Group 1 of my Washburn Maverick Series guitar collection, including a Washburn Bantum BT-3, a Washburn BT-6, Washburn BT-8, Washburn BT-10, and a Washburn BT-2 with an HB-102 Duncan Designed pickup set.

L to R:  BT-3 /IV,        BT-2/CS,            BT-6,                  BT-8,                 BT-10,            BT-2/MSF

Group 1 of my Washburn BT-Series guitar collection, including a Washburn Bantum BT-3, a Washburn Maverick Series BT-6, a Washburn Maverick Series BT-8, Washburn Maverick Series BT-10, and a Washburn Maverick BT-2 with an HB-102 Duncan Designed pickup set.

Washburn BT-3/IV in vintage TV yellow with white pick guard, 3 single coil pickups, 6 point tremolo bridge, 3 control knobs, 5-way selector switch, vintage tuners, mahogany body, bolt on maple neck, rosewood fretboard, 22 frets.  Per the headstock, this BT-3 is a rare member of the even more value oriented Bantam Series.

Washburn Bantam Series Model BT-3 electric guitar with Ivory finish and white pickguard and 3 single coil pickups

Washburn Bantam Series Model BT-3 electric guitar with Ivory finish and white pickguard and 3 single coil pickups

Washburn BT-2/CS with cherryburst top, 2 humbucker pickups (bridge is a Washburn 623 and neck is a Washburn 621 pup), tune-o-matic bridge, 2 control knobs, 3-way selector switch, Grover tuners, mahogany body, bolt-on maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, 22 frets.

Washburn Maverick Series model BT-2 with cherry sunburst finish

Washburn Maverick Series model BT-2 with cherryburst finish and Washburn 621 & 623 humbucker pickups

Washburn model BT-6 with metal flake black sparkle finish, 2 humbucker pickups and a single coil pickup, 2 control knobs, 5-way pickup selector switch, Grover tuners, Floyd Rose tremolo, locking nut, mahogany body, bolt on maple neck, rosewood fretboard, 22 frets.

Washburn Maverick Series Model BT-6 with metallic black sparkle finish and floyd rose tremolo and locking nut

Washburn BT-8 with flame maple archtop body cap in honey sunburst with white binding around body and neck, 2 humbucker pickups (bridge is a Washburn 623 and neck is a Washburn 621 pup), tune-o-matic bridge with stop tail piece, 2 control knobs, 3-way pickup selector switch, Grover tuners, mahogany body, maple bolt on neck, rosewood fingerboard, 22 frets.

Washburn Maverick Series Model BT-8 guitar with honey cherryburst finish and 24 3/4" short scale length

From the Washburn Maverick Series, here's a model BT-8 electric guitar with Washburn 621 and 623 humbucker pickups.

Washburn BT-10 with flame maple archtop body cap in transparent black with white binding around body and neck, 2 humbucker pickups (bridge is an F-spaced Washburn 623 and neck is an F-spaced Washburn 621 pup), Grover tuners, Floyd Rose tremolo, locking nut, mahogany body, maple bolt-on neck, rosewood fretboard, 22 frets.

Model BT-10 Washburn Maverick Series electric guitar with archtop contoured body with transparent black finish and floyd rose tremolo and locking nut.  Some consider this to be the supreme Washburn BT-Series guitar.

Washburn model BT-2 /MSF with Champagne sparkle finish, 2 humbucker pickups (Duncan Designed HB-102 set which emulates Seymour Duncan JB at the bridge and a SD Jazz at the neck position), tune-o-matic bridge with stop tail piece, 2 control knobs, 3-way selector switch, Grover tuners, mahogany body, maple bolt on neck, rosewood fretboard, 22 frets.

Washburn guitar Maverick Series Model BT-2 with metallic flake silver sparkle finish and Duncan Designed HB-102B and HB-102N set which mimick the Seymour Duncan Jazz and JB pickup combination.

 

 

Now let's continue on to the 2nd group of Washburn Maverick Series electric guitars...

 

Group 2 of my Washburn Maverick Series guitar collection, including a Washburn BT-3, a Washburn BT-2, Washburn WMS, Washburn WM Standard, Washburn BT-4, and a Washburn BT-2 with P-90 pickups.

L to R:  BT-3,   BT-2Q/VS,      WMS Studio,        WM Standard,        BT-4,          BT-2-90/DBL

Group 2 of my Washburn Maverick Series guitar collection, including a Washburn Maverick BT-3, Washburn Maverick BT-2, Washburn Maverick BT-4, Washburn Maverick Guitar model BT-2 with P-90 pickups, and American made Washburn WMS and Washburn WM Standard electric guitars.

Washburn BT-3 (this was a real beater, traded for the above BT-8) in red with white pick guard, 3 single coil pickups, tremolo bridge, 3 control knobs, 5-way selector switch, Grover tuners, mahogany body, bolt-on maple neck, rosewood fretboard, 22 frets.

Washburn BT-3 Maverick Series electric guitar in red with white pick guard

Washburn BT-2 Q/VS with quilted maple top in vintage sunburst, the 2 humbucker pickups, tune-o-matic bridge, 2 control knobs, 3-way selector switch, Grover tuners, mahogany body, maple bolt on neck, rosewood fretboard, 22 frets. This pics shows the stock pickups, but the next photo displays the upgraded pups...

Washburn Maverick Series model BT-2 guitar with quilted maple top and vintage sunburst finish

...Forward is a 4-wire Seymour Duncan Distortion neck pickup ( aka The Seymourizer !!) and at the bridge is a hot 4-wire pup by the G & B Pick Up Company which I pulled from a Rock Candy Custom model of the Daisy Rock guitar family.  I upgraded the tone knob with a push-pull coil tap model wired to split both humbuckers, which are wired out of phase.  While this axe is a true multi-tonal monster of Cloverdale proportions, I must admit that my favorite pickup setting is the bridge humbucker in split mode, possibly because I wired the coil tap switch to turn off the outer (lower) coil, leaving the inner single coil on.  I've been told that this small extra distance from the bridge can have a large effect on the tone.

Washburn WMS Studio in hi-gloss natural matte finish, 2 Seymour Duncan humbucker pickups ('59 at the neck and Custom Custom at the bridge), tune-o-matic bridge, 2 control knobs, 3-way selector switch, Grover tuners, mahogany body, set mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard, 22 frets, and Buzz Feiten Tuning System.  Made in the Washburn USA Custom Shop in Chicago, Illinois.

Washburn WMS studio electric guitar with seymour duncan pickups

Washburn WMS studio electric guitar with humbucker pickups by Seymour Duncan

back of the Washburn WMS electric guitar with Washburn U.S.A. custom shop case

Washburn WM Standard with quilted maple top in transparent bordeaux red, 2 Seymour Duncan '59 humbucker pickups (2 wire at the neck and 4 wire at the bridge), I added sliding coil tap switch for bridge pup, TOM bridge, 2 control knobs, 3-way selector switch, Grover tuners, mahogany body, set mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard, 22 frets, and Buzz Feiten Tuning System.  Made in the Washburn USA Custom Shop in Chicago, Illinois.

Washburn WM-Standard Electric Guitar with Seymour Duncan pickups

Washburn BT-4 in candy apple red metallic, 2 single coil pickups, 1 humbucker bridge pickup (upgraded to Seymour Duncan JBJ humbucker pickup with chrome cover and push-pull coil tap switch on the volume pot), tremolo bridge, 2 control knobs, 5-way selector switch, Grover tuners, mahogany body, maple bolt on neck, and rosewood fretboard with 22 frets.

Washburn BT-4 guitar with a Seymour Duncan JB humbucker pickup in the bridge position and push pull coil tap switch

Washburn BT-2 90 / DBL in dark blue, a pair of P-90 single coil pickups, tune-o-matic bridge, 2 control knobs, 3-way selector switch, Grover tuners, mahogany body, bolt on maple neck, rosewood fretboard, 22 frets.

Washburn BT-2 electric guitar of the Maverick Series featuring P90 pickups

Washburn BT-8 with flame maple arch top body cap in transparent red with white binding around body and neck, 2 DeArmond USA Gold Tone humbucker pickups, tune-o-matic bridge with stop tail piece, 2 control knobs, 3-way pickup selector switch, Grover tuners, mahogany body, bolt-on maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, 22 frets.

The Washburn Maverick Series electric guitar, a model BT-8 guitar featuring the beautiful DeArmond USA Gold Tone pickups and 24.75" scale length.

 

The body of the Washburn BT-8 electric guitar featuring the upgraded DeArmond USA Gold Tone pickups, which were removed from a De Armond Les Paul style guitar.

Image of the DeArmond Gold Tone pickups on the Washburn BT-8 electric guitar from the Maverick Series.  The De Armond USA Gold Tone pickups were removed from a DeArmonde M-70 Les Paul style guitar.

Washburn Billy T. electric guitar in natural butterscotch finish with white pickguard, 2 Washburn 621 single coil pickups, 1 Washburn 623 humbucker bridge pickup, tremolo bridge, 3 control knobs, 5-way selector switch, Grover tuners, maple bolt on neck and maple fretboard with 22 frets.

Head of a Washburn Billy T. electric guitar from the Washburn Guitar Collection at TexasThinkTank.Net

Washburn Billy T. model with a gorgeous leather Levy guitar strap.

Washburn Billy T. model has the look of the model BT-4 Maverick Series electric guitar.