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The Year in Gear 2018

Step inside Premier Guitar’s magical, miraculous time machine and revisit the gear that stood head and shoulders above the rest as Premier Gear Award winners in 2018.

Supro Huntington II

This dual-gold-foil, short-scale bass takes its style cues from a 1960s Supro Ozark guitar, but the Huntington II is decidedly in a class all its own. David Abdo gave the bass high marks for its playability and balance, but was equally impressed with the dynamic range of voices he could muster through the instrument’s pair of single-coils and optional piezo bridge.

$924 street
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