Available from 1991 to 1995, the Ernie Ball Music Man Edward Van Halen was designed and built to EVH’s requirements for recording and touring. After 1995, the model was renamed the Axis, with the construction remaining the same – a basswood body with a figured Maple top and a Maple neck with 10 inch radius and 22 frets.
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Introduced in 2013 at the winter NAMM show, the Godin Montreal Premiere HT has a thin trestle-braced arched top body and is ideal for jazz players. This Godin Montreal Premiere HT example is in very good, clean condition, dates to the first months of 2016 and was built at the Godin shops in La Patrie, Quebec with a mixture of domestic and imported woods. The top, back and sides are locally sourced Wild Cherry laminate with a Trestle or ML bracing system that supports and damps the body while reducing weight, and provides anchor points for the stop tailpiece.
The National Style 2.5 Tricone Squareneck, or ‘Style Two and a Half’ is very close to the Style 2, with just a rose engraving on coverplate’s hand rest making the difference. Introduced in 1927, the Style 2 was the top of the National line, with a brass body with nickel plating. The wooden components, such as the headstock, are Mahogany, except for the Ebony fingerboard. National Resophonic guitars were a radical, major innovation in musical instrument design.
Here’s a Gibson Les Paul Standard Cherry Sunburst dating to October 22, 1980, sporting a Cherry Sunburst finish and a non-weight relieved, non-pancake body! The Les Paul model was introduced in 1952 as Gibson’s entry into the then-new solidbody ‘Spanish’ electric guitar field, where ‘Spanish’ refers to the way the guitar is held.
As Guitar of the Week number 16 in 2007, this Gibson Les Paul Classic Custom in Silverburst is one of 400 built. The Classic Custom was offered from 2007 to 2008, and from 2011 to 2012. Merging elements of the Les Paul Classic and Custom models, the Gibson Les Paul Classic Custom starts with a weight-relieved Mahogany body with carved Maple cap paired with a Mahogany neck and Ebony fingerboard.
New Beard resonator guitars in squareneck and roundneck models, including the new Radio Standard line have arrived! The Radio-E comes standard with Beard #14 spider and hand spun Beard Legend Cone™, a black tailpiece and black Radio™ coverplate. All Radio Standards come standard with Gotoh tuners. The Radio-RFB comes standard with a hand spun Beard biscuit cone and a black tailpiece and black sieve coverplate.