FU-Tone and Sully Guitars kick into high gear with the Conspiracy Series Elita range
“Full-on shred machines” sport hot pickups, FU-Tone tremolo upgrades

FU-Tone has announced a partnership with Sully Guitars for the new Sully Conspiracy Series Elita, which the company calls “full-on shred machines that are dripping with attitude.”
The new electric guitar models come loaded with a custom FU-Tone FU2 Tremolo which includes: 42mm L brass big block, titanium saddle inserts, brass tremolo stopper, heavy duty noiseless springs and brass claw and claw screws.
There’s also a brass tremolo stopper, giving the user the option to float or stabilize the bridge.
Other features include a mahogany body (with flame maple top on SultraViolet and Sunset Fade models), three-piece maple neck and Macassar ebony fingerboard with jumbo stainless steel frets.
Pickups are a Sweet Action in the bridge and an Al Pastor at the neck.
Custom finishes include Ruby Red Slipper Sparkles, Sunset Fade Flame Top, Sultra-Violet Purple Burst Flame Top and Purple Sparkle.
The guitars are available for $1,699. For more information, head to FU-Tone.
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Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.

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