Name: Eastwood A.S. Mad Cat
Brand: Artist Series
SKU: 3318
Price: 1499.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Eastwood A.S. Mad Cat #color_satin-sunburst

$1,499.00 USD

Color — Satin Sunburst

Satin Sunburst

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Estimated In-Stock Date: July 7, 2025

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Story

Back in 2020, we released our tribute Mad Cat guitar after a successful run as a Custom Project. Since then, the model has become one of the most popular in our lineup - and for good reason. Built at our top factory in Korea, every Mad Cat we make is a high-end, professionally playable instrument at an extremely competitive price (get ready to shell out $2500+ for an alternative, if you can find one...).
If you haven't seen it yet, check out RJ Ronquillo's deep dive on the model here.

By popular demand, we've begun releasing the Mad Cat in additional specs and colorways, and this one might just be the most exciting yet! If the finish and extra controls haven't already given it away, then perhaps the A.S. abbreviation will. This Mad Cat is our tribute to the Sunburst model played by the incredible Andy Summers.

The A.S. Mad Cat adds a Custom Wound Humbucker in the neck position, and comes dolled up in a sleek Satin Sunburst finish. We've also included a couple of mandatory tonal options for those of you seeking out that signature A.S. tone: a Phase Switch, and our own proprietary Transwarp Drive* Boost.

What can't this guitar do? Every little thing she does is magic!

Features & Specs

Body: Ash
Neck: Maple, Natural finish Modern C-Shape
Fingerboard: Maple, Dot Markers
Scale Length: 25.5" (648mm)
Width at Nut: 1 5/8 "
Frets: 21, Medium Jumbo
Pickups: Custom Wound Humbucker + Single Coil
Switching: 3-Way, Phase, Transwarp Drive*, Transwarp Blend
- 3-Way: Neck Pickup (Up), Both (Middle), Bridge Pickup (Down)
- Phase: With 3-Way in middle position, sets Neck pickup phase on or off.
- Transwarp Drive: Activates Transwarp Pre-amp
- Transwarp Blend: Blends the Transwarp Drive into the circuit.
Bridge: T-Style Brass
Hardware: Gotoh
Average Weight: 7.5 lbs (More Info on Weight)

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Customer Experiences

Service: 5* Eastwood was very helpful and responsive while ordering that guitar. Setup: 2* The guitar came with a ridiculously low action (1mm at 12th fret). I had to raise the string height and adjust the intonation. Not a big deal but it's something that could have been done properly before shipping. Build Quality: 4* The guitar is very well made. The frets are well dressed and polished, the electronics backplate is countersunk and the woods used for the body and neck show very nice wood grain. I am removing 1 star because the tuning keys (Gotoh!) are misaligned... I had to replace ALL pickguard screws as they were weird looking: they had too large heads and were misaligned. I used Fender screws and the guitar looks much better now. Playability: 4* I would have liked a fatter neck profile. That Mad Cat A. S. has a very slim neck profile. The guitar sounds very good clean and overdriven and the onboarded preamp is VERY efficient. It provides enough grit to push a clean amp into overdrive and works very well with alreadu overdriven sounds. The blend control lets you dial exactly what you need and is very musical on its whole range. I'm not a great fan of out of phase sounds but it's there if you need it. The guitar is a bit heavy (3,6kg) but the onboarded electronics inevitably adds weight. Conclusion: 4* Whether or not you like Andy Summers, that guitar is worth buying if you are looking for a super versatile T-style guitar. The neck profile might not suit everybody but chances are you might swap it for a beefier one. At $1500, it could have come with a case or gigbag.

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Brooksville, FL

This is the ultimate Tele (IMO). With the extra gain function, it makes this a total tone machine. Plays exceptionally well, stays in tune and is beautiful. It's a little heavy, but what real Tele isn't? Immediately turned into my #3.

Marseille, 13

Atlanta, GA

This guitar is GREAT! I love the narrower nut width that you use. Im so tired of all the guitars made overseas with 1 and 11/16th nut widths. THANK YOU THANK YOU for NOT roasting the maple neck!!!! The roasted necks seem brittle and have a strange ressonence, The pickups are nice,but the neck pup is a little dark for my tastes. The one sort of bad thing about this guitar is that mine was HEAVEY!!! We are talking 70s LP HEAVEY! I asked the company if I could exchange it for a lighter one and...

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