About the Builder (from Wikipedia):
The Caparison Guitar company was established in 1995 with the former Jackson/Charvel Japan design division, the designers at Charvel created the CDS Series, CDS II Series and Questar Series and the designers at Jackson created the Doug Aldrich Model, Soloist Special, Dinky AXE and Falcon. Caparison was owned by Kyowa Shokai Ltd, a company that made contracts with factories to produce guitars for them (like Hoshino Gakki).
In May 2011 Kyowa Shokai was declared bankrupt, however Caparison resumed production in September 2011 under the ownership of Caparison Guitar Company Ltd. The company retained Itaru Kanno (菅野到?) as lead designer and the instruments continue to manufactured together with Iida Music Co. in Nagoya, Japan.
Caparison is considered by several influential metal guitarists to be an up and coming guitar company, and the best known one besides the other big Japanese makes. Since 2006, Caparison has updated the build quality of their instruments, using the same high standard of components in their regular series guitars that were previously only found in their artists models. They are generally considered to be one of the highest quality instruments on the market.
For more information: http://www.caparisonguitarcompany.com/en/
About the Guitar:
When Christopher Amott made his mind to be back to the band Arch Enemy he asked Caparison to produce his new guitar. Out came Dellinger-CA in Pro.White Color. The finishing process of Pro.White on this guitar requires an extra step in curving Arch Enemy Symbol on the body top. With this Pro.White Finish, the guitar makes the wilder sounds and better low range sounds.
There is a new Christopher's signature on its Head-Top that has the same Pro.White color finish as its body. It has a HGS system for down tuning.
Pickup selector is 5 Way Lever Switch for wider range of sound variations. It is an amazing Japan guitar..!!
The guitar features:
Head Stock: Caparison Devil's Tail
Head Angle: 15 degrees
Neck Joint: Bolt-on
Head Inlay: Christopher Amott Signature (Silver)
Head Finish: Pro White / White Binding
Machine Heads: Gotoh SG381-07 H.A.P
Nut: Schaller Locking Nut R2
Nut Width: 42mm
Neck Scale: 648mm, 25 1/2inch.
Neck Material: Hard Maple
Fingerboard Material: Ebony /White Binding
Fingerboard"R": 350R-400R(0F-End)
Position Inlay: 12 Fret "ARCH ENEMY" Symbol
Frets: Jumbo Frets
No. of Fret: 24F
Body Style: Dellinger
Body Material: Mahogany
Bridge: Schaller S-FRT II
Controls: Master Volume,Master Tone,3 way LeverSwitch
Head
Top: Pro White with Signature
Neck Finish: oil Finish
Body Finish: Pro White with "ARCH ENEMY"Symbol (Silver)
Hardware Color: Chrome
The pick-ups were changed from the standard to: Neck Position: DiMarzio Air NortonS, Center Position: DiMarzio True Velvet, Bridge Position: DiMarzio LiquiFire.
Christopher Amott, owned and played this guitar. It was used as his backup guitar on countless Arch Enemy performances. The "2" sticker on the back was put there by him to distinguish it from his identical main guitar.
