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This custom design is an great choice for players looking for a Tele that has the deep, rich sustain and creamy midrange of a Gibson-style solid body. The fact that it’s drop-dead gorgeous is just the icing on the cake!
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Here is a great looking NOS 1962 reissue strat in Daphne blue. This guitar is super clean with hardly any play wear. The neck is very comfortable to play and the the Custom Shop pickups have a wonderful bell like chime!
MORE →Connections are the very heart of the music industry. There are all sorts of connections that help us do what we do. From 1/4 “ connection to SPDIF connections to Firewire, they all are integral to the way we make music. There are other connections that are more human and involve a sight, touch, smell and sound. From the first phone call that I took from Dean Campbell, we had a connection, as we are both no-nonsense, brutally truthful to a fault and proud fathers to some very cool kids. Dean’s guitars are about a human connection. They are built one by one and with a whole lot of love and mojo thrown in for good measure.
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I have a very clear memory of the first time I held a Campbell American guitar in my hands. It was a double cutaway solid body with a flat black finish and a bolt-on maple neck. For such a basic design, it looked surprisingly cool. There was something very elegant about the simplicity of it all. Then I played it, and all thoughts of “simplicity” got burned away. The guitar played like an absolute dream. The neck was beautifully carved. The fretwork was impeccable. The body was lightweight and well contoured. The hardware and electronics were all top notch. Never before had I played a guitar that relied so little on flashy looks, yet was able to completely blow me away.
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It isn’t often that a guitarist gets to be given a “Carte Blanche” on design and building a guitar. This is exactly what happened in the case on this fine specimen…after Dean won the Floyd Rose debate. Owner Dean Campbell and I went back and forth until we came up with this winning combination of features and aesthetics.
MORE →The Model 810 has been the flagship for the entire Taylor line for decades. This instrument was known for its cutting power and loud aggressive voice even before it was upgraded to the Standard II forward-shifted relief routed bracing pattern. Taylor Guitar’s Model 810 still features a select Sitka spruce top, premium Indian rosewood back and sides, ebony fingerboard and bridge, abalone shell soundhole rosette, bound peghead and gold plated hardware!
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