Cole Clark Culprit 3 HS Blackwood ‘Sunburst’ Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar

The Cole Clark Culprit 3 marks the return of Cole Clark to the electric guitar world for the first time since 2012 - and it arrives not as a cautious re-entry but as a fully realised statement of what a premium Australian-built semi-hollow electric can be. Built entirely from Australian sustainable timbers and finished in nitrocellulose satin, the Culprit 3 brings Cole Clark’s deep material knowledge and craft heritage to the electric guitar format with the same uncompromising commitment to tonewood quality and considered construction that defines the Fat Lady and Angel acoustic ranges. The semi-hollow body construction delivers an open, warm, and highly responsive acoustic resonance that solid-body instruments cannot replicate - natural sustain, lively dynamic response, and an inherent warmth that responds differently to every playing style and picking attack.

This CCC3-HS-B-SUN example is built with an Australian Blackwood body in nitro satin Sunburst with a black pickguard, and fitted with Cole Clark’s patent-pending True Balance Magnetic Pickup configuration in the HS arrangement - humbucker at the bridge, single coil at the neck - delivering the versatility and tonal range that makes this the most flexible Culprit 3 configuration available. The True Balance technology addresses one of the most persistent challenges in pickup design: perfectly even string-to-string output volume across the full width of the fretboard, making the Culprit 3 equally responsive and balanced whether played fingerstyle, flatpicked, or driven hard through overdriven circuits. Australian Blackwood neck, rosewood fretboard with abalone 6mm dot inlays, Wilkinson bridge, Graph Tech TUSQ nut, and Grover machine heads complete a specification of considered premium quality throughout. Supplied in Cole Clark’s rectangular tweed hardshell case.

Features

• Semi-hollow Australian Blackwood body in nitro satin Sunburst finish delivers the open, warm, and naturally resonant acoustic character that distinguishes the Culprit 3 from conventional solid-body electric guitars - lively, dynamic, and responsive to every nuance of playing style.
• Cole Clark patent-pending True Balance Magnetic Pickups in HS configuration (humbucker bridge, single coil neck) provide exceptional tonal versatility with perfectly even string-to-string output volume across the full fretboard - consistent and balanced from delicate fingerpicking to high-gain drive.
• Australian Blackwood neck with rosewood fretboard at 12" radius, 25.5" scale length, and 44mm Graph Tech TUSQ nut delivers a comfortable, familiar, and naturally expressive playing platform with premium materials throughout.
• Wilkinson bridge, Grover machine heads, and abalone 6mm dot fretboard inlays reflect the Culprit 3’s specification as a premium Australian-built electric of considered quality in every appointment.
• Supplied in Cole Clark’s rectangular tweed hardshell case - the same case format used across the Cole Clark acoustic range, and ideal for gigging protection on the road.

• Model: Cole Clark Culprit 3 HS (CCC3-HS-B-SUN)
• Body: Semi-hollow, Australian Blackwood
• Pickup configuration: HS (humbucker bridge, single coil neck)
• Pickups: Cole Clark True Balance Magnetic Pickups (patent pending)
• Pickguard: Black
• Neck: Australian Blackwood
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Fingerboard inlays: Abalone 6mm dots
• Nut: Graph Tech TUSQ, 44mm
• Scale length: 25.5"
• Fingerboard radius: 12"
• Bridge: Wilkinson
• Tuners: Grover
• Finish: Nitro satin, Sunburst
• Strings: 10-46
• Includes: Rectangle tweed hardshell case
• Made in: Australia (Melbourne, Victoria)