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Just a gorgeous Drop Top that is incredibly versatile and just about plays itself !!!

Weight: 7.7Lbs

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Anderson Drop Top Natural Purple Burst #07-26-17P

Also in this recording Mesa Boogie Mark V Twenty-Five Amplifier Head Strymon Brigadier - dBucket Delay Effect Pedal

In this video, Sound Pure electric guitar specialist Eddie Berman tests out the Anderson Drop Top Natural Purple Burst #07-26-17P with a Mesa Boogie Mark V Twenty-Five Amplifier Head, a Mesa Boogie Compact Widebody Close... Read more

In this video, Sound Pure electric guitar specialist Eddie Berman tests out the Anderson Drop Top Natural Purple Burst #07-26-17P with a Mesa Boogie Mark V Twenty-Five Amplifier Head, a Mesa Boogie Compact Widebody Closed-Back 1x12 Cabinet, and a Strymon Brigadier dBucket Delay Effect Pedal.

Metropoulos Metro-Plex Amplifier Head Quick n' Dirty

Also in this recording Metropoulos Metro-Plex Amplifier Head, Black - Used Suhr Classic T Pro 60's Black IRW SS Electric Guitar Anderson Drop Top Tobacco Shaded Edge w/ Binding #12-20-15N 3rd Power Amplification Vintage Series 2x12 Custom Fawn/Blue Strymon Brigadier - dBucket Delay Effect Pedal Shure KSM313/NE Dual-Voice Ribbon Mic with Roswellite Ribbon

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

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 Classic T Pro 60's Black IRW SS, and the Anderson Drop Top Tobacco Shaded Edge w/ Binding #12-20-15N.

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

Also in this recording Anderson Drop Top Tobacco Shaded Edge w/ Binding #12-20-15N Strymon Brigadier - dBucket Delay Effect Pedal 3rd Power Amplification Vintage Series 2x12 Custom Fawn/Blue Metropoulos Metro-Plex Amplifier Head, Black - Used Shure KSM313/NE Dual-Voice Ribbon Mic with Roswellite Ribbon

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... Read more

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.

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.

Serial Number
07-26-17P
Model
Drop Top
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
Matching Gloss
Neck Back Finish
Natural Satin
Neck Back Shape
Even-Taper
Nut Width
1 11/16"
Frets
Heavy
Bridge
Recessed Vintage Locking 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 Boost
Switch Tip
Cream
String Gauge
.010-.046 Elixir Strings
Case
Hardshell

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