verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message babicz guitars usa type corporation industry musical instruments founded poughkeepsie united states 2003 founder jeff babicz and jeff carano headquarters poughkeepsie united states area served america europe and asia key people jeff babicz ceo products acoustic guitars semi acoustic guitars and instrument hardware divisions full contact hardware website homepage babicz guitars pronounced bab bits is a manufacturer of high end acoustic guitars and electric guitars and a producer of licensable guitar technology . the babicz guitars offices are in poughkeepsie new york ninety miles north of manhattan united states . contents 1 features 1.1 continually adjustable neck 1.2 lateral compression soundboard 1.3 torque reducing split bridge 2 models 2.1 identity series 2.2 octane series 3 musicians who use babicz guitars 4 references 5 external links features edit babicz guitars is most known for its three patented technologies the continually adjustable neck us patent 7 157 634 lateral compression soundboard and the torque reducing split bridge combined into one patent 7 112 733 . in addition to selling guitars babicz guitars licenses these technologies to guitar manufacturers such as c. f. martin & company and michael kelly guitars . continually adjustable neck edit the babicz continually adjustable neck is used to adjust the action of the guitar from a low electric feel all the way to high slide without changing the tuning or intonation of the guitar and can be done anytime without detuning . this is because unlike previous neck adjustments there is no tilting or pivoting . the neck slides in a pocket parallel to the slides of the guitar not altering scale length or string tension . this is done by inserting a 3 16 allen wrench into the trap plate on the back of the guitar and turning it in a clockwise or counter clockwise direction . 1 lateral compression soundboard edit unlike a standard 6 string guitars babicz anchors their strings fanned out along the edge of the soundboard near the side . the strings pass through the string retainer and over the saddle . by anchoring the strings in this fashion the overall tension of the strings is spread across the top and not concentrated in the center which is the weakest part of the top . this allows babicz to use a lighter form of bracing on the top other than the rigid x brace which can impede the vibration of the top often dampening the sound of the guitar . torque reducing split bridge edit the feature allows the player to adjust the intonation of the guitar throughout its life . loosening the fasteners on the bridge allows it slide back and forth to adjust the intonation when needed unlike standard guitars with glued bridges . models edit babicz has two guitar series the identity which is their high end acoustic model and their octane series hollow body electric guitar . all guitars feature babicz s patented icz technology . babicz identity jumbo rosewood identity series edit the identity series is constructed with solid englemann spruce soundboard solid javanese rosewood or mahogany back and sides mahogany neck rosewood fretboard and bridge gloss finish on back and sides and a satin finish on the top and neck . identity models have 20 frets a 25.5 scale length and a 1 11 16 nut . body shapes include jumbo cutaway and dreadnought or dread cutaway . the babicz spider is their all black all mahogany guitar . the acute and small jumbo fingerstyle models feature a wider neck with a 1 13 16 nut width and a shorter 24.75 scale length along with a pointed florentine cutaway . octane series edit babicz blue flame octane babicz s hollow body octane 818 series model is constructed using solid mahogany back sides and soundboard mahogany neck rosewood fretboard and bridge and gloss back sides and top with a satin finish on the neck . the octane has three models the blue flame which has a flame maple top the black top and the tobacco sunburst model . the humbucker octane comes with seymour duncan pearly gates on the neck position and george lynch screamin demon on the bridge position . the single coil octane includes one seymour duncan cool rail pickup on the neck position and two hot rails for the middle and bridge positions . all octane models offer a custom l.r. baggs preamp option for acoustic piezo output which includes a magnetic pickup piezo blending knob . musicians who use babicz guitars edit musicians who use babicz guitars include 1 this list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it . mick jones of foreigner robert randolph of robert randolph & the family band jake cinninger of umphrey s mcgee brendan bayliss of umphrey s mcgee steven wilson of porcupine tree john wesley guitarist of porcupine tree k.k. downing of judas priest mike marlin david sancious todd rundgren richard hart singer songwriter guitarist pat travers tim izo orindgreff of the black eyed peas the pretenders earl slick outlaws joe lynn turner adrian belew greg allman lyle workman billy greer of kansas chad kroeger of nickelback jennifer batten kev n george singer songwriter guitarist g3nrg g3nrg1 will clay guitarist vocalist songwriter of billy x & the offenders and the psychic workshop satchel russ parrish of steel panther rina epstein of the epstein family singers jerusalem israel neal morse of spock s beard and transatlantic references edit babicz guitars usa continually adjustable neck . www.babiczguitars.com . retrieved 2015 10 05 . external links edit official website babicz guitars on twitter babicz guitars on facebook guitar portal companies portal usa portal new york portal hudson valley portal business and economics portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title babicz guitars & oldid 742359110 categories guitar manufacturing companiesmusical instrument manufacturing companiescompanies established in 2003companies based in new yorkcompanies based in dutchess county new yorkamerican brandshidden categories articles needing additional references from july 2016all articles needing additional referencesincomplete lists from august 2008 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 october 2016 at 06 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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