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Condition: Used, Excellent
This wonderful and very comely 16" archtop comes from the one-man shop of Steve Andersen. For #526 Steve substituted the usual choice of black ebony for Macassar and followed it through all the way to the pickup cover completing a very elegant look for an even more elegant sounding guitar. Thanks to the 16"x3" dimensions, this piece is extremely comfortable to play and hold through long sessions in the studio or on the stage.
SP Luthier Notes: Fret dress, bridge stabilization, setup (with D'Addario EGC25 flatwound)
From Other (Miscellanous Used/Vintage/Consign)
The Vanguard combines carved, solid wood top, back, and sides with a mounted pickup. There are several advantages when building the pickup and controls into the top as opposed to the floating style. There are more pickups to choose from; some players prefer the amplified tone of a mounted pickup over a floater; there is more range to the adjustments of pickup and pole piece height; controls and jack are more conveniently located. The use of carved plates and solid woods allows a very good acoustic tone to match up with a distinctive amplified sound.
- Model
- Vanguard
- Serial
- 526
- Top
- Engelmann Spruce
- Back
- Western Maple
- Sides
- Western Maple
- Body Width
- 16"
- Body Depth
- 3"
- Binding
- Macassar Ebony
- Neck
- Eastern Red Maple
- Fingerboard
- Macassar Ebony
- Heel Cap
- Macassar Ebony
- Peghead Overlay
- Macassar Ebony
Width at Nut
- Nut Material
- Bone
- Scale
- 24.9"
- Frets
- 21
- Pickguard
- Macassar Ebony
- Bridge
- Macassar Ebony, Adjustable
- Tailpiece
- Macassar Ebony Trapeze
- Pickup
- Custom Lollar w/Macassar Ebony Face
- Controls
- Volume, Tone w/Macassar Ebony Knobs
- Tuners
- Waverly Gold Open Gear w/Macassar Ebony Buttons
- 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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