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Anderson Drop Top Natural Purple Burst w/ Binding #07-17-16N

Anderson ups the ante with this incredible Purple Burst Drop Top!

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Weight: 7.3 lbs.

When we first received this guitar and it was opened from the case, there was a collective hush around the office, followed by unanimous "Oh my word" from each of us. Unplugged, this guitar is lively and has loads of sustain, while the playability makes this play just as nice as it looks. Having it's H-S-S setup in addition to the VA booster and push-pull Add Bridge function, there isn't a tone you can't find on this guitar.

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Anderson Drop Top Natural Purple Burst Quick n' Dirty

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In this video, Sound Pure electric guitar expert Eddie Berman demonstrates an Anderson Drop Top electric with natural purple burst. Other gear used in this video includes a Suhr Badger 18 Amp Head, a Suhr Badger 1X12 Vintage 30 Cabinet, a Strymon El Capistan dTape Delay Effect Pedal, and an Xact Tone Solutions Imperial Overdrive Guitar Pedal.

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In this video, Sound Pure electric guitar specialist Frank Hamilton talks us through the many fine aspects of the Metropoulos Metro-Plex Amplifier Head, and then tests this gear out with two different guitars: the Suhr C... Read more

Anderson Drop Top Tobacco Shaded Edge w/ Binding #12-20-15N Quick n' Dirty

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In this video, Sound Pure electric guitar specialist Frank Hamilton tests out the Anderson Drop Top Tobacco Shaded Edge w/ Binding #12-20-15N with a Metropoulos Metro-Plex Amplifier Head, 3rd Power Amplification Vintage Series 2x12 Custom Cab, a Strymon Brigadier dBucket Delay Effect Pedal and a Shure KSM313/NE Dual-Voice Ribbon Mic with Roswellite Ribbon.

Anderson Drop Top Honey Shaded Edge w/ Binding #01-25-16N Quick n' Dirty

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From Tom Anderson Guitarworks

Drop Top - Introduced to guitar design by Anderson over 20 years ago, Drop Top is characterized by its beautiful exotic wood top that is "dropped" or bent to create a swooping and comfortable forearm contour. Oh yes, this is the guitar that started it all!

Before Drop Top, the number of S-style guitars that had a maple top and were “dropped” or swooped over to create a comfortable forearm contour were exactly...0.

But with the introduction of the magnificent Drop Top in 1990, all that changed. The “S” instrument could now have it's full body contours, be a thing of astounding beauty and have prodigiously rich and spectacular sound—eminating from ample amounts of tone wood backing an exotic wood top—all together in one instrument for the very first time.

However, there is quite a "magic formula" for getting all of this just exactly right and Anderson has it down. Results may vary outside the Anderson "universe."

Over the years, we have come to unlock even greater secrets of tone for the Drop Top and it is truly more spectacular than it has ever been. Now we offer Drop Top with 4 different choices of tone-wood back—all of which are so impressive that all of your non-Anderson playing friends will not only stare at you in constant envy but will want to play your guitar every chance they get-—which is every time you are magnanimous enough to let them.

Drop Top

Serial Number: 07-17-16N
Body Style: Solid
Scale Length: Traditional (25 1/2")
Body Wood: Quilt Maple Top on Alder
Body Finish: Natural Purple Burst w/ Binding
Body Back Color: Matching Back
Neck Wood: Maple, Rosewood Fingerboard
Headstock Finish: Matching Gloss
Neck Back Finish: Natural Satin
Neck Back Shape: Even-Taper
Nut Width: 1 11/16"
Frets: Heavy
Bridge: Vintage Tremolo
Tuners: Locking
Hardware Color: Chrome
Neck Pickup: SC1 (Coffee Dipped Cover)
Middle Pickup: SC1 (Coffee Dipped Cover)
Bridge Pickup: HC3 (Nickel Cover)
Switching: 5-Way Add Bridge w/ Splitter + VA Booster
Pickup Rings/Switch Tip: No Pickup Rings, Off White Switch Tip

.010-.046 Elixir Strings

Hardshell Case

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