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2012

new guitars released in 2012

Aug 09 2012
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Fernandes V-Hawk X

Fernandes V-Hawk X

By 2012, New Release No Comments
New for 2012 – the Fernandes V-Hawk X. Inspired by the grandiose North American bird of prey, this V-shaped beauty, will surely take your playing to a new level, built with the lead player in mind. Featuring a slim neck, a smooth heel joint and a lower body cutaway to provide full access to higher frets.
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Aug 08 2012
Love0

Fender Cabronita Telecaster MIM

By 2012, New Release 2 Comments

A guitar with a lot more attitude, the Cabronita Telecaster rocks a highly distinctive take on a classic design and spits out fiery, full-voiced Tele tone from two sharp new Fideli’Tron humbucking pickups. Other premium features include an alder body (ash on White Blonde model), comfortable modern C-shaped maple neck with a 9.5” radius and 21 medium jumbo frets, single-ply pickguard and single control knob (volume), and a string-through-body hardtail bridge with six cast saddles.
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Aug 07 2012
Love5
Gibson SG Diablo Premium Plus Manhattan Midnight

Gibson SG Diablo Premium Plus

By 2012, New Release No Comments
Now Gibson USA gives the hallowed SG all the respect it deserves with the SG Diablo Premium Plus. This SG is dressed in a carved Grade-AAA maple top with luscious flame beneath a selection of burst and transparent finishes, bringing the undisputed beauty of the finest Les Paul ‘Bursts to the archetypal modern styling of this double-horned beast. Read More

 
Aug 06 2012
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new flagship of the Hellraiser line

Schecter Hellraiser Extreme C-1

By 2012, New Release No Comments
New for 2012 – the Schecter Hellraiser Extreme C-1. Neck-Thru body construction, with highly figured Maple tops, abalone binding and grain enhanced satin finishes give stunning visual appeal. The black chrome covered EMG 81/89R pickup combination delivers the active tone that the Hellraiser Collection was built on… Read More

 
Aug 05 2012
Love5
Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar

Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar

By 2012, New Release No Comments
An authentically styled Jaguar now joins the Vintage Modified family, with present-day touches including sharp, clear Duncan Designed pickups and a modern fingerboard radius. Features include a maple neck with vintage-tint gloss finish, 9.5”-radius rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and parchment dot inlays, Jaguar single-coil pickups, circuit selector and tone circuit switches and pickup on/off switches. Available in classically colourful Surf Green, Candy Apple Red, Olympic White and Three-color Sunburst finishes.
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Aug 04 2012
Love4
Squier Vintage Modified Mustang

Squier Vintage Modified Mustang

By 2012, New Release No Comments
Squier welcomes its first-ever Mustang guitar to the family in the sleekly diminutive form of the Vintage Modified Mustang. With its distinctive 24” scale, dual pickup switches and floating bridge with dynamic vibrato tailpiece, it’s a classic modded with present-day touches including full-sounding Duncan Designed pickups and a 9.5” fingerboard radius. Features include a maple neck with vintage-tint gloss finish, rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and parchment dot inlays,
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Aug 02 2012
Love5
Squier Vintage Modified Jazzmaster

Squier Vintage Modified Jazzmaster

By 2012, New Release No Comments
An authentically styled Jazzmaster now joins the Vintage Modified family, with present-day touches including full, clear Duncan Designed pickups and a modern fingerboard radius. Squier’s new Vintage Modified Jazzmaster has the model’s most distinctive hallmarks, too – such as the dual-circuit switching and controls, floating-vibrato bridge and classically colorful Sonic Blue, Candy Apple Red, Olympic White and Three-color Sunburst finishes.
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Jul 31 2012
Love2
Rick Hanes DR Medium

Rick Hanes DR Medium

By 2012, New Release 97 Comments
DR Series also 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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Jul 30 2012
Love1
AVA One White

AVA One

By 2012, New Release No Comments
Introducing the AVA one. AVA is a guitar company that makes high performance instruments for professional musicians, combining design with advanced materials and technologies. The AVA One is an innovative guitar with a one-piece Carbon Fibre body and neck as well as a Carbon Fiber top and 22 fret fingerboard. Hardware used is courtesy of Schaller and pickups are Seymour Duncan Seth Lovers.
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Jul 28 2012
Love3
Gretsch G5422TDC Electromatic Walnut Stain

Gretsch G5422TDC Electromatic

By 2012, New Release No Comments
The G5422TDC Electromatic 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, silver plexi pickguard, three-position pickup switch, classic “G” arrow control knobs, rosewood-based Adjusto-Matic bridge and Bigsby-licensed B60 vibrato tailpiece, vintage-style open-back tuners and chrome-plated hardware.
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Jul 27 2012
Love0

AlumiSonic 1100-Deluxe

By 2012, New Release One Comment

The new AlumiSonic 1100-Deluxe is a show chrome plated semi hollow Aluminum archtop guitar with the option of a Bigsby B-7 Tremolo and a custom pivot rocking Piezo saddled bridge. The 1100-Deluxe also includes the innovative feature of removable Honduran mahogany chambers for the ability to transform from a semi hollow blend of Mahogany tone with aluminum resonance, to a hollow mode. Removal of the mahogany chamber plugs allows for the 1100 grade aluminum arch-top to attain its fullest potential: for a deeper resonant sustain and an extraordinary array of crystal-clear low and high tones that no other instruments can naturally achieve.
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Jul 26 2012
Love1
Ibanez RG RG2XXV 25th Anniversary Fluorescent Yellow

Ibanez RG 25th Anniversary RG2XXV

By 2012, New Release No Comments
As part of the RG 25th Anniversary Ibanez introduce the new RG2XXV. The RG2XXV is the cheaper alternative to it’s sister model RG1XXV announced earlier in 2012. The Ibanez RG was developed in the 80s as the Roadstar (RG stands for Roadstar Guitar) and it soon earned a reputation as a pedal-to-the-metal shred machine. The 25th Anniversary RG sports a “best of” collection of features favoured by RG fans including the Wizard III neck, Edge Zero II bridge and Infinity pickups.
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Jul 25 2012
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Epiphone Explorer Pro TV Silver

Epiphone Explorer Pro TV Silver

By 2012, New Release No Comments
New for 2012 – the Epiphone Explorer Pro now available as part of the limited edition TV Silver collection. The Epiphone Explorer Pro TV Silver has a solid Mahogany body, Mahogany neck, Rosewood fingerboard, and two Alnico Classic Humbucking pickups. Epiphone brings back the Explorer with a whole new look – TV Silver.
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Jul 24 2012
Love1
Epiphone Wilshire Pro TV Silver

Epiphone Wilshire Pro TV Silver

By 2012, New Release No Comments
New for 2012 – the Epiphone Wilshire Pro now available as part of the limited edition TV Silver collection. The Epiphone Wilshire Pro has a double-cutaway mahogany body and set mahogany neck, which joins the body at the 22nd fret, giving you the ultimate in upper-fret access. The Wilshire Pro is lightweight and comfortable, with excellent resonance and natural acoustic tone even unplugged! Featuring Epiphone’s LockTone Tune-O-Matic/stopbar combination, the transfer of string vibration is improved even more, giving excellent sustain and clarity.
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Jul 23 2012
Love1
Epiphone Les Paul Standard Pro TV Silver

Epiphone Les Paul Standard Pro TV Silver

By 2012, New Release No Comments
The Les Paul Standard remains one of the most sought after guitars in the world 50 years since its first issue. Now, Epiphone’s Les Paul Standard Pro brings you the classic features and tone of Les’ invention with legendary Epiphone quality and value. The Epiphone limited edition Les Paul Standard Pro features a sparkling TV Silver finish with sparkling binding and nickel hardware.
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