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2012

new guitars released in 2012

Jackson SLATTXMGQ3-6 Soloist

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New X Series guitar for 2012 from Jackson… The six-string SLATTMGXQ3-6 features an arched Soloist basswood body with a quilted maple top, 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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Jackson SLATXMG3-6 Soloist

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New X Series guitar for 2012 from Jackson… The six-string SLATMGX3-6 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 Floyd Rose Special bridge.
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Jackson SLATXMGQ3-6 Soloist

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New X Series guitar for 2012 from Jackson… The six-string SLATMGXQ3-6 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 81 neck and EMG 85 bridge pickups, a bound compound-radius (12”-16”) rosewood fingerboard with Piranha Pearloid inlays, 24 jumbo frets, 25.5” scale and a Floyd Rose Special bridge.
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Magneto Velvet

Magneto Velvet

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The new Magneto Velvet takes the 2 humbucker guitar to a whole new level. It was designed to have a broader tonal range; fat and focussed mids when played with drive but enough treble and quack to serve the classic clean tones… Read More

 
new 2012 X Series model

Jackson Kelly KEXTMG

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The Jackson Kelly KEXTMG is a new X Series guitar for 2012 and features a basswood body (quilt maple top on trans finishes), three-piece through-body maple neck, compound-radius (12″-16″) bound rosewood fingerboard with 24 jumbo frets and classic Jackson shark fin inlays, EMG 81 (bridge) & EMG 85 (neck) pickups, and a string-through-body TonePros Tune-O-Matic bridge.
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Gibson Les Paul Studio Limited Fire Burst

Gibson Les Paul Studio Limited

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Welcome the Gibson Les Paul Studio Limited, a guitar born out of the great tradition of the original Les Paul Standard, equipped with the latest incarnations of Robot Guitar tuning capabilities, Chameleon Tone Technology, and the massive connectivity potential of Gibson’s latest “Blue Dot” Robot Interface Pack (RIP), included… Read More

 

Ibanez J Custom JCRG20126

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Envisioned to be “the finest Japanese-made guitar in history,” U.S. guitar connoisseurs waited for over decade to access the ultimate made-in-Japan guitar domestically. Built by some of the most masterly luthiers in the far east, the J Custom designation represents every advance in design and technology Ibanez has developed over the last 20 years: the best woods, neck, and fret treatments, perfect pickup combos, and tremolo systems that are the envy of the industry.
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Fender American Vintage '65 Jazzmaster Olympic White

Fender American Vintage ’65 Jazzmaster

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The Fender American Vintage ’65 Jazzmaster takes you back to the middle of that musically momentous decade, when the reverb-drenched surf had largely receded and the Jazzmaster began its steady decade-long ascent toward alternative indispensability for subversive new generations of iconoclastic guitarists. It had also acquired some elegant new design features by 1965, such as a bound round-laminated Rosewood fingerboard with larger pearl dot inlays, and distinctive white “witch hat” control knobs.
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Fender American Vintage ’65 Jaguar

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The Fender American Vintage ’65 Jaguar marks a key chapter in Jaguar history. That is, after surf and before punk, when the sole ’60s member of Fender’s big four guitars staked its own gradually growing claim in the hearts and hands of a select group of alternative-minded guitarists who appreciated its distinctive design and offbeat status. The classic Jaguar shorter scale, dual-circuit layout and sleekly chromed-out design are here, along with a bound round-laminated fingerboard and larger pearl dot inlays—elegant touches the Jaguar acquired in 1965, merely three years after its introduction.
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Fender American Vintage '56 Stratocaster

Fender American Vintage ’56 Stratocaster

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The Fender American Vintage ’56 Stratocaster takes you straight back to mid-1956, when the model was still new and when what is quite possibly the most prized and popular neck ever affixed to the instrument first appeared — a thick one-piece maple neck with a soft “V” shape, comfortably rounded edges and a then-new butterfly string tree on the headstock. Such meticulous authenticity even extends to the single-ply white pickguard with eight holes, lightweight alder body (ash on white blonde) with deep contours, and vintage-accurate pickups (alnico 3 pickups debuted in 1956), bridge saddles, tuner spacing and more.
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Fender American Vintage ’52 Telecaster

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Fender has boldly cleared the slate to make way for a fresh American Vintage series with new features, new specs and the most meticulous level of vintage accuracy yet. With its big maple neck, the 1952 Telecaster was a landmark guitar in Fender history, and nowhere is today’s re-dedication to detail more evident than on the Fender American Vintage ’52 Telecaster, which returns to the fold with body, neck and pickups refined with the best features (tones, curves, perimeters, radii and more) from a handful of extraordinary ’52 Tele specimens we examined.
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Rick Hanes Chris Bickley DR Pro

Rick Hanes Chris Bickley DR Pro

By 2012, Artist Signature Models, New Release 22 Comments
Rick Hanes Guitars release the Chris Bickley DR Pro signature model. The DR Pro Series has been setup by PLEK Machine (a computer controlled device that scans and dresses guitars under actual playing conditions, strung and tuned to pitch. This is a major breakthrough since PLEK not only identifies precisely what needs to be done for perfect fretwork but also executes the adjustments itself to deliver perfect results on each instrument).
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Italia Modulo Tipo 3

Italia Modulo Tipo 3

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The Italia Modulo Tipo 3 is an impressive melee of ultra sparkle and pearloid, with its doublecut agathis body (and tolex back with pearloid guitar-shaped back plate, naturally) sporting a soapbar P90-style bridge pickup housed in an arty triangular scratchplate. The Modulo features 22 frets and a super- smooth Wilkinson vibrato bridge for all the bends and wobbles you can handle.
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