Anderson Guitarworks The Classic Guitar, Roasted Maple, Transparent Purple Burst

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Just in: another beautiful piece from our friends over at Tom Anderson Guitarworks - a gorgeous The Classic in Transparent Purple Burst, featuring a swamp ash body and an HSS pickup configuration!

Anderson guitars are some of the best electric bolt-on guitars you're going to find. The Classic model is a remarkably well-balanced S-type instrument built with a staggering level of precision and poise.

This model is a great blend of old and new, having the familiar classic S-style silhouette that's able to rock a little harder than usual with the hum-canceling single-coil pickups and the humbucker in the bridge, but is also able to achieve a variety of traditional single-coil sounds. You even get the choice to have either an "S" or "T"-type middle position configuration via the push-pull and toggle switches on hand! The result is a very versatile axe that can handle just about anything from modern applications to vintage tones.

This is another prime example of the meticulous attention to detail that goes into the building of each and every guitar that Mr. Tom Anderson puts his name on! It may sound cliche, but the pictures here really don't do this one justice.

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Is the Classic the most profound, best playing and best sounding vintage double cut-away electric guitar on Earth?

Clearly undisputed, "Yes!" is the answer. The whole story:When something remains as an unrealized dream for long enough it becomes a fantasy. A fantasy is the belief that there is no such thing in the real world. This is a mindset that surrounds the legend of the "vintage guitar." That it is unobtainable. That you cannot have a vintage instrument that will play like lightning, sing like angels and be reasonably priced.But when we look deeply, we see that this is a mistaken perception and once perception is corrected, bliss returns. Bliss is restored to the musical world in the form of: The Classic. The Classic is the vintage guitar of your wildest dreams, and beyond, the one you always knew should exist but you were unable to touch in physical form, until now. For a pure vintage vibe, an Alder or Swamp Ash body is hand-selected and kiln dried to perfection.

Swamp Ash: The open and ethereal, delicate, airy and complex "S" tone. Soft, soothing open middle lays the groundwork to showcase rich low, lows; highlighted with sparkling and softly sweet, musical highs.