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NAMM '13 - Santa Cruz Guitar Company Custom Guitars

PG's Charlie Saufley is On Location in Anaheim, CA, at the 2013 NAMM Show where he visits the Santa Cruz Guitar Company booth. In this segment, we get to see some of their custom guitars.



PG's Charlie Saufley is On Location in Anaheim, CA, at the 2013 NAMM Show where he visits the Santa Cruz Guitar Company booth. In this segment, we get to see some of their custom guitars.

Bassist Scott Thunes first started with Frank Zappaā€™s band when he was 21 years old.

The idiosyncratic musician has gone from Zappa to the classroom, even though he says ā€œI canā€™t write a bass line to save my life.ā€

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Light and very comfortable to play. Creative tonal options. Excellent hardware.

P-90s may be too hot or bright for some. Middle pickup not as articulate as expectedā€”and surprisingly difficult to activate on the fly.

$1,229

Vola Guitars JZ FRO
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Pro hardware, unusual circuit tweaks, and killer playability lend new twists to the P-90 solidbody template.

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Thereā€™s no disputing the influence B.B. King has had on the history of electric guitar music. Weā€™re talking about his sound, his best records, his guitars, his showmanship, and his collabs, from an all-star jam at the 2010 Crossroads festival to, yes, even his 1988 U2 collab, ā€œWhen Love Comes to Town.ā€


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A terrific twosome or a terrible twinning? It all depends on how you tame your treble.

Rein in those icy high frequencies with these handy tips.

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