Vola Guitars collaborates with guitarists Pierre Danel and Quentin Godet to announce the all new J3 series to their line of signature guitars.
With both Pierre Danel and Quentin Godet rising to the forefront of the heavy music scene, they have caught fire with distinct approaches and undying tenacity. Furthermore, their involvement with Vola Guitars has led to brand growth as a direct result of their endeavors. Equipped with Bare Knuckle pickups, 27” scale length, Gotoh hardware, and crafted with precision. "These two unmistakable designs are meant to be extensions of their handlers, catalysts for creative expression."
Features include:
• Country of Origin: Handmade in Japan
• Scale Length: 27" Extended Scale length
• Construction: Bolt-on neck with new contour heel
• Body: Alder
• Fingerboard: Roasted Maple
• Neck: Roasted Maple neck with 3x3 Vola headstock
• Nut: 48mm * 3.4T Graphtech nut
• Frets: 24 Medium Jumbo Stainless Frets
• Inlay: Custom Luminlay Kadinja with Luminlay side dots
• Radius: 16" Radius
• Pickups: Bare Knuckle™ Bootcamp Brute Force HSS
• Electronics: 1 Volume (Push/pull : Add neck Pickup switch) 1 tone 5 way switch 1 mini switch (On-On-On: series/parallel/ coil tap)
• Bridge: Gotoh NS510TS-FE7 tremolo
• Tuners: Gotoh SG381-07 MG-T locking tuners
• Strings: Daddario XTE1059 10-59
• Case: Vola Custom Series Gig Bag (included)
The Vola Oz and Vasti J3 Series are the culmination of Vola’s dedication to designing top quality instruments for demanding players, without sacrificing the beauty that invites a closer look. Street price $1,749 USD. Vola Guitars now sells direct! For more information on this model and more, visit www.volaguitars.comStevensville, MD (September 23, 2008) - Paul Reed Smith Guitars is releasing the first Al DiMeola signature model, the Al Di Meola Prism. The production model guitar was officially
The 25" scale guitar is notable in that it is the first PRS guitar to sport so many colors. Its stained curly maple "9 top" features a bold, prism-like display of colors that, in true PRS style, still allows the beauty of the wood to stand out. The guitar has a Peruvian mahogany back and 10" radius neck with a 22 fret Mexican rosewood fingerboard. The neck features a custom Al Di Meola neck carve which is on the thinner side front-to-back, but is a bit wide across the fretboard. Other appointments include grommet-style locking tuners, abalone bird inlays, a tremolo bridge and 1957/2008 pickups. The pickups, which PRS afficionados are referring to as 5708''s, are made with wire produced by the same machine that made wire for the much sought-after PAF pickups; it was recently acquired by PRS.
They also got to see Di Meola play the guitar in a clinic and then perform with it as his band got together for their first live show in a year and a half.
Di Meola and Paul Reed Smith have collaborated for more than 30 years, beginning with a 12-string electric with a built-in phaser that Di Meola commissioned and then used on his second solo album, Elegant Gypsy. The design for the Al D Prism guitar was formulated from the features of a Modern Eagle guitar, one of Smith''s own guitars actually, that Di Meola first played at Experience PRS 2007. Today, the two joke with each other about how Di Meola "stole" the guitar. Di Meola showed up to Experience PRS 2007 without a guitar so Smith let him borrow his Modern Eagle for the night. The next thing he knew, Di Meola was using it in rehearsals for the Return to Forever reunion tour.
Video 1 - Al Di Meola Prism Guitar Demo with Joe Knaggs
Video 2 - Al Di Meola Experience PRS 2008 Clinic Performance
Video 3 - Al Di Meola Experience PRS 2008 Concert Performance
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