no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . september 2013 langcaster guitars type private industry musical instruments founded 2000 founder joh lang headquarters auckland new zealand area served global key people joh lang danny lang website www.langcaster.com langcaster guitars is a new zealand 1 guitar brand founded by dutchman joh lang . 2 3 the langcaster guitar 4 is distinctive for its unique prehistoric swamp kauri body and intricate patterns made from the roots of the native new zealand kauri tree . carbon dating carried out by the scientists at the university of waikato in new zealand and the university of groningen in the netherlands has found wood used in the guitar bodies to be more than 35 000 years old . 5 notable players of langcaster guitars include jan akkerman 6 kara gordon 7 and arli liberman . contents 1 history 2 material 3 guitar shape 4 innovations 5 design 6 notable players 7 references 8 external links history edit the first langcaster guitar was handmade and crafted in 2000 by amsterdam born inventor and luthier joh lang . these guitars were further developed by lang and his son in his home in west auckland suburb titirangi in new zealand on the fringes of the waitakere ranges native kauri forest . 8 langcaster headstock material edit the langcaster guitar is made from swamp kauri which can only be found in new zealand . it is an exclusive wood to the new zealand government and the export of this raw material is forbidden and only allows the exportation of readymade swamp kauri goods . 9 because of its high density this wood is well suited for the construction of these guitars . the cracks between the roots are filled with clear epoxy . guitar shape edit the kauri stratocaster shape the kauri telecaster shape the langcaster guitars were primarily a stratocaster body shape 10 until in 2006 when lang introduced the limited edition cobra guitar 11 which had a telecaster shape . this guitar was named after the sculptured cobra snake in the lower bout of the body crowned with a diamond like eye . this model was also equipped with the lo impedance pickups and electronics with an added led in the switch plate showing the picking force when the overdrive is activated . in 2010 lang released 25 of the limited edition anniversary model guitars to celebrate 10 years in the making of the langcaster . following this series lang went on to produce 50 uniquely koru designed kauri guitars . innovations edit langcaster pickups the notable feature of the langcaster guitar is the application of the low impedance ultimate lo pickups 12 which are an impedance of 100 ohm . the ultimate lo pickups are made by two stacked coils and winding techniques mounted onto a pcb board in a single coil humbucker or strat pickup cover housing . the pickups have eight magnetic poles to avoid dead spots when bending the thin strings and have an overdrive option with a gain control pot and do not hum . lang founded a pickup with all the advantages of a low impedance pickup being higher fidelity and low noise . however the output of the ultimate lo pickups was that high that a separate buffer amp was needed . lang used this occasion to develop a small pc board with a buffer amp and an integrated tube sounding overdrive sound which he called the ultradrive . all langcaster guitars are equipped with these pickups and corresponding battery powered circuitry incorporating clean overdrive switch and an overdrive intensity control pot . design edit the latest series of the langcaster guitar features a koru paua inlay at the head of the guitar which is a maori symbol for new live and strength . koru paua headstock anniversary headstock notable players edit jan akkerman netherlands arli liberman israel kara gordon new zealand references edit tv one news joh lang at the nz music expo electrified the art of the contemporary electric guitar by robert shaw biography on joh lang langcaster guitars pickup kitsets nz musician new zealand music magazine . nz musician . retrieved 2013 03 02 . hand made hand played the art & craft of contemporary guitars by robert shaw the making of the langcaster la baye lag lakeside lambert lark larson larrivee . jedistar.com . retrieved 2013 03 02 . http www.janakkerman.nl documents langcaster.pdf langcaster guitars sponsors and supporters wreckage recordings ltd . karagordonandthewreckage.com . retrieved 2013 03 02 . kauri tunes by visualartz productions the making of the langcaster guitar documentary swamp kauri nz forests . nzforests.co.nz . retrieved 2013 03 02 . testbericht langcaster model 1 e gitarre gitarre & bass ausgabe 1 2004 in german . gitarrebass.musikmachen.de . retrieved 2013 03 02 . pro music news . langcaster kauri guitars and basses at musikmesse 2004 . pro music news.com . retrieved 2013 03 02 . http www.artist site.dk langcaster langcaster % 20pickups % 20bio.pdf external links edit langcaster 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