Sound Pure's Take
Condition: Used, Very Good
Unplugged, nail a chord and the thing just rings for days. The maple back and sides add balanced mid range, while offering that pleasant and rich maple trademark brightness. Plugged in, the Kent Armstrong offers a wide-range of sounds with a single tone control: rolled back you’ll get a delightfully mellow straight jazz tone, cranked you’d swear you were playing a vintage ES-335. The nut width is comfy, small enough to nail those tough chords, but big enough to ensure your fingers don’t get twisted along the way.
From Eastman Guitars
Carved Spruce top, laminated back and sides. Ebony bridge, tailpiece, pickguard and fretboard with vintage tone with superior midrange and volume. Classic Venetian cutaway, mounted humbucking pickup design.
Model: AR580CE-HB
Serial: 10455781
Color: Honey Burst
Neck Material: 3-Piece Maple
Fingerboard: Ebony
Fingerboard Radius: 12"
Neck Profile: Traditional Even "C"
Nut: Bone, 1 11/16"
Fretwire: 22, Medium Jumbo Jescar 47104
Scale Length: 25"
Body Dimensions: 16" x 2 9/16"
Body Top: Solid Spruce
Body Back/Sides: Laminated Flamed Maple
Truss Rod: Single Acting
Binding: Top - 5 ply, Back - 3 ply, Neck - 1 ply, F-Holes - 1 ply
Binding Material: Maple
Logo: Pearl Headstock
Inlay: Pearl Split Block
Finish: Nitrocellulose
Hardware Color: Gold
Tailpiece: Ebony on Brass
Bridge: Adjustable Ebony
Tuners: Gotoh SG360-EN01GG (Gold w/Ebony Buttons)
Knobs: Black Speed Knobs
Neck Pickup: Kent Armstrong HPAG-1
Bridge Pickup: NA
Pickup Frame: Black Plastic
3 Way Switch: NA
Switch Tip: NA
Capacitors: 0.047μF
Potentiometers: 500k Linear Taper
Output Jack: Switchcraft
Strings: D'addario NYXL .012 - .052
Case: Hardshell
Warranty
This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.
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