As a musician and as a guitar designer, Howard Roberts brought the jazz guitar to a new level. The Howard Roberts Fusion model debuted in 1980 with such refinements as a more open cutaway and a unique control configuration,and the "fingers" tailpiece with individual string-angle adjustments.

Body
Laminated Maple, Chromyte center block
Neck/Profile
Maple/Rounded
Fingerboard/Inlay
Ebony/Dot
Scale/Nut Width
24^3/4"/1^11/16"
Binding
Multi-ply top, single-ply fingerboard and back
Bridge/Tailpiece
Tune-o-matic/Finger
Hardware
Gold
Pickups
490R Alnico magnet humbucker
490T Alnico magnet humbucker
Controls
Two volume, two tone, three-way switch
Strings
Brite Wires .010-.046

Finish
Cherry , Ebony , Vintage Sunburst