Musician's Friend - January 2012

Honoring Carlos’ legacy
with an SE Santana

“You can actually buy a guitar at this price point and be confident that you bought something that you’ll love. Looks great (orange color), stays in tune, awesome tone, neck is smooth and very playable, and affordable........ buy it!”

— David Elliot from Nashville, TN musiciansfriend.com Customer Review

SE Santana

It’s the first guitar in the SE series offered with
a 24-1/2"-scale length and also the first SE cre-
ated using the same silhouette as Carlos’
revered American-made PRS models. The
wide-fat mahogany neck promotes fleet
fingering on the 22 frets adorned with
“old-school” birds while PRS-designed
humbuckers offer clear, well-defined
tones from clean to crunch to hot, full-
crank mode. The PRS-designed tuners
and PRS-designed tremolo keep you in
tune no matter how adventuresome
your playing may become. Choose
black; or add $30 for Santana
yellow (shown) or orange finish.
Includes PRS deluxe gig bag.
H69094................................ MSRP $1,069.00 $69400

Tremonti SE Designed with Mark Tremonti of Alter Bridge/Creed. Fully loaded with PRS- designed features: treble and bass hum- buckers with a 3-way pickup selector on the upper bout, volume and tone control for each pickup,
nickel tuners, and wraparound bridge/tailpiece. The bound
mahogany body and mahogany neck provide plenty of bite and grind while
the 22-fret, wide-fat neck carve adds extra tonal resonance. Choose black
(shown) or vintage cherry finish.
H70031..................................... MSRP $839.00 $54500

SE Custom 24 PRS design and quality offer out- standing tone and playability. The racy flattop double-cutaway body has the out- standing wood combo of mahogany back and maple top with a curly maple veneer. The 24-fret, wide-thin maple neck is smooth and responsive to the most challenging riffs. Includes a PRS-designed tremolo that lets you dive-bomb like crazy and stay in tune. PRS humbuckers provide the crunch and molten tones you crave. Other touches include bird fingerboard inlays and natural maple binding. Choose orange (shown), tri-color sunburst or gray black finish. Includes PRS deluxe gig bag. H70029................................. MSRP $1,046.00 $67900

SE Mikael Akerfeldt
Distinctive SE specs from the Opeth metal
master. To power his progressive metal band,
Mikael chose an extra-thick single-cutaway
mahogany body with flamed maple top. Open-coil HFS
and Vintage Bass humbuckers crank out his melodic and
brutal tones. The wide-fat set mahogany neck with 24 jumbo frets plays fast
and smooth with enhanced sustain. Ebony fretboard, PRS-designed tremolo,
and non-locking tuners, plus gold hardware complete Mikael’s design. Tortoise
shell finish. Includes PRS deluxe gig bag.

423365................................... MSRP $1,023.00 $67900

2 Single Packs Of Ernie Ball Strings & Poly Strap ($25.00 MSRP) With Purchase Of H71713

JP100D John Petrucci Signature Model
with DiMarzio Pickups
A deluxe version of the modern shredders
dream guitar with DiMarzio pickups and
sleek, modern styling. Based on the “Ball Family Reserve”
JP6, this one has a slightly larger basswood body, a scooped forearm contour,
and is capped with a figured, quilted maple top. The maple neck with rosewood
fretboard and 24 jumbo frets has a slightly asymmetrical back carve with a flat-
ter bass side to naturally fit the curve of your hand. Other shred-friendly features
include a Sterling Modern Trem bridge, locking tuners, and 2 DiMarzio pickups
with an diagonally angled 3-way pickup switch for easier access. 3 tone sunburst
finish. Includes Sterling deluxe gig bag, trem bar and adjustment tools.
H71713................................... MSRP $1, 139.00 $79900

1 3-Pack Of Ernie Ball Strings & Poly Strap
($19.97 Combined MSRP) With Purchase Of 424104 Or 518582

Ball Family Reserve John Petrucci BFR 6 with Piezo An exciting signature model that lets you go instantly from electric to acous- tic. It gives you incredibly heavy electric guitar tones, but also gives you the option of great-sound- ing acoustic guitar tones. DiMarzio LiquiFire neck and Crunch Lab bridge humbuckers deliver the extended lows and stinging treble tones that Petrucci uses. A push/pull tone control gives you the option of having all 4 coils on or just the 2 middle coils. A second toggle (on the upper bout) lets you select the standard magnetic pickups, the piezo acoustic pickup, or both. Go to our website for many more details. Choose island burst (shown), cherry burst, ruby burst, black burst or Bahama blue burst finish. Includes Music Man hardshell case. 424104................................. MSRP $4,250.00 297500

John Petrucci 6
with Piezo Bridge

Astounding acoustic and electric tonal versatility. A 3-way pickup selector and a series/ parallel toggle control 2 custom Petrucci

DiMarzio humbuckers and a bridge piezo pickup for an impressive array of electric and acoustic sounds. The

5-bolt maple neck mounts to the basswood body with perfect alignment while the sculpted neck joint allows free access to upper frets. Schaller locking tuners and a custom Petrucci tremolo complete the hardware. Choose mystic dream (shown; add $413), pearl red burst, white pearl or stealth black with ebony fretboard (add $133) finish. Includes Music Man hardshell case.