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2012

new guitars released in 2012

G&L Special Collection Legacy

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The G&L Special Collection Legacy™ blends contemporary refinements from the Leo Fender-designed S-500™ and Comanche® models with classic Alnico V pickups. If your holy grail is faithful Alnico single-coil tone with modern refinements and superb craftsmanship, the Legacy makes for an excellent choice.
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Jackson SL1 Soloist Skullyard

Jackson Soloist SL1 Skullyard

By 2012, New Release One Comment
New Skullyard artwork for the Jackson Soloist SL1. The Soloist SL1 is made in the US and has an Alder body, quartersawn eastern hard rock maple neck (through-body), compound radius ebony fingerboard, Seymour Duncan® pickups in H/S/S configuration, Floyd Rose® Original™ tremolo and black hardware.
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Epiphone Genesis Pro

Epiphone Genesis Pro

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The Epiphone Genesis was introduced in 1979 and now after 33 years it is back. Now Epiphone reissues the Genesis Pro for 2012 combining features from all three of the vintage models into one. Designed by Jim Walker who was Director of Marketing for Gibson Guitar Corporation and one of the builders of the very first Hamer Guitars. The Epiphone Genesis Pro features upgraded Probucker pickups, better-looking tops (AAA flame Maple veneer), new finishes plus it’s 2 lbs lighter.
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ESP Horizon FR-7

ESP Horizon FR-7

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The ESP Horizon line has expanded with new models for 2012. Introducing the Horizon FR-7 (FR-7 = Floyd Rose Tremolo with seven strings). Gloss black finished Alder body, Ebony fretboard, black Gotoh tuners, original Floyd Rose double locking bridge with black nickel plating and hardware – yes, that’s black too.
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ESP Horizon FR-27

ESP Horizon FR-27

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The ESP Horizon line has expanded with new models for 2012. The Horizon FR-27 is a completely new Japanese-made ‘super-strat’ that features a 27-fret neck (with scalloped frets from 12-27). and neck-thru construction, Seymour Duncan Custom 5 (bridge) and Hot Rails (neck) pickups, and an original Floyd Rose bridge.
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Ibanez RG Fixed

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The Ibanez RG Fixed series brings you the world’s premier metal axe, with the simplicity and sustain of a Gibraltar Standard bridge. These RG Fixed models can take and dish out whatever vicious pounding they get, and are as stable as a rock. RG Fixed models represent the answer to many players’ desires: the in-your-face sound of an RG without the double-locking hassle.
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PRS Stripped 58

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Originally offered as a limited run for Experience PRS 2011, the “Stripped” 58 is now available as part of Paul Reed Smith Guitars’ Core lineup. The PRS “Stripped” 58 is a no-frills take on the company’s popular SC 58 model, which won the Musikmeese International Press Award (MIPA) for “Best Electric Guitar 2011/2012” earlier this year, and maintains that instrument’s classic, resonant voice that is eminently recordable and gig ready.
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Giffin Valiant II

Giffin Valiant II

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The Giffin Valiant II has been designed by Roger Giffin and built by Premier Builders Guild in Arroyo Grande, California by Gene Baker and his team of craftsmen. The Valiant II has a slightly offset body shape to get away from the traditional look, and a thicker body for added depth to the sound. For maximum playability, the guitar has good access to the last frets by making the cutaway extra deep and a straight-pull 3 a side headstock.
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Gibson SG Special 70s Tribute Satin Silver Burst

Gibson SG Special 70’s Tribute

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Gibson USA introduces the SG Special ’70s Tribute – a guitar that captures the look, feel and tone of the instruments that made massive music during a decade when rock was king. The SG Special ’70s Tribute offers all the quality and performance that has made the guitar so popular with hard-gigging guitarists since its introduction in 1983, with crucial updates that ally it to many legendary Gibson guitars of the 1970s.
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M-Tone Slipstream

By 2012, New Release One Comment

Introducing the new M-tone Slipstream. The Slipstream is a curvy model with a tight waist and is deeply contoured front and back. Mahogany body and two Lollar Imperials pickups are standard. The first four of these have a metal 1957 Sputnik badge inlaid in the upper horn.
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Gibson Les Paul Studio 70s Tribute Satin Silver Burst

Gibson Les Paul Studio 70’s Tribute

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The return of the mini humbucking Les Paul – Gibson USA introduces the Les Paul Studio ’70s Tribute. The Les Paul Studio ’70s Tribute achieves the unique feel of a 1970’s Les Paul with a thin-to-thick neck profile, a pair of new Dual Blade Alnico Mini Humbuckers and, to top it off, the Les Paul Studio ’70s Tribute looks great in your choice of Vintage Sunburst, Cherry, Gold Top or Silver Burst finish, all in grain-textured satin nitrocellulose lacquer…
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Gibson Firebird Studio 70's Tribute Satin Cherry

Gibson Firebird Studio 70’s Tribute

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Gibson’s original “Reverse-Bodied” Firebird was ahead of its time when it first arrived in the early ’60s, but it really came into its own as a rock classic of the 1970s. To capture the look, feel and tone of the instruments that made massive music during a decade when rock was king, Gibson USA introduces the Firebird Studio ’70s Tribute.
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