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2012

new guitars released in 2012

Jul 23 2012
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Epiphone Les Paul Custom Pro TV Silver

Epiphone Les Paul Custom Pro TV Silver

By 2012, New Release No Comments
The Les Paul Custom made its debut in 1954 after the initial success of the Les Paul Goldtop. Les requested a Les Paul with a custom color finish in solid black and solid white with gold hardware that would blend well with a tuxedo. The result was the Les Paul Custom, or the “tuxedo” Les Paul, as it became known among fans. Now Epiphone introduces the Les Paul Custom Pro in new sparkly TV Silver finish but it is still “dressed to kill”.
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Jul 22 2012
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Epiphone G400 Pro TV Silver

Epiphone G-400 Pro TV Silver

By 2012, New Release No Comments
Epiphone honours the historic SG, one of the most original designs in rock, with the G-400 Pro TV Silver, which now features Alnico Classic Pro pickups and push/pull coil-tapping. The original SG not only rivaled guitars of its own era for sonic variety but also proved to be a sign of things to come. Scores of rock, hard rock and metal guitarists embraced the original SG and made it a classic. All guitars in the Epiphone limited edition TV Silver Collection feature a TV silver sparkling binding, nickel hardware and a silver pickguard.
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Jul 20 2012
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Gibson Grace Potter Flying V Nocturnal Brown

Gibson Grace Potter Flying V

By 2012, Artist Signature Models, New Release No Comments
Gibson USA proudly presents the Grace Potter Signature Flying V. Crafted from Grade-A tonewoods and loaded with premium hardware and two of the finest contemporary recreations of legendary PAF humbucking pickups, the Grace Potter Signature Flying V is the hippest tone machine to head down the pike in a long time. Its unique look, designed by Grace, includes a hand-sprayed Nocturnal Brown gloss nitrocellulose top finish and satin natural back, sides and neck, and cream-painted Lexan pickguard with custom silkscreened art deco border.
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Jul 20 2012
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Ibanez Artcore AFJ81

Ibanez Artcore AFJ

By 2012, New Release No Comments
New for 2012 – Ibanez Artcore AFJ singlecut hollow-body guitar dedicated to jazz players. That’s probably obvious if you know your old school jazz boxes: wooden bridges, narrow frets. The 20-Fret fretboard produces that authentically warm jazz tone and to top it off: the AFJ models come equipped with high quality flat wound strings—of course! A 3-piece Mahogany/Maple Artcore set-in neck features slim, fast & maximum playing comfort.
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Jul 19 2012
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Schecter Synyster Gates Custom

Schecter Synyster Gates Custom

By 2012, Artist Signature Models, New Release One Comment
Wake the fallen with the Schecter Synyster Gates Custom signature model. Designed to Syn’s (from Avenged Sevenfold) rocking specs, it’s a new twist on the Schecter Hellraiser, with a mahogany body and set neck, a slick ebony fingerboard featuring wicked “SYN” and DeathBat inlays, Seymour Duncan Custom Invader humbuckers, a Floyd Rose and then some, all wrapped up in a gloss black finish with silver pinstripes.
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Jul 18 2012
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PRS P24 Limited Edition Piezo Eriza Verde Smokeburst

PRS P24 Limited Edition Piezo

By 2012, Green Guitars, New Release No Comments
The P24, PRS’s first 24-fret solidbody piezo-equipped guitar, gives musicians a new and unique tool to add to their lineup. Based on the extremely versatile P22 model, the limited edition P24 comes standard with a maple 10-Top, mahogany back, 25” scale length Pattern-Regular mahogany neck, Honduran rosewood fretboard with mother of pearl “old school” bird inlays, hybrid hardware, a PRS piezo adjustable stoptail bridge, and the redesigned PRS/LR Baggs piezo system.
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Jul 17 2012
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Fender Black Paisley Stratocaster HSS

By 2012, New Release No Comments

Fender have taken their Standard series Stratocaster and swathed it in swirling black paisley for a captivating new look that is both darkly alluring and elegantly psychedelic. Equally captivating are the sound, feel and performance, with sparkling single-coil neck and middle pickups and a full-throated humbucking bridge pickup, comfortable modern C-shaped maple neck, 9.5”-radius rosewood board with 21 medium jumbo frets, and a vintage-style synchronized tremolo bridge.
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Jul 16 2012
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Fender FSR Black Paisley Telecaster

By 2012, New Release No Comments

Fender have taken their Standard series Telecaster and swathed it in swirling black paisley for a captivating new look that is both darkly alluring and elegantly psychedelic. Equally captivating are the sound, feel and performance, with two singing single-coil pickups, comfortable modern C-shaped maple neck with a 9.5” radius and 21 medium jumbo frets, and a six-saddle string-through-body bridge for ringing sustain and solid intonation stability.
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Jul 13 2012
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Gretsch G5422TDCG Electromatic Snow Crest White

Gretsch G5422TDCG Electromatic

By 2012, New Release No Comments
The G5422TDCG Electromatic Hollow Body is a sharp new Gretsch guitar with a bound double-cutaway hollow body featuring sound-post bracing and elegant bound f holes. Other features include a maple neck, bound rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and hump-block pearloid inlays, gold plexi pickguard, three-position pickup switch, classic “G” arrow control knobs, rosewood-based Adjusto-Matic bridge and Bigsby-licensed B60G vibrato tailpiece, vintage-style open-back tuners and gold-plated hardware.
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Jul 12 2012
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Squier Vintage Modified Telecaster Custom Deluxe

Squier Vintage Modified Telecaster Custom Deluxe

By 2012, New Release No Comments
Squier introduces the Vintage Modified Telecaster Custom Deluxe. For the first time ever this features an all-new Fender-designed Wide Range humbucking pickup in the neck position for incredibly full tone. Other great features include a “C”-shaped maple neck with vintage-tint gloss finish, 9.5”-radius maple fingerboard, three-way toggle pickup switching, four black skirted amp knobs, string-through-body bridge with three chrome barrel saddles, and vintage-style chrome tuners.
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Jul 11 2012
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Squier Vintage Modified Telecaster Deluxe

Squier Vintage Modified Telecaster Deluxe

By 2012, New Release No Comments

For the first time ever, Squier introduces a Vintage Modified Telecaster Deluxe guitar armed with all-new Fender-designed Wide Range humbucking pickups. Other great features include a “C”-shaped maple neck with vintage-tint gloss finish, 12”-radius maple fingerboard with 21 medium jumbo frets and black dot position inlays, three-way toggle pickup switching, four black skirted amp knobs (two volume, two tone), string-through-body bridge with six stamped saddles, and vintage-style chrome tuners.
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Jul 10 2012
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Gretsch G5420T Electromatic Aspen Green

Gretsch G5420T Electromatic

By 2012, New Release One Comment
Gretsch introduces new G5420T model to its successful Electromatic series. The Gretsch G5420T Electromatic is a single cutaway hollow body guitar that features sound-post bracing and elegant bound f holes. Other features include a maple neck, bound rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets, three-position pickup switch, classic “G” arrow control knobs, rosewood-based Adjusto-Matic bridge and Bigsby-licensed B60 vibrato tailpiece.
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Jul 09 2012
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Fender Custom Deluxe Telecaster 2012 Faded Honey Burst

Fender Custom Deluxe Telecaster 2012

By 2012, New Release No Comments
The Fender Custom Deluxe Telecaster is back for 2012 and better than ever. The Fender Custom Shop Custom Deluxe Series combines the best of old and new, and some of Fender’s most exotic woods to boot. Featuring a lightweight ash body with AAA Flamed Maple Top. It also features a Large “C” Neck, 9.5″ Radius, Narrow Jumbo Frets, 1 piece “AA” Birdsey Maple Neck, 2 Twisted Tele Pickups, 3 Way Switch, Custom Classic Bridge, Fender Elite Tuners, and Schaller Strap Locks.
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Jul 07 2012
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Cort KX5 CQ

Cort KX5 CQ

By 2012, New Release 2 Comments
The Cort KX5-CQ is a special limited edition within the KX series of Cort’s superstrat models. The KX5-CQ has a double cutaway basswood body with a black paint, gloss finish and custom graphic designed by Stephen Jensen. Motherbucker pickups with coil splitting ability are built onto this model as well. Canadian hard maple neck has a bolted joint and a rosewood fingerboard with 24 frets, pearl block inlays and 15-3/4″ radius.
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Jul 05 2012
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Schecter Zacky Vengeance Custom 6661

Schecter Zacky Vengeance Custom 6661

By 2012, Artist Signature Models, New Release One Comment
Zacky Vengeance was playing a stock lefty S-1 See-Thru Cherry in Avenged Sevenfold before becoming an official Schecter artist. He decorated his S-1 with stick-on 6661 numbers. When Schecter set out to design his first signature model, he wanted to incorporate these. Basically the Zacky Vengeance Custom 6661 is upgraded S-1, features included Set-In 24.75” scale 22-fret mahogany neck,’6661’ inlay at the 12th fret, mahogany body, TonePros system , Chrome hardware and Grover tuners. Dual Seymour Duncan JB (SH4) humbuckers have been standard on all of his Schecter Artist Customs.
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