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Sankey Tyger 2.0

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The Tyger is an amazing multi-scale 7-string designed for multi-purpose use. It can do jazz, pop, rock, and djent metal with ease.  It originally sported an ABM bridge with Graph-tech …

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Pagelli Quartz Guitar

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This is a unique guitar from Pagelli Guitars due to its material construction. The owner of a stone quarry wanted a guitar made out of Switzerland’s regional valser quartzite. Because a …

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Pagelli Guitars

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Claudio and Claudia Pagelli build custom guitars in Switzerland using bold designs and materials.  Their design sense make it easy to visualize guitars as modern functional art. While their use …

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Sakashta Noupaul

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The Sakashta Noupaul is by no means a typical modern electric guitar. But it adds to the traditional Les Paul base with some nice features which bring the venerable Les …

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Jens Ritter Porsch

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Jens Ritter is a master luthier with a keen eye for designs which tantalize the senses. His Porsch design exemplifies this in so many ways.  Note the beautiful curves, asymmetry, …

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Sakashta Blackjack

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The Sakashta Blackjack was made for jazz guitar legend, Pat Martino. It’s essentially a Style NY Version-R model, but with extra features for Pat.  You can’t see it in the …

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Glacier Spruce Acoustic

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This is not really modern in terms of construction or design, but what makes it unique are the materials. It has a glacier spruce top. The spruce was recovered in …

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Parker Fly

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The Parker Fly came from the ideas that Ken Parker had regarding making the guitar lightweight yet strong. The neck is reinforced with an exo-skeleton of carbon fiber. The fretboard …

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Raulo Guitars

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A young master luthier from Puerto Rico, Raulo Guitars uses interesting wood combinations in conjunction with guitar designs which fuse acoustic and archtop construction. Shown here is the Era -1900 Acoustic Guitar PurpleHeart/Majó …