TYPE: Single-cutaway, chambered body hardtail electric

BODY: 2-piece mahogany

NECK: Quarter-sawn mahogany, 59 LP Style profile, glued-in

SCALE LENGTH: 628mm (24.75”) NUT/WIDTH: Bone/43.2mm

FINGERBOARD: Rosewood, cream acrylic dot inlays, 305mm (12”) radius

FRETS: 22, medium (Jescar FW55090)

HARDWARE: Gotoh tune-o-matic-style bridge and lightweight stud tailpiece, Gotoh SXB510 open-backed tuners – nickel-plated

STRING SPACING, BRIDGE: 52mm

ELECTRICS: Cream T Whiskerbucker humbuckers (with included Duchess P90 single coil and Banger & Mash), 3-way toggle pickup selector switch, neck and bridge volume controls (with pull-switch coil-spits) and master tone controls

WEIGHT (kg/lb): 3.69/8.12

OPTIONS: The fixed pickup Standard 2 costs £1,999. Cream T Hiscox hard case adds £75 (if purchased at order). Additional Cream T pickups with Relish mounting add £15 to standard-mount pickups. Other brands will be available and you’ll be able to send in your own pickups to have the mountings fitted – see website for prices

RANGE OPTIONS: See ‘What’s On The Menu?’ on page 99

LEFT-HANDERS: Not currently

FINISHES: Noche (Black, as reviewed) Fantasma (White), Picante (Red), Desnudo (Natural) and Laguna Lite (Light Blue) – thin satin nitrocellulose to both body and neck

PROS

Excellent design and build; quality hardware; Cream T pickups, pickup swapping and superb sounds

CONS

Not everyone will get the relatively austere appearance balanced against the price