Models

PJD Carey

Single-cut electric guitar

United Kingdom

The Carey is a core PJD Guitars model, a single-cutaway electric hand-built in York, England by luthier Leigh Dovey. It has a flat-top single-cut body and is often fitted with a humbucker/P-90 pairing, offered in Standard, Elite and Limited editions.

D'Angelico Excel EXL-1

Hollow-body archtop guitar model

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.

Gordon-Smith GS1

Single-cutaway electric guitar

The GS1 is a foundational Gordon-Smith model, hand-built in England from a single-piece mahogany body and set neck featuring the brand's signature 'tone pocket.' It carries a rosewood fingerboard and Gordon-Smith's home-wound humbuckers, made to the same specification as the company's 1974 originals.

Nik Huber Dolphin

Carved-top electric guitar model

Electric guitar · Germany

The Dolphin is Nik Huber Guitars' signature carved-top electric guitar, built on the distinctive Dolphin body shape. It features a carved flamed maple top over a mahogany body with a set mahogany neck, two humbuckers, and a tune-o-matic-style bridge, and is offered with a wide range of custom woods and appointments.

Dean Cadillac

Electric guitar model

Electric guitar

A single-cutaway electric from Dean Guitars built in the carved-top, set-neck tradition. It pairs a mahogany body with a maple top and humbucking pickups for a thick, sustaining rock voice.

ESP Eclipse

Electric guitar model

Electric guitar

ESP's flagship single-cutaway electric, the Eclipse takes the classic set-neck, carved-top format and builds it for modern hard rock and metal. Typically loaded with active humbuckers and finished in bold solid colors, it pairs a familiar single-cut shape with a high-output, aggressive voice.

Collings 290

Mahogany solid-body electric guitar with P-90 pickups

Electric guitar · United States

The Collings 290 is a single-cutaway mahogany solid-body electric guitar inspired by the Les Paul Junior, with a solid mahogany body and neck, an East Indian rosewood fingerboard, a hand-set mortise-and-tenon neck joint, and P-90 pickups. It is hand-built in Austin, Texas.

Epiphone Les Paul

Single-cutaway solid-body electric guitar series

Electric guitar

The Epiphone Les Paul series covers Epiphone's single-cutaway solid-body electric guitars built on the Gibson Les Paul design, from affordable entry models to the Inspired by Gibson Standard and Custom. Models typically pair a mahogany body with a maple cap, a set mahogany neck, a 24.75-inch scale, and dual humbucking pickups.

D'Angelico Deluxe Atlantic

Solid-body electric guitar model

South Korea

The Deluxe Atlantic is a single-cutaway solid-body electric guitar with an alder body, a set three-piece neck with a satin C-shaped profile, an ebony fingerboard, and a 24.75-inch scale. Two Seymour Duncan Seth Lover humbuckers with coil-splitting feed a nickel tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece. Part of D'Angelico's premium Deluxe series, it offers a warm, vintage-voiced solid-body alternative to the brand's archtops.

Gibson Les Paul Classic Custom

Electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

A Les Paul that blends the slim-neck Classic platform with the upscale cosmetic appointments of a Custom, including extra body binding and fancier hardware. It offers Custom-style flash on a Classic-style instrument.

Gibson Les Paul Studio

Electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

Introduced in 1983, the Les Paul Studio strips away cosmetic binding and luxury appointments to lower the price while keeping the mahogany-and-maple body and humbucking pickups that give the Les Paul its core tone. It was conceived as a no-frills working musician's instrument.

Gibson Les Paul Junior

Electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

A no-frills Les Paul introduced in 1954 as an affordable student model, built from a slab mahogany body with a single P-90 pickup. Its simple, raw, and powerful tone has made it a long-standing favorite of punk and rock players.

D'Angelico Excel SS

Semi-hollow electric guitar model

South Korea

The Excel SS is a single-cutaway semi-hollow electric guitar with a 15-inch laminated spruce top, maple back and sides, and a solid center block for sustain and feedback control. It uses a set three-piece neck with a C-shaped profile, an ebony fingerboard with split-block inlays, and a 25-inch scale. Two USA Seymour Duncan humbuckers with coil-splitting feed a gold tune-o-matic bridge and the brand's stairstep tailpiece, suiting jazz and roots playing.

Gibson Les Paul Classic

Electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

A Les Paul that combines a vintage-styled look with a slim 1960s-profile neck and higher-output pickups, originally marketed with a "1960" theme. It was designed to deliver classic Les Paul character with a faster-playing feel.

Gibson Les Paul Custom

Electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

The deluxe Les Paul introduced in 1954 and nicknamed the "Black Beauty," with multi-ply binding, an ebony fingerboard, block inlays, and gold hardware. It is the tuxedo of the Les Paul line, prized for both its elegant looks and its full tone.

Gibson Les Paul Supreme

Electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

A high-end Les Paul with a figured maple top and back, lavish binding and inlays, and often a chambered body. It sits at the ornate, premium end of the Les Paul range.

D'Angelico Premier SS

Semi-hollow electric guitar model

Indonesia

The Premier SS is a single-cutaway semi-hollow electric guitar with a 15-inch laminated maple body and a solid center block, a set maple neck with a C-shaped profile, a walnut fingerboard, and a 25-inch scale. Two D'Angelico humbuckers feed a nickel tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece. As the brand's most accessible single-cutaway semi-hollow, it brings the SS shape to the Premier series price point.

Danelectro '56

Single-cutaway Masonite-body electric guitar

Electric guitar

A single-cutaway electric guitar made by the American brand Danelectro, a reissue of Nathan Daniel's original 1956 U2 design. Like all classic Danos it uses a lightweight Masonite-and-poplar semi-hollow body, lipstick-tube pickups and a Coke-bottle/dolphin-nose headstock, delivering the bright, hollow Danelectro voice.

Duesenberg 49er

Single-cutaway maple-capped electric guitar

Electric guitar · Germany

A single-cutaway electric guitar from the German maker Duesenberg, with a maple cap on a mahogany body and a string-through fixed bridge rather than a tremolo. Like other Duesenbergs it uses a slightly longer scale than a typical single-cut and the brand's vintage-flavoured styling.

Silvertone 1303

Danelectro-built 'U2'-style electric guitar

Electric guitar · United States

A Danelectro-built electric guitar sold under Sears' Silvertone house brand, based on Danelectro's 'U2' design with a Masonite body and a pair of lipstick pickups. The 1303/U2 was reissued in 2013 as part of the Silvertone Classic series.

Reverend Six Gun

Three-single-coil bolt-on electric guitar

Electric guitar · South Korea

A sleek single-cutaway electric guitar from the American maker Reverend. The Six Gun III carries three Reverend Salnico single-coils with alnico-5 rod magnets for a traditional, articulate tone, on a korina body with a bolt-on neck, 25.5-inch scale and Bass Contour Control.

Reverend Charger

Retro single-cutaway bolt-on electric guitar

Electric guitar · South Korea

A retro-styled single-cutaway electric guitar from the American maker Reverend, offered as the humbucker-equipped Charger HB or the twin-P90 Charger 290. It uses a korina body, bolt-on neck, 25.5-inch scale and Reverend's Bass Contour Control.

Gibson Les Paul Standard

Electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

The benchmark Les Paul, with a carved maple top, two humbuckers, and a sunburst finish. Original 1958–1960 "Bursts" are among the most coveted electric guitars ever made, and the model defines the classic Les Paul sound.

Gretsch Duo Jet

Single-cutaway chambered solid-body electric guitar model family

Electric guitar · Japan

Introduced in 1953, the Duo Jet (G6128) is Gretsch's single-cutaway, chambered solid-body electric, built with a mahogany back and an arched laminated maple top that retains some hollow-body resonance. It carries twin Filter'Tron pickups and a Bigsby vibrato and was famously played by George Harrison.

Epiphone Les Paul 100

Electric guitar model

Electric guitar

An entry-level Epiphone Les Paul aimed at beginners, offering the familiar single-cutaway body and dual-humbucker layout of the Les Paul at a low price. It is a common first electric guitar.

Gordon-Smith Graduate

Single-cutaway electric guitar

The Graduate is a Gordon-Smith electric guitar known for a raw, honest British tone, part of the company's long-running range built in Higham Ferrers, England.

Ruokangas Unicorn

Carved-top electric guitar

Finland

The Unicorn, introduced in 2013, is a premium Ruokangas Guitars model hand-built in Finland, offered in Artisan and other appointments. It features carved tops and the workshop's signature woods and craftsmanship.

Knaggs Kenai

Single-cutaway carved-top electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

The Kenai is a Knaggs Guitars Influence Series single-cutaway electric guitar with a carved top and back, a set mahogany neck, a 24.75-inch scale, and 22 frets. It is offered in HH, HSS, H/P90 and single-humbucker layouts with the Knaggs Influence 2-in-1 bridge and string holder.

Paoletti Nancy

Chestnut-bodied single-cut electric guitar

Italy

The Nancy is a single-cutaway Paoletti electric guitar with a solid aged-chestnut body reclaimed from old wine barrels, handcrafted in Italy. Known for a warm, clear voice, it is built in several pickup layouts and the natural Wine Series finishes that define the Paoletti range.

Macmull Heartbreaker

Single-cutaway electric guitar

The Heartbreaker is a Macmull Custom Guitars single-cutaway electric with a bound one-piece alder body, bolt-on hard maple neck and Madagascar rosewood 9.5-inch radius fingerboard with 21 Dunlop 6105 frets. The Heartbreaker Custom variant is fitted with two of Macmull's matched RVT P-90 pickups.

Gordon-Smith GS2

Single-cutaway electric guitar

The GS2 is Gordon-Smith's twin-pickup single-cutaway, hand-built in the UK with a hand-carved mahogany body, a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard, an adjustable brass nut and a fixed bridge for sustain and tuning stability. It is offered in Heritage and Deluxe specifications.

Epiphone Les Paul Custom

Single-cutaway solid-body electric guitar model

Electric guitar

The Epiphone Les Paul Custom is the dressed-up version of the Les Paul, with multi-ply binding, gold hardware, a bound ebony fretboard with mother-of-pearl block inlays, and a split-diamond headstock inlay. It has a mahogany body with a maple cap, a one-piece mahogany neck, a 24.75-inch scale, 22 medium jumbo frets, a LockTone Tune-o-matic bridge and stop bar, and ProBucker Custom humbuckers based on Gibson's Custombucker pickups.

Friedman Metro-D

USA-built set-neck single-cutaway electric guitar with humbuckers

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.

Epiphone Les Paul Standard 60s

Single-cutaway solid-body electric guitar model

Electric guitar

The Epiphone Les Paul Standard 60s, part of the Inspired by Gibson Collection, recreates the look and feel of an early-1960s Les Paul Standard. It pairs a mahogany body with an AA flame maple top, a mahogany SlimTaper 60s neck with an Indian laurel fretboard and 22 frets, a 24.75-inch scale, a LockTone Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece, and ProBucker-2 and ProBucker-3 humbuckers with CTS electronics.

Duesenberg Caribou

Chambered single-cutaway electric guitar

Electric guitar · Germany

A single-cutaway electric guitar from the German maker Duesenberg, built from solid alder with large internal sound chambers for a direct yet open voice. It pairs a creamy Domino P90 in the neck with a GrandVintage humbucker at the bridge and Duesenberg's signature tremolo and art-deco styling.

Reverend Buckshot

Single-cutaway bolt-on electric guitar

Electric guitar · South Korea

A single-cutaway electric guitar from the American maker Reverend, with a roasted-maple bolt-on neck, 25.5-inch scale and the brand's Bass Contour Control. A Tele-style single-coil at the bridge and a Revtron mini-humbucker at the neck give it both twang and warmer, fuller tones.

Ernie Ball Music Man Armada

Electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

A more traditional rock electric from Ernie Ball Music Man introduced in 2014, built with a mahogany body, a carved figured-maple top, a set neck, and humbucking pickups. It paired the company's modern build quality with a classic single-cutaway-style voice.

Nik Huber Orca

Single-cutaway carved-top electric guitar model

Electric guitar · Germany

The Orca is a Nik Huber Guitars single-cutaway carved-top electric guitar built in Rodgau, Germany. It pairs a curly maple carved top over a mahogany body with a set mahogany neck and East Indian rosewood fingerboard, a 25-inch scale, two Häussel 1959 humbuckers, and an ABM AVR-2 bridge with aluminium tailpiece.