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Electric Guitars

The Squier Bullet by Fender is a simple, affordable and practical guitar designed for beginners and students. The Bullet features a slightly slimmer laminated body, a 21-fret maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard and chrome covered tuners. Three single-coil pickups, a non-tremolo hardtail bridge and five-way switching make this a good choice for a first guitar, no matter who you are or what style of music you want to learn.

This straight-ahead, affordable guitar is ideal for beginners of all ages. The Affinity Strat has a slightly slimmer body crafted from solid wood and a 21-fret fast-action neck for extra comfort and playability.

Features:
The Strat features three single-coil Pickups, a standard Tremolo and 5-way switching for those great in-between tones. The Tele features two single-coil pickups and 3-way switching. The Squier Affinity series comes in Metalic Red, Metalic Blue (pictured), Black, and White.

 

The Squier Black and Chrome Fat Strat features 2 single coil pickups and a hot bridge humbucker adds to the edgy appeal. Features include a gloss black finish with painted headcap, mirror pickguard, die-cast tuners, tremolo, agathis body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard.

Body Agathis
Scale 25 1/2"
Pickguard 1-Ply Mirror
Frets 22
Controls 1 Volume, 2 Tone, 5-Way Pickup Switching
Bridge/Tremolo Tremolo
Neck Material Maple
Machine Heads Die-Cast
Pickups 2 single-coil (neck & middle), 1 humbucker (bridge)
Fingerboard Rosewood

 

Fast-action maple neck, comfort-contoured Alder body, 3 single-coil pickups and standard synchronized tremolo -- it's where the tradition began and still carries on today.

Model Name: Standard Stratocaster
Colors:
Black, Chrome Red, Brown Sunburst, Midnight Wine, Arctic White, Electron Blue
Body: Alder
Neck: Maple, Modern "C" Shape,
Fingerboard: Maple, 9.5 in. Radius (241mm)
No. of Frets: 21 Medium Jumbo
Pickups: 3 Standard Single-Coil Strat Pickups (Ceramic Magnets)

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The Fender Highway 1 stratocaster gives you some serious bang for the buck!


The new Highway 1 strat still has the classic alder body with great tone and now gives you a nitrocellulose lacquer finish in hot new colors that allows the body wood's natural tone shine through and new pickups. Features include three Hot Single-Coil Strat® Pickups, with Staggered Pole Pieces, & Alnico 3 Magnets, chrome hardware, and a deluxe padded gigbag is included. The US Highway 1 Strat has everything you need... nothing you don’t

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In the new American Series Stratocaster, Fender has incorporated several simple player-centric refinements into the Strat's timeless design. From the hand-rolled fingerboard edges to the custom staggered pickup pole pieces, the idea is that excellence lies in the details. Play a new American Series Strat and discover a better sounding, better playing guitar.

Features
Alder body
One-piece Maple neck
3 custom staggered alnico 5 single-coil pickups
3-ply parchment pickguard
2-point synchronized tremolo
Hand rolled fingerboard edges
Highly detailed fret and nut treatment
Bi-Flex truss rod
"DeltaTone" system
Micro-Tilt neck adjustment

The Squier Tele Custom II is a affordable hybrids of a popular Telecaster® designs.
The Custom II features 2 Duncan Design P-90 pickups packed with tone. Details include a solid Agathis body, a bolt-on maple neck and a maple fingerboard.

  • Series: Vintage Modified
  • Body: Agathis
  • Neck: Maple, C-Shape,
  • Fingerboard: Maple,
  • Number of Frets: 22
  • Pickups: 2 Duncan-Designed P90-2 Pickups with Alnico 5 Magnets
  • Bridge: 6-Saddle Strings-Thru-Body Tele Bridge
  • Machine Heads: Standard Die-Cast Tuners
  • Available in Black finish

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The Squier® Standard Telecaster® guitar features a fast-action neck profile modeled on a late '60s Telecaster®. A hot single-coil pickup in the bridge position provides all the bite you want for stinging leads.

  • Series: Standard Series
  • Colors: Antique Burst (shown), Wlanut Satin, Vintage Blonde, Black Metallic.
  • Body: Agathis
  • Neck: Maple, C-Shape
  • No. of Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo
  • Pickups: 2 Alnico Magnet Single-Coil Pickups
  • Bridge: 6-Saddle Strings-Thru-Body Bridge
  • Hardware: Chrome
  • Pickguard: 4-Ply Tortoise Shell

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The Lite Ash Telecaster special edition guitar is light in weight and heavy in tone thanks to its exceptional, light ash body, birdseye maple neck and fingerboard, and Seymour Duncan Alnico Pro2 staggered pickups. Other features include abalone inlays, 22 medium jumbo frets, and chrome hardware. Fender name, Made in Korea.

  • Instruments: Limited Lifetime
  • Electronic Products (amps): Transferrable 5 Year Limited
  • Accessories: 1 Year Limited
  • Gig Bag Included

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Designed in Scottsdale, Arizona, and made in Corona, California, the Fender Highway One Texas Telecaster Electric Guitar is a genuine American Tele with a one-piece '52 maple neck with 12" radius, U.S. vintage hardware, jumbo frets, and vintage string-thru-body 3-saddle bridge with brass barrels. It's a journeyman's dream at a down-to-earth price.

  • Made in U.S.A.
  • Ash body
  • One-piece '52 maple neck
  • Hot vintage pickups
  • Jumbo frets
  • U.S. vintage hardware
  • Jumbo frets
  • Vintage string-through-body 3-saddle bridge with brass barrels
  • Fender gig bag
  • Finishes: Two-Tone Sunburst (pictured) or Honey blonde

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So simple, yet incredibly versatile! Since its introduction in the early '50s, guitarists in all musical genres have relied on the Fender Telecaster guitar for its powerful tone and smooth playability. Today's Standard Telecaster guitar features the best of the old and the new: a fast-action maple neck, cast/sealed machine heads, two classic single-coil pickups, and a six-saddle string-through-body bridge. Timeless.

Available Finishes: Brown Sunburst (pictured), Chrome Red, Arctic White, Electric Blue Metallic, Midnight Wine, & Black

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The Fender American Telecaster Electric Guitar is a pro player's axe that delivers authentic Tele vibe without the high-end price tag. American Series pickups and deluxe hardware with original '52 ash or alder body dimensions deliver more resonance and tone. The maple neck has a modern C shape with rolled edges and highly finished frets for easier playability. The detailed nut eliminates rattles and improves tuning stability. Parchment/black/parchment pickguard give this updated Telecaster a fresh look.

Available Finishes: Black, White, Sunburst and Natural Ash (All available with either rosewood or maple fretboards)

SFX 2

The Sunburst Flatop Series is much like the Hamer Sunburst except for its flat top beveled edge around the body. Without quesiton, these guitars play as good as they look. The SFX Series also features a Basswood body, Maple neck with a Rosewood fingerboard and dot inlays. Two humbucker pickups and a 3-way toggle switch give you all the sound combinations you'll need to play any gig.

Available in White, Black Cherry, Pearl Blue (pictured).

Patterned after the top-of-the-line Hamer USA Studio, this modestly priced Hamer embodies the word "value". The Sunburst Archtop Flametop features an Ivoroid bound Mahogany body with a beautiful flamed Maple veneer top.

Sunburst Archtop Flametop Body Type: Mahogany w/Ivoroid Binding Top: Arched Tuners: Chrome Electronics: 2-Volumes, 1-Tone, 3-Way Tog Bridge: Tune-O-Matic Inlays: Dot Cap: Flamed Maple Veneer Neck Joint: Mahogany/Set Scale Length: 24 3/4" Neck Pickup: Hamer Humbucker Bridge Pickup: Hamer Humbucker

Available Finishes: Cherry Sunburst, Natural, Blueburst, Honeyburst, Trans Black, Tobacco Sunburst

 

Electric Bass Guitars

 

This instrument has all the classic features of the bass guitar model that started it all! With its comfortable neck, solid Alder body and classic tone, the Squier® P-Bass conjures up the sound of thousands of recordings in every genre of music. Whether you’re just starting, need a bass for occasional use or just want a solid working bass that’s as easy to own as it is to play, the Squier® P-Bass is a natural choice.

Available in the following Finishes: White (pictured), Black, Metalic Red, & Metalic Blue.

 

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The Affinity J Bass is a value priced version of the world famous Fender Jazz Bass. It has the look and tone that everyone knows and loves, at an ultr-economical price point. The Affinity J Bass has a rosewood fingerboard, two single-coil Vintage Style Jazz Bass Pickups and a toploaded bridge. The Affinity J Bass features many Fender J-Bass appointments including an off-set waist body, ultra slim fast-action neck, full-range bi-pole pickups, two volume knobs and a tone control.

Available in the following finishes: Metalic Red, Mentalic Blue, White and Black (pictured).

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American-made Precision Bass is a classic, the most widely played and enduringly popular bass worldwide. It was Fender's first bass and in all this time its design has only been refined, not changed. The Highway One P-Bass is American made and sports a thin satin lacquer finish that looks great, lets the grain of the alder show through, and ages beautifully. Now the Highway One has been further upgraded with a Badass II bridge. Changing to a heavier bridge is the most common modification made by P Bass owners. The Highway One comes pre-modified by Fender, along with cool '70s styling and the lowest price of any American-made Fender P Bass.

3 Tone Sunburst (pictured), Flat Black, Transparent Wine Red, & Honey Blonde

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The Fender Highway One Jazz Bass has all the classic American-made J Bass features: alder body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard, two single-coil Jazz pickups, chrome hardware, and a 3-ply pickguard. Special upgrades include a BadAss II bridge, Greasebucket master tone, graphite-reinforced neck, and a '70s headstock logo. Satin lacquer finish enhances tone and ages beautifully.

Available in the following finishes:

Honey Blonde

Flat Black

Transparent Wine Red (pictured)

3-Tone Sunburst

White Blonde

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The new S-1 switching system makes this bass extremely versatile and gives you an array of cool new sounds to go with some fantastic new colors and finishes! With the S-1 switching system engaged, it switches the American P Bass split single-coil pickup from series to parallel giving the bass a brighter, snappier tone similar to a J Bass. American Series P Bass guitars feature a solid alder or ash body (depending on color) with a graphite-reinforced, modern C-shaped maple neck and a satin polyurethane finish (available with maple or rosewood fingerboard). Includes Fender hardshell case.

3-Color Sunburst (pictured), Black, Sunset Orange, Chrome Red, Butterscotch Blonde, Chrome Silver.

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The FENDER® American Jazz Bass®, the world's best-selling bass, just got better! With the new S-1™ switching system, you can get great Fender Jazz Bass® and Precision Bass® tones from one instrument. With the S-1 switch engaged, it switches the pickups from parallel to series giving the Fneder American Jazz Bass® a fatter, beefier, almost humbucking sound similar to a Fender Precision Bass® guitar. The Fender American Jazz Bass comes in some great new finishes and feature a solid alder or ash body (depending on color) and a graphite-reinforced, modern "C"-shaped maple neck with a satin polyurethane finish (available with maple or rosewood fingerboard).

Available in the following finishes: Black (pictured), Butterscotch Blonde, 3-Color Sunburst.

 

Acoustic Steel String Guitars

Yamaha F310
Yamaha FG700S, FG720S, & FG730S

Yamaha F310

The Yamaha F310 is an excellent quality student instrument at a truly affordable price. Its dreadnought style body provides loud acoustic tone with comfortable playability.

Spruce Top
Indonesian Mahogany Back & Sides
Nato Neck
Javanese Rosewood Fretboard
Sonokeling Bridge
20 Frets
Chrome Hardware
Natural, Tabacco Sunburst finishes
Limited Lifetime Warranty

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ENTRY LEVEL ACOUSTIC. DELUXE FEATURES

The heritage of Yamaha guitars begins with the FG line of acoustic guitars. Great entry level acoustic guitar with deluxe features including die-cast tuners, solid sitka spruce top, and a rosewood fingerboard.

DETAILS:

Top: Solid Sitka Spruce. Back & Sides: Nato (FG730S has rosewood back and sides) Fingerboard: Rosewood. Tuners: Diecast Warranty: Limited Lifetime

Takamine G220

 

NEX body style combines the comfort and cool looks of a narrow waist with the projection of a large top. Genuine spruce top with mahogany back and sides for full resonance. Rosewood fretboard and chromeplated tuners.

Features:

  • Spruce top
  • Mahogany back and sides
  • Rosewood fretboard
  • Multi-ply rosette
  • Chrome tuners

 

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The body of the guitar features a gloss-finish Spruce top with Nato-Mahogany stained sides. Chrome tuning machines provide a bright accent. The professionally tapered neck and radius fingerboard allows for ease of play and contributes to the fine tone.

Style: Dreadnought / Gloss Finish Top: Spruce
Back Sides: Nato Stain
Machines: Chrome

Takamine’s new EG260C is the latest “high value” model in the G Series line. Built on our FXC fingerstyle artist body size, the EG260C is ideal for the petite player or the guitarist that is looking for powerful tone in a compact and comfortable package.

These Spruce over Mahogany guitars are stage ready featuring Takamine’s state of the art built in pickup, along with a simple to use yet sophisticated preamp featuring 3 band graphic EQ and a built in Chromatic tuner. Available in Natural, Black, Wine Red and Brown Sunburst finish.

This guitar is a Takamine Exclusive. You will not find this guitar at the other big chain music stores. Limited Edition Sycamore top back and sides.

Features:
  • Rosewood Fingerboard
  • Bound Body & Neck
  • Abalone Purfling
  • Abalone Rosette
  • Matching Headstock Overlay
  • Gold Hardware

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The Takamine EG340C is a brand new dreadnought (full size) acoustic electric guitar with an onboard TP4T preamp, which provides an onboard tuner - plus comfortable cutaway access to the upper frets.


The EG340C is a mahgogany-bodied guitar with a spruce top and a rosewood fingerboard. This model is all dressed-up, too, with gold tuners, and an abalone sound hole rosette. Takamine has once again produced a guitar that plays and sounds like it costs literally hundreds of dollars more than it actually costs.

Available with spruce or cedar soundboards. The TK4N preamp gives you a tunable notch filter and switchable midrange contour.
The warm-sounding N4B preamp is featured on selected G-Series models.

EG523SC
Body Shape: Jumbo C/A
Rosette: Abalone
Top: Solid Spruce
Inlays: Block MOP and Abalone
Back: Flamed Maple
Sides: Flamed Maple
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Electronics: TK4NT
Tuners: Chrome
Finishes: Gloss Natural and Gloss Black

Ovation CC44

 

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6 String Acoustic/Electric
Body Type: Mid-Depth Cutaway
Top: Laminated Spruce
Bracing: Modifi ed Quintad
Scale Length: Length: 25 ¼”
Scale:
Fretboard: White Bound Rosewood w/ Abalone dot inlays
Fret Inlay: Abalone Dots
Bridge: Walnut
Rosette: Multi-Piece Exotic Hardwoods
Pickup: Ovation Slimline Pickup
Nutwidth: 1 11/16”
Machines: Gold
Case: 8210-0

Available in Black (pictured), Blue Transparent, and Natural

 

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The Applause AE127 offers classic Ovation design and styling at a fantastic low price. The affordable AE127 acoustic-electric guitar features the famous mid-depth roundback body, calibrated Spruce top, slim neck for fast and effortless action, built-in pickup/electronics system, and cutaway neck access. The OP4B electronics include a Gain knob, a battery LED, and Bass, Mid and Treble EQ sliders. The Ovation Applause sound is typical of all Ovations. The warm acoustic guitar tones are combined with the pre-amp electronics to create the Ovation sound. For guitar players who need a smaller electro-acoustic body the light weight and comfortable single cutaway AE127 is perfect.

Simon & Patrick Woodland Spruce
Simon & Patrick Woodland Cedar

 

Built with the same quality and standards as the cedar model, the Woodland Spruce yields a slightly brighter tone because of its select solid spruce top. All select solid tops in the S&P line are pressure tested and graded for the optimal level of resonance and stiffness, making for very response instruments. Optional B-Band A3.2 electronics are available on all Woodland models.

specs:
Back & Sides : Red Wild Cherry
Top : Spruce (Select Pressure Tested Solid Top)
Fingerboard & Bridge : Rosewood
Finish : Semi Gloss Custom Polished Finish
Tusq® nut & saddle by Graphtech
options :
B-Band A3.2 electronics and TRIC case

 

With its warm and mellow tone, the Woodland Cedar is an honest and true acoustic guitar. With a Custom Polished finish and a select pressure tested solid top, its sound (as with all S&P models) will only get better the more the guitar is played overtime

 

specs
Back & Sides : Red Wild Cherry
Top : Cedar (Select Pressure Tested Solid Top)
Fingerboard & Bridge : Rosewood
Finish : Semi Gloss Custom Polished Finish
Tusq® nut & saddle by Graphtech
options :
B-Band A3.2 electronics and TRIC case

Simon & Patrick Woodland series guitars are available in 12 string, Dreadnaught, Folk, Jumbo, and Mini Jumbo and parlor sizes. All are available with or without cutaways, with or without electronic preamps, with spruce or cedar tops.
.Simon & Patrick Vintage Burst Cedar
Simon & Patrick Vintage Burst Cedar Parlor

 

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The Vintage Burst Cedar HG combines a select pressure tested solid cedar top with red wild cherry back & sides along with a beautiful high-gloss Custom Polished finish. With a sound that lies between the mellow tone of mahogany and the brightness of maple, red wild cherry offers just the right amount of contrast to the solid cedar top. Delivering excellent projection and a true full sound.

specs
Back & Sides : Red Wild Cherry
Top : Cedar (Select Pressure Tested Solid Top)
Fingerboard & Bridge : Rosewood
Finish : High-Gloss Custom Polished Finish
Tusq® nut & saddle by Graphtech
options :
B-Band A3.2 electronics and TRIC case

 

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This is a huge sounding little parlor with rustic good looks and a taste for the blues or any other style that you can easily coax out of it.

specs
Back & Sides : Red Wild Cherry
Top : Cedar (Select Pressure Tested Solid Top)
Fingerboard & Bridge : Rosewood
Finish : High-Gloss Custom Polished Finish
Tusq® nut & saddle by Graphtech

options :
B-Band A3.2 electronics and TRIC case.

Simon & Patrick Vintage Burst series guitars are available in 12 string, Dreadnaught, dreadnaught with cutaway, Folk, and parlor sizes. All are available with or without electronic preamps, with cedar tops.

 

Classical Guitars

Yamaha Gig Maker Package

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For almost a decade, the Yamaha C40 has established itself as Yamaha's lowest priced full-sized classical guitar. Beginners and young learners alike will appreciate the level of quality found in the C and CS Series classic guitars. These quality instruments deliver outstanding cost performance with exceptional playability and superb tone. The C Series consists of full-size instruments with a level of quality only Yamaha can deliver.

Spruce top. Indonesian Mahogany Back/Sides. Nato Neck. Javanese Rosewood Fretboard & Bridge. 19 Frets.

The Yamaha Gig Maker student guitar package is an affordable, all-in-one solution to guitarists seeking a high quality instrument with multiple accessories. Backed by a limited lifetime warranty, this classical guitar package includes a variety of components. Why spend hours shopping for individual pieces? Just grab this package which is sure to fit your budget and needs, and use your valuable time to begin playing guitar!

  • C40 Classic Guitar
  • Guitar Case
  • Guitar Method Book
  • Limited Lifetime Warranty
Yamaha CG101A
Yamaha CG111

 

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The CG Series classic guitars provide quality materials and craftsmanship in a variety of price points. These instruments deliver excellent tonal balance with their improved woods, finishes, and thinner necks for extended comfort and playability. And now this special version of the CG101 features upgraded tuners for added intonation and stability! Features include a nato body with spruce top, nato neck with rosewood fingerboard, rosewood bridge, chrome hardware, and a matte finish. Case not included.

Nato Back and Sides, Spruce Top, Nato Neck, Rosewood fretboard. 19 Frets, Rosewood Bridge.

 

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Yamaha classical guitar craftsmen learned the fine art of guitar making directly from the masters. Under the tutelage of Manuel Hernandez and Eduardo Ferrer, Yamaha guitar craftsmen acquired skills that have been handed down from master to apprentice for generations. These acquired skills are put to use every day in the making of Yamaha classical guitars.

  • Top: Solid Spruce/Cedar
  • Back and Sides: Nato
  • Neck: Nato
  • Fretboard: Rosewood
  • Bridge: Rosewood
  • Frets: 19
  • Hardware: Chrome
Yamaha CG151
Yamaha CG171

 

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The CG151C Classical is from Yamaha’s CG Series so it gives you a slightly lighter weight than most classical guitars. This means longer lasting comfort for you. It features a solid cedar top with Ovankol back and sides. The neck is nato and the bridge is rosewood. With gold tuning machines set against a ebony fingerboard, this classical looks as good as it sound.

  • Solid Spruce/Cedar Top
  • Nato Back & Sides
  • Neck: Nato
  • Fretboard: Rosewood
  • Bridge: Rosewood
  • Hardware: Chrome

 

The CG Series classic guitars provide quality materials and craftsmanship in a variety of price points. These instruments deliver excellent tonal balance with their improved woods, finishes, and thinner necks for extended comfort and playability. CUTAWAYS. Some CG Series classic guitars incorporate a cutaway in the body providing easier access to the upper frets for an extended tonal range.

Solid Spruce/Cedar Top, Rosewood Back & Sides, Nato Neck, Ebony Fretboard, Rosewood Bridge, 19 Frets, Gold Hardware.

.Takamine G124S
Valencia 160

 

Made to strict Takamine specifications, the G124S classical guitar is made with a solid spruce top and mahogany back & sides. It is adorned with a classical style soundboard rosette and gold and pearl tuners. The Takamine G124S offers impressive performance at a very affordable price.

The G124 is the same guitar only witha laminate spruce top. Great for students and intermediate players alike, the G124 is more affordable than its solid top brother..

Also available with preamp and pickup (G124SC) featuring an N4B preamp system.

 

Student Classical guitar from Valencia. This represents the highest quality and most affordable classical guitar for students. Better yet it comes in fractional sizes to 1/4!

  • Basswood top back and sides in a high-gloss amber finish
  • Mahogany neck with ebonite fingerboard and bridge
  • Black body binding
  • High quality 14:1 geared tuners with perloid buttons
  • Comes standard with Graph Tech nut and saddle
  • Silkscreen logo on peghead

 


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