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Weight: 7.3 Lbs

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: 05-31-17P

Model: Drop Top 

Body Style: Solid

Scale Length: Traditional (25 1/2")

Body Wood: Quilt Maple Top on Alder

Body Finish: Satin Atlantic Storm w/ Binding 

Body Back Color: Satin Black Back

Neck Wood: Chocolate Maple

Headstock Finish: Natural Satin

Neck Back Finish: Natural Satin

Neck Back Shape: Even-Taper

Nut Width: 1 11/16"

Frets: Jumbo

Bridge: Recessed Vintage Locking Tremolo

Tuners: Locking

Hardware Color: Chrome

Neck Pickup: SC2 (Black Cover)

Middle Pickup: SC2 (Black Cover)

Bridge Pickup: H3 

Switching: 5-Way Add Bridge w/ Splitter

Switch Tip: Black

String Gauge: .010-.046 Elixir Strings

Case: Hardshell

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