Swamp Ash back: Deep low-lows and softly sparkling highs with an open, scooped middle make for a breathtakingly musical presentation of subtle nuances. Mahogany back: focused and aggressive mids bring humbuckers roaring to life and offer an overall powerful experience-, a very popular choice. Today, along with your choice of flame or quilted maple, walnut or koa top, Drop Top now offers four choices of body backing tone wood to bring the sonic character you desire from your “S” to bear on the bandstand:Īlder back: our most popular backing wood, its lower-mid fullness and upper-mid bump give a familiar “S” timbre that supports the lower-end fullness of single coil pickups and humbuckers alike while its upper-mid penetration makes sure other instruments are unable to step into your spot on stage. The result is a guitar that not only plays effortlessly, is extremely comfortable, and sounds amazing but is so darn good looking that if you don’t dress well it just may upstage you. What is the one color that you have always imagined yourself holding?Īnd what is the best part of dreams? It is the moment you awaken to find that reality now exceeds them.īefore the introduction of the magnificent Drop Top in 1990, the number of “S” style guitars that had a maple top that was “dropped” to create a comfortable forearm contour were exactly zero.Īs a result of this design, a body top thickness of 3/16 of an inch is chosen, which actually enhances and enrichens the sonic character of the instrument. But if your preference is a shimmering shine Anderson has all those wonderful Gloss colors as well. Anderson has the smoothest Satin finishes in all the colors. And almost every Anderson option is available, as long as it does not alter the time-honored look.Īnother interesting aspect of Icon is that many are ordered with Satin Finishes. So you could say: Icon looks just right and plays just right. Icon has the look but not the limited playability, so all the Anderson attributes are soundly intact with the vintage visual attractions of: It is the no compromise vintage guitar.īut Icon does it in a totally iconic way, and with no vintage compromises. Yes, Icon is in production and it is magnificent. Giant vintage tones resound beyond normal expectations and unlimited string bends abound-push ‘em as far as you can push-still ringing out. Nowhere near a copycat of any kind, Icon lifts you on wings of unprecedented playability, tonality and resonance that are really astounding. Soft, soothing open middle lays the groundwork to showcase rich low, lows highlighted with sparkling and softly sweet, musical highs.īasswood: Soft and bountiful midrange makes itself abundant as this is the wood that defined the core humbucker sound of the 80s in a 25 1/2-inch scale length guitar. Swamp Ash: The open and ethereal, delicate, airy and complex “S” tone. Humbuckers enjoy a lower end bump and slightly less all-middle-only tone. It is these qualities that bring big single coil tones effortlessly forward in the mix, when paired with the right amp for you.
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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.Īlder: Is the first and most popular choice among players, as an alder body bestows it gifts of full and boosted low-mid frequencies accompanied by predominate upper mid prominence. Bliss is restored to the musical world in the form of: The Classic. That you cannot have a vintage instrument that will play like lightning, sing like angels and be reasonably priced.īut when looked deeply, this is a mistaken perception and once perception is corrected, bliss returns. This is a mindset that surrounds the legend of the “vintage guitar.” That it is unobtainable. A fantasy is the belief that there is no such thing in the real world. When something remains as an unrealized dream for long enough it becomes a fantasy. Clearly undisputed, “Yes!” is the answer.
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