Electric Guitars · Models

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Fano Alt de Facto JM6

United States

The Fano Alt de Facto JM6 is a hand-built electric guitar with a contoured alder body and a curvy, vintage-inspired outline. It uses a 25.5-inch scale and is often loaded with hot Lollar P-90 pickups, though pickups, woods, hardware, and finishes are all chosen to order. Like the rest of Fano's Alt de Facto line, each JM6 is built one at a time in the USA.

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Squier Classic Vibe '50s Stratocaster

Electric guitar

The Squier Classic Vibe '50s Stratocaster recreates the look and feel of an early Stratocaster, with a pine body, a maple neck and fingerboard, a 25.5-inch scale, 21 narrow-tall frets, three Fender-Designed alnico single-coil pickups in an SSS layout, and a vintage-style synchronized tremolo.

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D'Angelico Excel EXL-1

South Korea

The Excel EXL-1 is a 17-inch single-cutaway hollow-body archtop electric guitar inspired by John D'Angelico's original Excel introduced in 1947. It pairs a laminated spruce top with laminated flame maple back and sides, a set three-piece neck with a C-shaped profile, an ebony fingerboard, and a 25.5-inch scale. A single floating Seymour Duncan Johnny Smith mini-humbucker, a floating ebony bridge, and the brand's stairstep tailpiece give it a woody, articulate tone for jazz rhythm and lead.

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Fano Alt de Facto GF6

United States

The Fano Alt de Facto GF6 is a hand-built, offset semi-hollow electric guitar with a carved top, a center block, and F-holes. It uses a 25.5-inch scale and an early-'60s 'C'-shaped neck, and can be ordered with a range of woods, pickups, and bridge or vibrato hardware. Each one is built individually in the USA and finished in aged nitrocellulose lacquer.

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Fano Alt de Facto TC6

United States

The Fano Alt de Facto TC6 is a hand-built electric guitar with a single-cutaway shape that echoes a classic string-through solid body. It is typically fitted with a pair of hot TV Jones Supertron Filter'Tron-style humbucking pickups, uses a 25.5-inch scale, and has an early-'60s 'C'-shaped neck. Each TC6 is made one at a time in the USA and offered with custom woods, hardware, and aged nitrocellulose finishes.

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Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 2

Mexico

Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 2 is cataloged within the Charvel San Dimas electric guitar family.

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Gretsch White Falcon

Electric guitar · Japan

Introduced in 1955 as Gretsch's luxury flagship, the White Falcon (G6136) is a large 17-inch single-cutaway hollow body finished in white with gold sparkle binding and gold hardware. It carries twin Filter'Tron humbucking pickups and a Bigsby vibrato, and remains one of the most recognizable and prestigious electric guitars ever made.

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Gretsch Country Gentleman

Electric guitar · Japan

Developed with Chet Atkins and introduced in 1957, the Country Gentleman (G6122) is a refined hollow-body electric, later offered as a 17-inch double-cutaway. It features twin Filter'Tron pickups, an Adjusto-Matic bridge, and a Bigsby vibrato, delivering the warm, articulate Gretsch voice favored in country, rockabilly, and pop.

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Friedman Cali

United States

The Friedman Cali is a hot-rodded S-style electric guitar designed by Dave Friedman with luthier Grover Jackson and built in Southern California. It pairs an alder body and bolt-on maple neck with two Friedman humbuckers and an Original Floyd Rose tremolo, finished in thin aged nitrocellulose lacquer. A 10-to-14-inch compound-radius fingerboard and Plek-finished frets give it the fast, modern feel of the classic San Dimas performance guitars.

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Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature HSH

Electric guitar

The Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature HSH is a USA-built signature superstrat based on the San Dimas Style 1 shape, with a caramelized ash body, a caramelized flame maple bolt-on neck with graphite reinforcement, a 12-to-16-inch compound-radius caramelized flame maple fingerboard with 24 frets, a 25.5-inch scale, three custom Charvel MF pickups in an HSH layout with coil-splitting, and a recessed Charvel locking tremolo with a Tremol-No.

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Charvel Pro-Mod DK24

Electric guitar · Mexico

The Charvel Pro-Mod DK24 is a compact Dinky-shaped superstrat with a mahogany body (often with a figured maple top), a bolt-on maple neck with graphite reinforcement, a 12-to-16-inch compound-radius fingerboard with 24 jumbo frets, a sculpted heel for upper-fret access, a 25.5-inch scale, an HSH pickup layout, and a two-point tremolo.

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Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HH

Electric guitar · Mexico

The Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HH is a Southern-California superstrat with an alder body, a bolt-on maple speed neck with graphite reinforcement, a 12-to-16-inch compound-radius maple fingerboard with 22 frets, a 25.5-inch scale, two direct-mounted humbucking pickups, and a Floyd Rose 1000 Series double-locking tremolo.

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Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 1

Mexico

Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 1 is cataloged within the Charvel San Dimas electric guitar family.

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Squier Classic Vibe '50s Telecaster

Electric guitar

The Squier Classic Vibe '50s Telecaster recreates the look and tone of a 1950s Telecaster, with a pine body, a maple neck and fingerboard, a 25.5-inch scale, 21 narrow-tall frets, two Fender-Designed alnico single-coil pickups in an SS layout, and a vintage-style string-through-body Telecaster bridge with barrel saddles.

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Squier Contemporary Stratocaster Special

Electric guitar

The Squier Contemporary Stratocaster Special is a modernized Stratocaster aimed at rock and metal players. It has a poplar body, a roasted maple C-shaped neck with 22 jumbo frets and a flatter 12-inch fingerboard radius, a 25.5-inch scale, an HSS pickup layout pairing ceramic single-coils with a hot ceramic humbucking bridge pickup, and a two-point tremolo.

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Squier Affinity Series Telecaster

Electric guitar

The Squier Affinity Series Telecaster is an affordable, lightweight Telecaster, with a thin poplar body, a slim C-shaped maple neck, a 25.5-inch scale, 21 frets, two Squier single-coil Telecaster pickups in an SS layout with three-way switching, and a string-through-body bridge.

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Squier Affinity Series Stratocaster

Electric guitar

The Squier Affinity Series Stratocaster is an affordable, lightweight take on the Stratocaster, with a thin poplar body, a slim C-shaped maple neck, a 25.5-inch scale, 21 frets, three Squier single-coil pickups in an SSS layout with five-way switching, and a two-point tremolo bridge.

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Schecter Hellraiser C-1

Electric guitar · South Korea

The Schecter Hellraiser C-1 is a metal-oriented guitar with a mahogany body and quilted maple top, a three-piece mahogany set neck with ultra-access heel, a rosewood fretboard with 24 X-jumbo frets and abalone gothic-cross inlays, a 25.5-inch scale, a TonePros Tune-o-matic string-through bridge, and active EMG 81TW and 89 humbuckers with coil-splitting.

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Schecter Reaper-6

Electric guitar

The Schecter Reaper-6 is a modern set-neck guitar with a swamp ash body and poplar burl top, a five-piece maple and walnut neck with carbon-fiber reinforcement, an ebony fretboard with 24 extra-jumbo frets and a 14-inch radius, a 25.5-inch scale, a reverse headstock, a Schecter custom string-through hardtail bridge, and Schecter Diamond Decimator humbucking pickups.

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Schecter Banshee Mach-6 EverTune

Electric guitar · South Korea

The Schecter Banshee Mach-6 EverTune is a modern superstrat built for tuning stability, with a swamp ash body and flamed maple top, a neck-through roasted maple and purpleheart neck with carbon-fiber reinforcement, an ebony fretboard with 24 X-jumbo stainless steel frets and a 12-to-16-inch compound radius, a 25.5-inch scale, an EverTune bridge, and Lundgren M6 humbuckers.

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Schecter Omen-6

Electric guitar

The Schecter Omen-6 is an affordable double-cutaway guitar with a basswood body, a bolt-on maple neck, a rosewood fretboard with 24 X-jumbo frets, a 25.5-inch scale, a Tune-o-matic string-through bridge, and Schecter Diamond Plus humbucking pickups in the neck and bridge positions.

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Jackson JS Series Dinky JS22

Electric guitar

The Jackson JS Series Dinky JS22 (DKA arch top) is an affordable superstrat with a poplar body and arched top, a bolt-on maple speed neck with graphite reinforcement, a 12-to-16-inch compound-radius amaranth fingerboard with 24 jumbo frets and sharkfin inlays, a 25.5-inch scale, two Jackson high-output ceramic humbuckers, and a synchronized fulcrum tremolo.

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Jackson Pro Series KE3 Kelly

Electric guitar · Indonesia

The Jackson Pro Series KE3 Kelly is an angular, Explorer-derived guitar with an alder body, a maple neck, a rosewood fingerboard, a 25.5-inch scale, two humbucking pickups, and a Floyd Rose double-locking tremolo, produced in Jackson's Pro Series during the 2000s.

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Jackson Pro Series Rhoads RR24

Electric guitar · Indonesia

The Jackson Pro Series Rhoads RR24 is a Randy Rhoads-style offset V with a mahogany body, a one-piece through-body maple neck with graphite reinforcement, a 12-to-16-inch compound-radius ebony fingerboard with 24 jumbo frets and sharkfin inlays, a 25.5-inch scale, Seymour Duncan Distortion humbuckers, and a recessed Floyd Rose double-locking tremolo.

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Jackson Pro Series King V KVTMG

Electric guitar · Indonesia

The Jackson Pro Series King V KVTMG is a symmetrical flying-V with a mahogany body, a through-body maple neck with graphite reinforcement, a 12-to-16-inch compound-radius bound ebony fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets and piranha-tooth inlays, a 25.5-inch scale, active EMG 81 and 85 humbuckers, and a string-through Tune-o-matic-style bridge.

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Jackson Pro Plus Soloist SL2

Electric guitar · Indonesia

The Jackson Pro Plus Soloist SL2 is a modern neck-through superstrat with an okoume body, a three-piece maple and walnut through-body neck with graphite reinforcement, a 12-to-16-inch compound-radius bound ebony fingerboard with 24 jumbo stainless steel frets and sharkfin inlays, a 25.5-inch scale, Seymour Duncan Distortion humbucking pickups, and a Floyd Rose 1000 Series double-locking tremolo.

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B.C. Rich Mockingbird Legacy ST

Electric guitar

The B.C. Rich Mockingbird Legacy ST is the most popular modern Mockingbird, with a no-heel neck-through body for easy access to the 24th fret, an ebony fingerboard with open-diamond inlays, a 25.5-inch scale, a pair of DiMarzio D Activator humbuckers, Grover Rotomatic tuners, and a Floyd Rose tremolo.

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B.C. Rich Rich B Legacy

Electric guitar

The B.C. Rich Rich B Legacy is the modern version of the classic Bich shape, with its sculpted lower-bout cutouts, a neck-through solid mahogany body with contrasting wood stringers, an ebony fingerboard with 24 jumbo frets, a 24.625-inch scale, a string-through-body TonePros bridge, Grover locking tuners, and two USA DiMarzio D Activator humbuckers.

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B.C. Rich Warlock Legacy

Electric guitar

The B.C. Rich Warlock Legacy is a metal-focused Warlock with a mahogany neck-through body, a Canadian hard-rock maple neck, an ebony fretboard with 24 extra-jumbo frets, a 25.5-inch scale, dual Seymour Duncan SH-6 Custom humbuckers, and a Floyd Rose 1000 Series double-locking tremolo.

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Friedman Vintage-T

United States

The Friedman Vintage-T is a single-cutaway, T-style solidbody electric guitar built in the USA by Dave Friedman with luthier Grover Jackson. The reviewed model pairs a mahogany body and a bolt-on maple neck with a pau ferro fingerboard and a set of Friedman Classic 90 (P-90 style) pickups over a fixed hardtail bridge. Thin aged nitrocellulose lacquer, a 10-to-14-inch compound-radius board, and Plek-finished fretwork give it vintage looks with modern playability.

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Friedman NoHo 24

United States

The Friedman NoHo 24 is a double-cutaway solidbody electric guitar built in the USA. It combines a resonant alder body and a quilted maple top with a 24-fret hard-maple neck and an ebony fingerboard, and is loaded with two Friedman Triple D humbuckers for a clear, high-output voice. A 24.75-inch scale, stainless Jescar frets, and a full Plek setup support fast, stable playability.

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Friedman Metro-D

United States

The Friedman Metro-D is Friedman's set-neck, single-cutaway solidbody electric guitar, designed by Dave Friedman with luthier Grover Jackson and built in the USA. It uses a mahogany body with a figured maple top and a long-tenon mahogany neck, carrying two Friedman humbuckers (a Classic in the neck and a hotter Classic+ in the bridge) with coil-splitting, routed to a TonePros tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar. A compound-radius fingerboard, 25.5-inch scale, and full Plek setup make it a modern take on the classic set-neck single-cut.

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Friedman Vintage-S

United States

The Friedman Vintage-S is a double-cutaway, S-style solidbody electric guitar built in the USA by Dave Friedman with luthier Grover Jackson. It pairs an alder body and a bolt-on maple neck with an HSS pickup set: a Friedman Classic+ humbucker at the bridge plus reverse-wound middle and neck single-coils that give hum-cancelling in-between positions, all routed through a two-point vibrato bridge. A 10-to-14-inch compound-radius maple fingerboard, 22 frets, and thin aged nitrocellulose lacquer round out the specification.