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NAMM '12 - Viktorian Guitars Ruth Demo

PG's Rebecca Dirks is On Location in Anaheim, CA, for the 2012 NAMM Show where she visits the Viktorian Guitars booth. In this segment, we get to see and hear a demo of Viktorian's Ruth guitar model.



PG's Rebecca Dirks is On Location in Anaheim, CA, for the 2012 NAMM Show where she visits the Viktorian Guitars booth. In this segment, we get to see and hear a demo of Viktorian's Ruth guitar model.

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A 6-string found in the workshop of the late luthier Yukichi Iwase may be the only one of these small, nearly full-scale guitars. Our columnist tells the story.

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