Tommy Byrnes, guitarist and musical director for Billy Joel, wields a pair of First Act guitars. When he’s going for sharp twang, he picks up his custom Sheena. For custom appointments it sports a C shape neck, rosewood fingerboard, and clean white finish with black binding. The Sheena combines a single coil pickup and a humbucker for a variety of tones, from riffs that are thick and raucous to laser-sharp leads.
NECK
- Profile: C profile
- Wood: Flame maple with ebony center strip
- Head stock: 6-in-line
FRETBOARD
- Wood: Rosewood
- Inlays: Pearl dots
BODY
- Shape: Sheena
- Top wood: Alder
- Back wood: Alder
- Binding: Blac, top
HARDWARE
- Color: Chrome
- Machine Heads: Gotoh 510 Minis
- Tailpiece: First Act proprietary string-through retainer
- Bridge: First Act proprietary low-profile bridge
- Knobs: Hipshot O-rings
ELECTRONICS
- Pickups: (1) First Act/Kent Armstrong single coil (neck), (1) First Act/Kent Armstrong humbucker (bridge)
- Controls: (2) volume, (1) tone, 3-way selector switch
FINISH
- Body: White
- Other: Maple leaf decal on back of headstock