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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
- 16950520
- Body Top
- Solid Spruce
- Color
- Honey Burst
- Body Back/Sides
- Laminated Flamed Maple
- 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"
- Truss Rod
- Single Acting
- Bridge
- Adjustable Ebony
- Tailpiece
- Ebony on Brass
- Binding
- Top - 5 ply, Back - 3 ply, Neck - 1 ply, F-Holes - 1 ply
- Binding Material
- Maple
- Inlay
- Pearl Split Block
- Logo
- Pearl Headstock
- Finish
- Nitrocellulose
- Hardware Color
- Gold
- 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
- Case
- Hardshell
Free 3-Year Warranty
Sound Pure stands behind our products. Free three-year warranty on this item. Coverage exclusions live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.
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