b3 SL Deluxe Hollow Dark Burst w/Throbaks Light Relic (USED, 2022)

b3 SL Deluxe Hollow Dark Burst w/Throbaks Light Relic (USED, 2022)
b3 SL Deluxe Hollow Dark Burst w/Throbaks Light Relic (USED, 2022)
b3 SL Deluxe Hollow Dark Burst w/Throbaks Light Relic (USED, 2022)
b3 SL Deluxe Hollow Dark Burst w/Throbaks Light Relic (USED, 2022)
b3 SL Deluxe Hollow Dark Burst w/Throbaks Light Relic (USED, 2022)
b3 SL Deluxe Hollow Dark Burst w/Throbaks Light Relic (USED, 2022)
b3 SL Deluxe Hollow Dark Burst w/Throbaks Light Relic (USED, 2022)
b3 SL Deluxe Hollow Dark Burst w/Throbaks Light Relic (USED, 2022)
b3 SL Deluxe Hollow Dark Burst w/Throbaks Light Relic (USED, 2022)
b3 SL Deluxe Hollow Dark Burst w/Throbaks Light Relic (USED, 2022)
b3 SL Deluxe Hollow Dark Burst w/Throbaks Light Relic (USED, 2022)
b3 SL Deluxe Hollow Dark Burst w/Throbaks Light Relic (USED, 2022)
b3 SL Deluxe Hollow Dark Burst w/Throbaks Light Relic (USED, 2022)
b3 SL Deluxe Hollow Dark Burst w/Throbaks Light Relic (USED, 2022)
b3 SL Deluxe Hollow Dark Burst w/Throbaks Light Relic (USED, 2022)
b3 SL Deluxe Hollow Dark Burst w/Throbaks Light Relic (USED, 2022)
b3 SL Deluxe Hollow Dark Burst w/Throbaks Light Relic (USED, 2022)
b3 SL Deluxe Hollow Dark Burst w/Throbaks Light Relic (USED, 2022)
b3 SL Deluxe Hollow Dark Burst w/Throbaks Light Relic (USED, 2022)
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b3 SL Deluxe Hollow Dark Burst w/Throbaks Light Relic (USED, 2022)

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The core of a b3 SL Deluxe's design is simple in theory - take the best aspects of a Stratocaster and a Les Paul and combine them. While other builders like Paul Reed Smith have worked from similar concepts - Fender meets Gibson - b3 guitars have a decidedly more vintage feel and tone vs a PRS (makes sense given that Gene was a Master Builder at the Fender Custom Shop and also spent time at Gibson's Custom Shop - he has intimate knowledge of what makes great instruments from those brands tick).

This lightly relic'd Dark Burst SL Deluxe features a 4/5A flame maple top, hollow mahogany body (sans F hole), mahogany neck w/a rosewood board, 59 carve (.89"-.98"), 12" radius, trapezoid inlays, Throbak SLE-101+ humbuckers, TonePros bridge/tailpiece, 24.625" scale, and a 1 11/16" nut. 

Gibson players will no doubt recognize these specs as the basic "recipe" for a Les Paul style guitar. For all intents and purposes, this is a Les Paul (save for its hollowbody construction) - but - its quite a bit more comfortable with better balance, a tummy cut, and effortless upper fret access. 

Throbak SLE-101+ humbuckers are well established at the shop here (via Collings guitars). They deliver a clear and complex midrange, medium output, and a clear, articulate top end that excels at both clean and overdriven tones. You can easily pull gorgeous, almost ES-335-like clean tones out of this guitar in addition to killer overdriven tones (there's also a coil tap via the push/pull tone knob).

Condition: Like new. 

A fine example of modern and vintage aesthetic brought together by a legendary Master Builder - at a discount vs new. What else could you want? Priced with hardshell case.

  • Mahogany body, hollow (no F-hole)
  • Dark Burst, light aging
  • 4/5A flame maple top
  • Mahogany neck
  • Rosewood fingerboard
  • 59 Carve - .89"-.98"
  • Cream binding & pickup surrounds
  • 24.625" scale length
  • 12" Radius
  • 6105 frets, 22
  • 1.687" nut width
  • Throbak SLE-101+ Humbuckers
  • Volume, Volume, Tone, Tone (coil tap via push/pull), 3-way
  • Lightly Aged Nickel hardware
  • TonePros TOM bridge
  • Dunlop straplocks
  • Grover Kluson tuners
  • Strung with 10's
  • G&G Hardshell Case
  • Weight 6lbs 13oz
  • SN 21 070

 

 

 


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Sarah runs a painting and design studio based in Malletts Bay, Vermont, nestled near the Winooski River. Her work explores the intersection of fine art and functional design, often through collaborative projects with some of our favorite independent builders like Creston and Iris.

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