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The Squier Avril Lavigne Telecaster guitar features the chart-topping Grammy nominee’s distinctive star logo inlayed at the fifth fret, with a checkerboard pickguard and Lavigne’s signature on the headstock. Other features include a single dual-coil humbucking pickup, chrome hardware, a “Squier†engraved neckplate and side-dot only position markers.

Squier Avril Lavigne Signature Telecaster Electric Guitar Features…

Specs

Series: Squier Artist Series

Colors: (506) Black, (polyurethane finish)

Body: Basswood

Neck: Maple, C-Shape, (satin polyurethane finish)

Fingerboard: Rosewood, 9.5 in. radius (241 mm)

Number of Frets: 22 Medium jumbo

Pickups: 1 Dual-coil humbucking pickup

Controls: Volume

Pickup Switching 3-Position Blade:

Position 1. Front coil

Position 2. Full humbucker (both coils)

Position 3. Rear coil

Bridge: 6-Saddle string-thru-body bridge

Machine Heads: Standard die-cast tuners

Hardware: Chrome

Pickguard: 3-Ply black and white checkerboard

Scale Length: 25.5 in. (648 mm)

Width at Nut: 1.650 in. (42 mm)

Unique Features:

Distinctive star logo at 5th fret

Black and white checkerboard pickguard

Avril Lavigne signature on the headstock

Gold and black Squier logo

“Squier†engraved neckplate

Black plastic parts

Side dot position inlays only

Strings: Fender Super 250L, (.009 to .042) Nickel Plated Steel p/n 073-0250-003

Introduced: 7/2007

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This guitar is so cool

I love the checkeres on it and just the entire look. The only thing that sucks is that it doesnt have tone knobs on it.

Fender rocks from Kelowna, B.C (Sep 26, 2007)

nice

I really enjoy playing this guitar! It is great because its not too fancy and complicated. I love how there is only one volume knob and no tone knobs to complicate it. It has really high action which I love! I would recomend for you to buy this guitar if you are thinking about it.

Squirrely Boy from Farmington, NM (Jul 7, 2008)

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USA-made Jackson! Fast-playing neck with a compound (12 in. to 16 in.) fingerboard radius and mother of pearl Shark Fin position inlays. Bound fingerboard and headstock with inlaid mother of pearl Jackson logo. Sharp “V” shaped body. CTS pots and Switchcraft switches.

Jackson USA KV2 Electric Guitar (with Case) Features…

Model name: KV2 King V

Model number: 280-3040-(color#)

Series: USA Select series

Body: alder with flame maple top on transparent colors

Neck: neck-thru-body quartersawn maple

Neck dimensions: 3rd fret: .775 in., 12th fret: .835 in.

Tuning machines: die-cast tuners

Fingerboard: ebony

Number of frets: 22 jumbo frets

Bridge pickup: Seymour Duncan JB TB4 humbucking pickup

Middle pickup: N/A

Neck pickup: Seymour Duncan JB TB4 humbucking pickup

Controls: volume (bridge pickup), volume (neck pickup), master tone

Bridge: Floyd Rose Original double locking 2-point tremolo

Pickup switching: 3-position blade:

– Position 1: bridge pickup

– Position 2: bridge and neck pickups

– Position 3: neck pickup

Hardware: black (chrome on transparent colors)

String gauges: .009, .011, .016, .024, .032, .042

Case: includes deluxe molded case

Pickguard: none

Scale length: 25.5 in.

Width at nut: 1-11/16 in.

Unique features: compound (12 in. to 16 in.) fingerboard radius, mother of pearl Shark Fin position inlays, bound fingerboard and headstock, sharp “V” shaped body, inlaid mother of pearl Jackson logo, CTS pots and Switchcraft switches

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Expensive but worth it!

I have owned an '88 KV now for over 7 years. I have played this guitar mercilously and it has taken my absue without even flinching. This guitar feels and plays like no other guitar except for a brand new one or a US Jackson Kelly. Still, I put EMG's in it instead of the original Jackson pickups and now it sounds phenominal! Great for speed metal. Very articulate and sounds good clean also. It's expensive but unquestionably worth every penny! The only problem I've really had with it is that the pickup selector is dirty. Just need to open it up and put some contact cleaner on it… but for an almost 20 year old guitar, what do you expect? heh.

Sidecar from Pittsburgh, PA (Apr 28, 2007)

jackson Kv2

My local music store had one of these in stock and I absolutely had to try it. It was the blue ghost flames one, and the picture does not do this guitar justice. This guitar was one of the best guitars I've ever played! No matter how much I abused the floyd, it just wouldn't go out of tune. I'm planning on ordering the one in black ghost flames. I just wish it wasn't so expensive!

MegaCon from Waxahachie, Texas (Feb 1, 2009)

The Dean VMNTX Dave Mustaine Electric Guitar is a tribute to the hard edge style Mustaine has emitted over the past two Decades. It becomes obvious just by looking at this masterwork, that alot of effort has been put forth designing the top art on this magnificent V-style guitar.

Built for image and playability, this guitar rocks whether it is in your hand or on your stand. The Mustaine neck profile enables fast riffing while the top art screams out with a flare for the dramatic. This Dean guitar is one for both collectors and shredders, alike.

Dean VMNTX Dave Mustaine Electric Guitar Features…

Bolt on 24 fret maple neck

Rosewood fingerboard

Dual Dean design black open humbuckers

Black hardware

Mini Grover 6 in line tuners

Mustaine neck profile

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If its built right

I had to send the first one back, the bridge pick up came broken, and the paint scratched off in spots. Second one has a loose neck pick up, and the metal piece where the strings enter the guitar is offset, so only half the hole is open. Its a great guitar, but I haven't been able to get one at its best.

TB27 from North Dakota (Jan 12, 2009)

ausome

This guiatar is the bomb, the way its desighned and its the best and cheap. The only downfall is that dean is getting ripped off. ha.

v-man from canada (Aug 16, 2008)

A top seller with new revisions! Fender’s Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster guitar continues to unleash the fury with new and updated features that are pure Yngwie — a deeper-scalloped fingerboard, White/Black/White pickguard, bullet truss rod nut and machine-screw neck mounting.

Fender Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster Electric Guitar (Maple, with Case) Features…

Model Name: Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster®

Model Number: 010-7112-(Color#)

Series: Artist Series (Polyurethane Finish)

Body: Alder

Neck: Maple, Modern “C” Shape with Machine Screw Mounting Inserts,

(Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)

Fingerboard: Scalloped Maple (p/n 010-7112), 9.5 in. Radius (241mm)

No. of Frets: 21 Dunlop® 6000 Super-Jumbo Frets

Pickups: 2 Dimarzio® YJM Pickups (Neck & Middle), 1 Dimarzio® HS-3 Stack (Bridge)

Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. No-Load Tone Control (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. No-Load Tone Control (Bridge and Middle Pickups)

Pickup Switching:

3-Position Blade:

Position 1. Bridge Pickup

Position 2. Middle Pickup

Position 3. Neck Pickup

Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo

Machine Heads: Fender®/Schaller® Vintage “F” Style Tuning Machines

Hardware: Chrome

Pickguard: 3-Ply White/Black/White

Scale Length: 25.5 in. (648 mm)

Width at Nut: Brass Nut, 1.650 in. (42 mm)

Strings: Fender® Super Bullets® 3250L, Nickel Plated Steel, (.009 to .042), p/n 073-3250-003

Accessories: Vintage Tweed Case, Strap, Cable, Meguiar’s Mist and Wipe Kit

Case: Vintage Tweed Case

Introduced: 1/2007

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Great Guitar

First, really impressed with the quality. Everything on my sample looks good…neck pocket etc. I feel this guitar is a good value. I love the look of the vintage white…classic. My main guitar is an Eric Johnson strat and I would say the quality just a notch below. The Yngwie is much less weight than my other strats too. I'm really shocked I like the scalloped neck and giant frets; it really gives you more control over vibrato, pull-offs and bends…makes very wide bends easy, IMO. Very easy to slide up and down the neck…less friction. I'm really surprised how low-output the pickups are; very clean. I thought the pups would rip but I think the bridge is lower output than the EJ. Only wish is that the Yngwie had five-way switching. IMO great sounding, looking and playing guitar.

Superfuzzfacebigmuff from SA Texas (Jul 3, 2008)

I play progressive metal/rock and sideline with a classic and southern rock band. I have to get a variety of tones out of my instruments and I need a guitar that will take a variety of abuses and still perform. This guitar is it!

I've been playing for 24 years and I like a guitar that will perform well with high-gain tube modified amplifiers without losing the nuances and subtle characteristics of the plucked notes. The YJM pickups achieve this by not being monstrously hot and being responsive to the player's technique. This, along with the scalloped fretboard make you really shape up as a player but the result is well worth the effort. This guitar literally becomes one with you.

Model Name- Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster??

Series- Artist Series

Colors- (841) Vintage White, (Polyurethane Finish)

Body- Alder

Neck- Maple, Modern ???C??? Shape with Machine Screw Mounting Inserts,

(Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)

Fingerboard- Scalloped Maple (p/n 010-7112), 9.5??? Radius (241mm)

No. of Frets- 21 Dunlop?? 6000 Super-Jumbo Frets

Pickups- 2 Dimarzio?? YJM Pickups (Neck & Middle),

1 Dimarzio?? HS-3 Stack (Bridge)

Controls- Master Volume,

Tone 1. No-Load Tone Control (Neck Pickup),

Tone 2. No-Load Tone Control (Bridge and Middle Pickups)

Pickup Switching- 3-Position Blade:

Position 1. Bridge Pickup

Position 2. Middle Pickup

Position 3. Neck Pickup

Bridge- American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo

Machine Heads- Fender??/Schaller?? Vintage ???F??? Style Tuning Machines

Hardware- Chrome

Pickguard- 3-Ply White/Black/White

Scale Length- 25.5??? (648 mm)

Width at Nut- Brass Nut, 1.650??? (42 mm)

Unique Features- New Special Refined '60's Shape Neck,

New Machine Screw Neck Mounting Inserts,

New Bullet Truss Rod Nut,

New Deeper Scalloped Fingerboard,

Brass Nut,

Large '60s Styled Headstock,

With Dunlop 6000 Jumbo Fretwire,

Aged Pickup Covers,

Aged Plastic Parts

Accessories- Vintage Tweed Case

Factory set-up was very good. I simply tweaked down the bridge to make it more of a hard tail. Flawless in every detail!

Never had to deal with them.

Darren Simpson (11/21/2007)

Schecter doesn’t just build great guitars, they create them. Like works of art, each design is a work of art, individual, but still showing Schecter examples of quality in durability, playability, and of course, sound. The Damien FR is a beast of a guitar that uses EMG FH4 and H4 humbuckers on an arched Basswood body for the ultimate combination of tone and comfort.

Schecter Damien FR Electric Guitar with Floyd Rose Features…

Construction/Scale: Bolt-on / 25.5 in.

Body: Basswood

Neck/Fingerboard: Maple/Rosewood

Frets: 24 X-Jumbo

Inlays: Black Pearl “Bats”

Pickups: EMGhz FH4/H4 set

Electronics: Vol/Tone/3-Way

Bridge: Floyd Rose Licensed Tremolo

Binding: None

Tuners: Grover

Hardware: Black

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No thanks Floyd

This is in regards to the Floyd Rose Tremelo more then the guitar. Why anyone would want that contraption on the guitar is beyond me. What a nightmare to tune and change strings. I'll never buy a guitar with one of those things.

dangler from Orlando, FL (Jan 19, 2009)

"great product"

dead sexy

it could be a little lower but still very nice

its quality is very nice you practicly have to try to scratch it if its gonna get a scratch or dent.

not bad

a customer from myway.com (10/5/2007)

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Evolution doesn’t have to mean more complicated. The SC and SCA S Classic axes and the new SZ have evolved into even simpler instruments than their famous S ancestor. The comfortable slim body with fat Mahogany tone and sustain that made the S famous is there — but the SZ and S-Classics feature simple fixed bridges and a 25.1 scale neck that has a different feel than the S guitar’s 25.5 scale.

Series Features:

Thru-body, staggered stringing compensates for different string thicknesses and provides superior tonal balance, feel, articulation and sustain.

3-piece set in neck for better upper fret access and sustain.

Quilted maple top and slightly thicker S mahogany body provide incredibly full sound with a wide range of overtones.

New Gibraltar III bridge offers fixed bridge simplicity and sustain. No sharp edges for longer string life.

Have you seen the headlines? “Guitar rock is back.”

We’re happy to hear it. Except at Ibanez, guitar rock never “left” – and if you’re the type of player who reads Ibanez catalogs, you’ve been too busy playing guitar or bass to worry a whole lot about the media’s take on music. However, the papers are right about one thing: there are more new guitar and bass guitar styles than ever before. That’s why there are more different kinds of guitars and basses in the 2003 Ibanez line up.

Ibanez SZ520QM Quilted Maple Electric Guitar Features…

* SZ set-in neck

* 3pc. Mahogany neck material

* Mahogany/Quilted Maple top body

* 22 medium frets

* Rosewood Finger Board – Rosewood offers a strong, bright sound and an attractive appearance with a long grain.

* Gibraltar III bridge

* IBZ SZ1 (H) neck PU

* IBZ SZ2 (H) bridge PU

* SZ special inlay

* Nickel hardware

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I mostly play metal , punk and ska , and this perfectly suit my playing style . I really love the way the heavy wood feels when you play it , and I think it gives a more bassy sound . The pickups a good , but not that great . The bridge pickup sounds a bit harsh , and the neck pickup is great for a big clean sound , but with distortion it sounds not focused enough . Middle postion is great for ska . So , it's a pretty versatile guitar , but pickups could be better.

Made in Korea in 2003 . 22 frets , nice quilted maple top .2 humbuckers, 3 way switch , 2 volume and 1 tone knob . They now use duncan designed pickups , but I think mine are ibz something . Mahogany set net in mahogany body , cream boudn fingerboard , non locking tuners , gibraltar bridge .

The guitar was perfectly ajusted , perfectly intonated and just really well setup . The top is really well matched , especially for a guitar in that price range . The action is low , and strings don't buzz anywhere on the neck . I give it a 10

Never dealt with customer support

coustfan01 (11/30/2005)

It suits a good deal of hard rock, punk, classic rock, and good old southern rock. This guitar kicks ass for anything. You can bust out bad ass solos with this guitar. The mediam frets hold great sustain. I use an rp300 effects processor, a arion metal master and arion tubulator stomp boxes, and the two dist. channles on my crate Mx120r amp. The rp300 has ranges of many effects, it seem to sound good on all of them, the metal mast and tubulator sound alright, but then again these pedals were only $19.99. And the distortion channles on my amp sound great altho there is this very anooyin feedback sound that comes from it when i play , but it happens on all my guitars. I really like this guitar for its looks, powerful sound, and the ability to play anything you want on it.

This is the newest guitar to the S series, so it was mad about 2002-2003, it has 22 frets, it is a glossy laminated top,shiny, volume, tone, and 3 way selecter are available. There are 2 sz humbuckers. Quilted mapple-topped body. Theres a flame inlay at the 12th fret. Tuners are non-locking. Mediam frets.

Everythings good.

no no no

Bmac (02/22/2003)