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Guitars

Taylor 35th Anniversary Series XXXV-SB-K

When it is time to do an anniversary model solid body these guys sure break out the really good stuff. This Taylor solid body guitar features a rare feathered Koa top with one of the best book matches I have ever seen. This is an amazing set of wood from the tight feathered grain lines fanning out to the edge of the body to the deep golden orange hues….WOW! The only inlay on the fretboard is a small off set 35 on the treble side of the 12th fret. This classy understatement keeps the focus on the Koa top.

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Guild Bluesbird

With its combination of fine woods and elegant styling, the Bluesbird is as playable as it is alluring. Its solid mahogany body with carefully engineered sound chambers and exquisitely figured maple top blend perfectly to create an openness not found in normal solidbody guitars. This big-sounding guitar has a range of response that goes from meaty lead to jazzy archtop just by backing off the tone knobs. Topped off with the generous sound provided by two humbucking pickups, the Guild Bluesbird will satisfy the needs of even the most demanding player.

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Fender Custom Shop Classic Player Stratocaster

Designed by Fender Custom Shop Master Builder, Greg Fessler, the ’60s Stratocaster® guitar features an alder body, C-shaped maple neck with 12”-radius rosewood fingerboard and 21 medium jumbo frets, ’69 Strat® pickups, custom two-point vintage-style tremolo, and aged knobs and switch tip.

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Taylor 410 RCE

Players continue to discover solid African ovangkol’s responsive, rosewood-like tone, which pairs well with Sitka spruce and can accommodate a range of playing styles. White binding applies a crisp counterpoint against the gloss top and mottled brown hues of ovangkol, while the Expression System wires these guitars for high-fidelity amplified acoustic sound.

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K-Yairi AR 468

‘Dreadnought’ type. Md.no: DC 1
“David Crosby” signature 12-string model. Traditional ‘dreadnought’ style.
It’s got that sweet tone! Solid spruce top. Rosewood back and sides. Ebony fingerboard. 12th fret neck joint.

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Yamaha BB404

It’s hard to find companies now-a-days that can demonstrate a level of quality and craftmanship across an armada of different musical products like Yamaha. That’s because there are none. Yamaha’s RBX170EW electric Bass Guitar with Exotic Mango Wood Top is the perfect all around bass for the beginner or intermediate bass player. It has a wide range of musical applications because of its split-coil and single pickup arrangement. Whether its driving punk or smooth jazz this bass has you covered. The rare mango wood construction and matching head gives the bass distinct and stunning look that most other basses don’t have.

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Keyboards

Ensoniq TS-10

The TS series workstations introduced in 1993 were the culmination of the line that started with the ESQ-1 and progressed through the SQ-80, VFX, VFX-SD, SD-1, and SD-1/32. The resulting TS contained the most advanced feature set, most powerful sequencer and sound engine, and provided high quality sound and powerful effects processing.

The TS series consists of two models: The TS-10 with a 61-note synth action keyboard with velocity and polyphonic aftertouch, and the TS-12 which is virtually the same instrument, but it has 76-note hammer action keyboard with a channel aftertouch feature from Fatar. No rack-module version was produced.

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Drums and Percussion

Mapex Meridian Maple 5-piece drum kit with Sabian cymbals

Mapex Meridian MapleThe Mapex Meridian Maple continues to set the standard for beauty and performance in all maple drum sets. Bright, resonant 7-ply maple shells come in a variety of beautifully lacquered finishes.Meridian’s lightweight and easy to position Isolated Tom Mounting System (ITS), makes set-up quick and easy and optimizes resonance.

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Guitar Amplifiers

Mojave Dirty Boy

dirtyboy In a marketplace crowded with clones of vintage amps, it’s rare that any product breaks new ground. With ten tubes, five transformers, user-controlled variable feedback, variable bias, and built-in variac, Mojave’s Dirty Boy offers a feature set you can’t get anywhere else.

Mojave Dirty Boy 4 x 12 Custom Cabinet

Dirty-BoyWe have developed a variant of our 4×12 that we recommend specifically for use with our Dirty Boy amplifier. This custom designed 4×12 cabinet features X pattern construction and is loaded with two Celestion G1230H speakers and Two WGS Reaper 55Hz speakers.

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Friedman BE 50 Deluxe

By combining the tonal pallet of his BE and HBE circuits, as well as the sparkling cleans of the Buxom Betty in his all-new BE-50 Deluxe amplifier head, Dave Friedman is unleashing his most flexible design yet.

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Friedman 412 Vintage Cabinet

The Friedman Vintage 4×12 Cabinet is a 4×12”, closed-back speaker cabinet which utilizes tongue and groove Baltic Birch construction to deliver the bass, mid response and great sound you would expect from a Friedman cab.

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Marshall 1959HW

To the minds and ears of many, the all-valve 100 Watt Super Lead heads of the mid to late 1960s (67-69) with the famed Plexiglas front panel, have been the holy grail of great rock tone. Now, the Handwired 1959HW is a line right back to that celebrated era.

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Marshall 1960AHW  4 x 12 Cabinet

The 1960AWH captures the spirit of the ’60s. Wired by hand, this 120 Watt heritage cab matches perfectly with the Handwired 1959HW head. It’s loaded with re-issue Celestion G12H-30 speakers. The 1960AWH and 1960BWH are faithful recreations of the cabs that were an integral part of that legendary ’60s Marshall sound.

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AC30HW-Hero_IMG_1920x500Vox AC30 Hand-Wired

There may never have been an amp boasting such a lofty and pure sound in the entire history of VOX. The VOX Hand-Wired Series relies on the painstaking technique of turret board hand-wiring – a method requiring a high level of skill and craftsmanship – is used, resulting in wiring that’s beautiful in its artistry, ensuring an efficient signal path with minimal loss and no restriction in amplitude.

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Mesa/Boogie Custom Road King II with Custom Road King Cabinet

Our patented Progressive Linkage™ provides five different all-tube power amplifiers which you can harness in any combination to the King’s four preamp channels to create – not a cyber mock-up, but the real, authentic circuits found in those classic amplifiers.

Once in a while a product comes along that redefines its genre, changing the way we think, and ushering in a new era. The Road King™ does just that.

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Mesa/Boogie Triple Crown TC-50 Head

The new Triple Crown™ Series from MESA Engineering® captures the essence of Rock with the ability to inspire new genres in a way only MESA® can.Emanating from the “other side of MESA” that spawned Rock’s iconic Dual Rectifier®, the new Triple Crown features unique circuitry and a bold voice unlike anything else in our line. From bubbly, sparkling clean sounds to an amazingly tight and aggressive wall of Rock Crunch, on to one of our most vocal, harmonically rich and gain-laden high-gain channels ever, the Triple Crown is aimed at Rock’s high-gain throne! Experience a new generation of
Rock Royalty – The Triple Crown!

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Supro 1696RT Black Magick Reverb with 1791 Black Magick Extension Cab

The Black Magick Reverb amplifier adds artist-requested features to the award-winning recreation of the vintage Supro amp loaned by Jimmy Page to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum. Developed in collaboration with Lenny Kravitz, the Black Magick Reverb captures the mid-range grind and signature sound of the original model—while adding all-tube reverb, 2-band EQ and a master volume knob for maximum flexibility. The amp is available as an all-tube head or in a 1×12 combo format.

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Mojave Coyote HG with Mojave Cabinet

The Coyote HG is equipped with two EF184/6EJ7 Pentode Preamp tubes. Our standard version uses two ECC83/12AX7s wired as twin triodes to give it plenty of clean touch sensitivity and dynamics. By replacing these two preamps with pentodes, we effectively ramped up the gain by more then 300%.
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Chandler Limited GAV19T with Chandler Limited Custom Cabinet

Chandler Limited’s GAV19T is an all-tube, 19-watt guitar amp in the
 vein of such vintage English classics as Selmer, Watkins, Marshall and
 Vox.  While this amp borrows some tones from the classics, the heart of 
the GAV19T circuits are either new circuits developed by Chandler
 Limited or highly modified vintage circuits. The tube compliment is two 
EL84s, an ECC83, ECC803, and EZ81.

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Marshall Slash Signature SL5

MARSHA0811_SL5_1111Designed with and approved by the man himself, the 5 Watt SL5 combo is a more accessible way to Slash’s tone, and has been devised primarily for studio or home use.

It has two channels, switchable between clean and overdrive. The clean channel takes you from Slash clean to raunchy crunch, and the overdrive channel nails that Slash-style dirty tone.

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Blackstar HT5R

ht-5The HT-5R takes the tone and features of the HT-5C and adds the same stereo reverb as used in the acclaimed HT Venue Series. The HT-5R guitar amp features dedicated tone control on the clean channel, a custom designed 12″ speaker and stereo reverb, making it the perfect guitar amp for the studio or home use.

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Fender Super Champ X2

2223000000The Super Champ X2 combo amplifier combines 15 watts of rich, dual-channel tube amp sound with modern extra such as versatile amp voicing and a wide selection of digital effects.

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Ibanez Tube Screamer TSA5TVR

TSA5TVRFor over 30 years the Ibanez Tube Screamer has been one of the most popular overdrive pedals in the world: a perennial favorite, famous for its warm, creamy tone and unequivocal responsiveness. Now the iconic pedal has found a new home in the TSA5TVR combo amp.

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ADA Viper

ADA Viper Combo Guitar Amp

ADA Viper combines a tube Pre Amp with a 70 Watt solid state power section in a versatile combo guitar amplifier.