The Eternal "Delilah" is our modern interpretation of everything that made the great early-'60s S-Type guitars so inspiring, refined through years of listening, building and playing.
Built around a lightweight alder body and a beautifully worn maple neck with a dark rosewood fingerboard, Delilah captures the unmistakable feel and resonance of a vintage classic while introducing an exciting new voice through our Crossfire hand-wound pickup set.
Open, dynamic and endlessly expressive, Delilah delivers shimmering cleans, vocal midrange and powerful, piano-like fundamentals that respond effortlessly to every nuance of your playing.
She doesn't simply recreate the past.
She builds upon it.
Body & Finish
Delilah begins with a carefully selected two-piece lightweight alder body, chosen for its lively resonance, balanced frequency response and exceptional dynamic sensitivity.
Finished in paper-thin three-tone sunburst nitrocellulose lacquer, the body receives Eternal's signature sympathetic ageing, featuring subtle lacquer checking, honest edge wear and a naturally broken-in appearance that feels every bit as authentic as it looks.
The thin finish allows the timber to resonate freely, producing an instrument that feels remarkably alive beneath your hands.
Neck & Feel
The one-piece maple neck is fitted with a beautifully figured slab rosewood fingerboard and finished in lightly aged tinted nitrocellulose lacquer with gently rolled edges.
A comfortable C-shaped profile offers effortless playability while remaining reassuringly substantial in the hand.
Vintage specifications include:
- 7.25" fingerboard radius
- 21 Jescar FW57110 jumbo frets
- Clay dot position markers
- Hand-cut bone nut
The result is a neck that combines authentic vintage feel with modern confidence, allowing effortless bends while retaining the unmistakable character of an early-'60s instrument.
Crossfire Pickups
Vintage Soul. Relentless Expression.
Delilah is the first guitar to feature the all-new Eternal Crossfire pickup set.
Sharing the same late-'50s foundations as our acclaimed Timeless '59 pickups, Crossfire has been carefully refined to deliver greater authority, stronger note fundamentals and exceptional balance across all six strings.
The result is a pickup set that feels remarkably alive beneath your fingers.
Dig in and you're rewarded with powerful, piano-like bass, rich vocal mids and shimmering highs that never become harsh.
Ease back and the pickups clean up effortlessly, preserving every nuance of your touch.
Each pickup is individually hand scatter-wound using traditional materials and techniques before receiving light wax potting to retain outstanding harmonic complexity while remaining stable at stage volumes.
Whether playing clean, edge-of-breakup blues or fully driven rock tones, Crossfire delivers exceptional clarity, dynamic response and expressive musicality.
Hardware & Electronics
Premium components are used throughout.
A Callaham vintage-style vibrato with hardened steel block and bent steel saddles provides outstanding sustain and tuning stability while preserving classic S-Type character.
Vintage-style Kluson split-post tuners complete the traditional appearance.
Electronics feature:
- Eternal Crossfire hand-wound pickup set
- CTS brass-collar 250k potentiometers
- CRL five-way selector switch
- Reproduction "Red Dime" ceramic capacitor
- Cloth-covered hook-up wire
- Switchcraft output jack
- Aluminium shielding plate
Every component has been selected for reliability, musicality and long-term performance.
Specifications
Body
- Two-piece lightweight alder
- Three-tone sunburst nitrocellulose lacquer
- Lightly aged finish
Neck
- Maple
- Veneer rosewood fingerboard
- C profile
- Neck depth: 21.8 mm (1st fret)
- Neck depth: 24.0 mm (12th fret)
- 7.25" radius
- 21 × Jescar FW57110 jumbo frets
- Clay dot position markers
- Hand-cut bone nut
Hardware
- Aged Callaham vintage-style vibrato
- Hardened steel block
- Bent steel saddles
- Aged Kluson split-post tuners
Electronics
- Eternal Crossfire hand-wound pickup set
- CTS brass-collar 250k potentiometers
- CRL five-way selector switch
- Reproduction "Red Dime" capacitor
- Cloth-covered wiring
- Switchcraft output jack
- Aluminium shielding plate
Plastics
- Three-ply aged mint green pickguard
- Aged parchment pickup covers and knobs
Setup
Weight
Approximately 7 lb 6 oz
Case
Vintage-style hard case included.
A New Eternal Classic
Delilah isn't intended to recreate a particular year or reproduce someone else's guitar.
Instead, she represents everything we've learned from building vintage-inspired instruments over the past sixteen years, combining timeless craftsmanship with our own original ideas to create an S-Type that feels instantly familiar yet unmistakably Eternal.
Built around exceptional resonance, remarkable touch sensitivity and the expressive voice of our new Crossfire pickups, Delilah is a guitar that encourages you to stop thinking about specifications... and simply keep playing.
Trademark Notice
Fender®, Stratocaster®, Telecaster®, Precision Bass® and Jazz Bass® are registered trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. These trademarks are used solely to describe compatibility or historical reference. Eternal Guitars is not affiliated with or endorsed by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.
