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Fender American Standard Precision Bass Black, 2015

 Fender American Standard Precision Bass Black, 2015

The Fender American Standard Precision Bass is the current ‘Standard’ model of the bass whose 1951 introduction changed the way music is presented, performed and recorded.
At the time Leo Fender introduced a bass to match the quickly-accepted Telecaster and Esquire models, bass parts were normally played on acoustic, upright basses. For all of their great points, there are a number of limitations to the upright bass; it’s big, fairly heavy, with a limited amount of volume.

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Gibson Les Paul Axcess Custom Ebony, 2015

 Gibson Les Paul Axcess Custom Ebony, 2015

There have been many incremental changes to the Les Paul over the years, but the Gibson Les Paul Axcess Custom – and Standard – represents one of the most radical enhancements to the core design. While the Les Paul Axcess Custom shares the basic construction concept of a carved Maple cap on a Mahogany body with a Mahogany neck. Standard Gibson BurstBuckers (depending on year) feed through individual volume and tone controls, which also provide coil splitting. On the Custom, the fingerboard is Richlite.   And as a Custom model, all the metal parts are gold plated. 

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Gibson ES 335 Thinline Archtop Cherry 2012

  Gibson ES 335 Thinline Archtop Cherry 2012

The Gibson ES 335 changed many things when introduced in 1958, combining the feedback resistance and sustain of a solidbody with the ’rounder’ tone of an archtop. This has been one of Gibson’s most successful models, and is still in production. Here we’re looking at a Gibson ES 335 variant – the ES 335 DP, indicating that it has double pickups and a plain top.

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PRS Custom 24 30th Anniversary Trans Emerald, 2014

 PRS Custom 24 30th Anniversary Trans Emerald, 2014

This is very cool – a PRS Custom 24 30th Anniversary Model in Trans Emerald finish and with a Flame Maple ’10 Top’, built during 2014 for PRS’s 2015 Anniversary year. This model is based closely on the original Custom 24 construction with a carved Flame Maple top, Mahogany for the body back and neck, and Ebony fingerboard. This Custom 24 30th Anniversary example dates to 2014 and was built at the PRS shop in Stevensville, Maryland. It’s in very good, clean condition with only the slightest wear and one small dent in the back.

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Gibson Les Paul Standard Cherryburst, 2009

 Gibson Les Paul Standard Cherryburst, 2009

The Gibson Les Paul Standard is one of the most recognizable guitars in the world, particularly when it carries the Cherry sunburst finish. Introduced in 1952 as Gibson’s response to rapidly rising interest in the electric guitar, especially models that would not feed back with rising stage volumes. Here we’re looking at a Gibson Les Paul Standard with meaningful weight relief, built at the Gibson plant in Nashville and dating to April 22nd, 2009.

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Waterloo WL14 LTR Ladder Braced Guitar Boot Burst, 2018

  Waterloo WL14 LTR Ladder Braced Guitar Boot Burst, 2018

Harkening back to the 1920s and 1930s, the Waterloo WL14 LTR leads the Waterloo line, available with ladder or X bracing and a very thin nitrocellulose lacquer Boot Burst finish.
Waterloo guitars aim to reproduce the sound of depression-era instruments, but are built to the highest standards by people who really know and care about their craft. The outcome is probably as good as these designs can be, which is saying something.

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