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2012

new guitars released in 2012

Oct 02 2012
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Guild GSR T-500

Guild GSR T-500

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The Guild GSR T-500 is a limited production hollow-body electric guitar produced featuring a spruce top with maple back and sides, two Duncan Franz P-90 pickups, gold hardware including a Bigsby tailpiece, Gotoh tuners and a Graphtech bridge, with a nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Living up to its GSR moniker (Guild Special Run), only 25 T-500’s will be built – made in Guild’s New Hartford factory Connecticut, U.S.A.
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Oct 01 2012
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Gene Baker B3

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The Gene Baker B3 Fire Model breathes more form into the shape and contours of the instrument creating our solid body, carved top models. Dressed up with a bit more flare and highly figured tops. A full thickness full bodied Rock-n-Roll machine from the word “Go”, a true Classic. 7.5 lb to 8.5 lb average. The sculpted neck joint allows it to compete toe to toe with more traditional single cut models allowing more bass resonance than typical double cut away models while maintaining a comfortable balance due to its double cut away design.
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Sep 30 2012
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ESP Horizon NT-II

ESP Horizon NT-II

By 2012, New Release No Comments
New 2012 additions to the Horizon family from ESP – the Horizon NT-II (NT = non tremolo). The NT-II is made in Japan and features a mahogany body, maple top, neck-thru body construction, maple neck, ebony fretboard, 24 frets, Gotoh TOM bridge The Horizon NT-II is one of the few ESPs without active EMGs pickups and comes loaded with a Seymour Duncan JB (bridge) and 59 (neck).
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Sep 29 2012
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Cort G-Custom CRS Cherry Red Sunburst

Cort G-Custom

By 2012, New Release No Comments
New addition to the Cort G Series for 2012 – the G-Custom. The EMG SA-SA-89 (S-S-H) pickups on the G-Custom provide a variety of premium tonal options. TUSQ XL nuts have improved the sustain and clarity of the sound. The G-Custom’s performance cred is enhanced with the addition of locking tuners. These deliver the tuning stability that you are looking for thanks to its string locking design.
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Sep 28 2012
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BC Rich Jake Pitts Pro X Mockingbird Cracked Mirror

BC Rich Jake Pitts Pro X Mockingbird

By 2012, Artist Signature Models, New Release No Comments
Jake Pitts from Black Veil Brides gets his own distinctive signature model – introducing the BC Rich Jake Pitts Pro X Mockingbird. BVB inlays contrasts with a black Floyd Rose Original Series tremolo and Grover Super Rotomatic tuners. EMG 81 (bridge) and 81 (neck) pickups provide the voice while a 24 5/8 inch scale and 24 jumbo frets on an ebony fingerboard provide the touch.
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Sep 27 2012
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Fernandes Revolver Elite JP

Fernandes Revolver Elite JP

By 2012, New Release No Comments
New 2012 flagship superstrat from Fernandes – the Revolver Elite JP (JP = made in Japan). The Revolver Elite JP is an axe-slinger’s dream come true: neck-thru construction, maple body for solid tone and shimmering sustain, Gotoh hardware and EMG 81/Sustainer configuration for tonal versatility, a must-have for professional lead players and sessions musicians.
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Sep 26 2012
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Ibanez RG Premium RG920MQM Desert Red

Ibanez RG Premium RG920MQM

By 2012, New Release One Comment
New for 2012 – the Ibanez RG Premium RG920MQM. Built with the hardworking pro in mind, the RG Premium is recognized as the ultimate workhorse guitar for the gigging player. Whether equipped with the new Tight-End R fixed bridge, or the Edge-Zero II tremolo with ZPS, Ibanez has engineered perfect tuning stability and playing comfort.
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Sep 25 2012
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PRS Swamp Ash Studio Multi-Foil Aqua Foil

PRS Swamp Ash Studio Multi-Foil

By 2012, New Release No Comments
PRS have released 40 limited edition “Swamp Ash Studio Multi-Foil” guitars for Experience PRS 2012. The Swamp Ash Studio is an updated take on a single-single-hum guitar with PRS’s proprietary Narrowfield pickups in the middle and bass positions and a 57/08 humbucker treble pickup. The swamp ash body provides clear bell-like highs, pronounced mids, and strong lows, and the bolt-on neck is lightly sealed for a natural, comfortable feel. For the nostalgia, the tone, and just because they look cool, these guitars are not to be missed.
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Sep 24 2012
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Gibson Les Paul Traditional 12 string

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Gibson USA merges its 12-string expertise with a legendary electric for what might be the most powerful-sounding and best-playing rendition of the breed ever created: the Les Paul Traditional 12-String. The guitar is equipped with all the hallmarks of the popular Les Paul Traditional, including its legendary tonewoods, groundbreaking hardware complement and sensational humbucking pickups, with minor alterations to make it a solid and smooth-playing 12-string electric.
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Sep 23 2012
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Line 6 JTV-69S James Tyler Variax

Line 6 JTV-69S James Tyler Variax

By 2012, New Release No Comments
Line 6 announce new Variax model – the JTV-69S James Tyler Variax. The JTV-69S combines patented, industry-leading Line 6 digital modeling technology with boutique-style craftsmanship, James Tyler Variax is the only guitar in the world that can sound like an entire collection of vintage instruments — 28 models (18 vintage electrics and 10 acoustics), plus the James Tyler-designed guitar itself.
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Sep 23 2012
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Line 6 JTV-59P James Tyler Variax P90

Line 6 James Tyler Variax JTV-59P

By 2012, New Release No Comments
Imagine if you could audition 29 different vintage instruments at the turn of a knob… Introducing the Line 6 James Tyler Variax JTV-59P. Line 6 enlisted the help of master luthier James Tyler to take the second generation of Variax guitars to a new level of playability. The JTV-59P delivers a complete collection of vintage instruments within a great-sounding single-cut guitar with two P-90 soapbar pickups.
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Sep 20 2012
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LsL Bad Bone

LsL Bad Bone

By 2012, New Release No Comments
New dual humbucker T-Bone (called the “Bad Bone”) from LsL Instruments. At LsL, bodies and necks are cut, carved and finished by hand. Pickups are hand-wound, offering true vintage accuracy both in terms of looks and tone and even the pickguards are custom cut. No two guitars are exactly alike, but you can be assured that each piece is an undeniably awesome as the last. In addition, each guitar is give a unique name, specifically a girl’s name, how much rock and roll do you want your guitar?
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Sep 19 2012
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Jackson SLATTXMGQ3-7 Soloist

By 2012, New Release No Comments

New X Series guitar for 2012 from Jackson… The seven-string SLATTXMGQ3-7 features an arched Soloist basswood body with a 4A quilted maple top, a three-piece through-body maple neck with graphite reinforcement for superior stability, EMG 707 neck and bridge pickup set, a bound compound-radius (12”-16”) rosewood fingerboard with Piranha Pearloid inlays, 24 jumbo frets, 26.5” scale and a string-through-body Tone Pros tune-o-matic bridge.
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Sep 18 2012
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PRS SE Custom 24 7-String Royal Blue

PRS SE Custom 24 7-String

By 2012, 7 string, New Release No Comments
Introducing the new SE Custom 24 7-String, PRS Guitars first 7-string production instrument, takes familiar PRS aesthetics and playability to new sonic territory. Using the Custom 24 as a platform, this guitar adds a low-B string to offer increased versatility to the player who wants more tonal range. Whether you’re playing rock, jazz, or metal, this guitar provides extended low-end growl, increased chordal variance, and a greater ability to embellish standard chords.
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Sep 17 2012
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Jackson SLATTXMG3-6 Soloist

By 2012, New Release No Comments

New X Series guitar for 2012 from Jackson… The six-string SLATTMGX3-6 features an arched Soloist basswood body, a three-piece through-body maple neck with graphite reinforcement for superior stability, EMG 81 neck and 85 bridge pickups, a bound compound-radius (12”-16”) rosewood fingerboard with Piranha Pearloid inlays, 24 jumbo frets, 25.5” scale and a string-through-body Tone Pros tune-o-matic bridge.
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