Custom 24
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The Vox
Custom 24 was one of a group of guitars produced in Japan by the Matsumoku
company between 1982-85. Matsumoku had already produced guitars for Aria
and other brands such as Westbury and were recognised as leaders in performance, innovation and quality. The electronics in these guitars were designed by Adrian Legg
. The guitars are passive but the complex switching allows for a wide variety of sounds, making them extremely versatile instruments. Build quality was excellent throughout the range. The Custom guitars are the better quality of the two types but all are very fine instruments.
The Custom 24 is a 24" (Les Paul comparable scale) scale guitar with a "through neck" construction, featuring a thin C shaped neck profile and 24 vintage style low frets. The neck and body of the guitar are fashioned from heavy rock maple, and the bound fretboard is made from rosewood. The guitar also features a stop tailpiece with an adjustable bridge that differs slightly from a traditional tune-o-matic type found commonly on the Gibson Les Paul.
The Vox Custom 24 is also equipped with stock DiMarzio X2N humbuckers, which have among the highest output of any commercially available pickup. Switching on the guitar body allows the pickups to be shifted between series/parallel wiring, and a phase switch can be used to place the two pickup outputs out of sonic phase with one another, creating a very wide range of outputs and tones possible.
Custom 24 can also refer to a guitar model made by Paul Reed Smith
.
Vox (musical equipment)
Vox is a musical equipment manufacturer which is most famous for making the Vox AC30 guitar amplifier, the Vox Continental electric organ, and a series of innovative but commercially unsuccessful electric guitars and bass guitars...
Custom 24 was one of a group of guitars produced in Japan by the Matsumoku
Matsumoku
Matsumoku Industrial was established around 1900 as a woodworking manufacturer of various items but is best known as a manufacturer of high quality guitars and bass guitars.- History :...
company between 1982-85. Matsumoku had already produced guitars for Aria
Aria
An aria in music was originally any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. The term is now used almost exclusively to describe a self-contained piece for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment...
and other brands such as Westbury and were recognised as leaders in performance, innovation and quality. The electronics in these guitars were designed by Adrian Legg
Adrian Legg
Adrian Legg is an English guitar player who has been called "impossible to categorize". He plays custom guitars that are a hybrid of electric and acoustic, and his fingerstyle picking technique has been acknowledged by the readers of Guitar Player who voted Legg the "best acoustic fingerstyle"...
. The guitars are passive but the complex switching allows for a wide variety of sounds, making them extremely versatile instruments. Build quality was excellent throughout the range. The Custom guitars are the better quality of the two types but all are very fine instruments.
The Custom 24 is a 24" (Les Paul comparable scale) scale guitar with a "through neck" construction, featuring a thin C shaped neck profile and 24 vintage style low frets. The neck and body of the guitar are fashioned from heavy rock maple, and the bound fretboard is made from rosewood. The guitar also features a stop tailpiece with an adjustable bridge that differs slightly from a traditional tune-o-matic type found commonly on the Gibson Les Paul.
The Vox Custom 24 is also equipped with stock DiMarzio X2N humbuckers, which have among the highest output of any commercially available pickup. Switching on the guitar body allows the pickups to be shifted between series/parallel wiring, and a phase switch can be used to place the two pickup outputs out of sonic phase with one another, creating a very wide range of outputs and tones possible.
Custom 24 can also refer to a guitar model made by Paul Reed Smith
PRS Guitars
PRS Guitars is an American guitar manufacturer headquartered in Stevensville, Maryland. PRS Guitars was founded by guitarist and luthier Paul Reed Smith in 1985. The company is one of the leading manufacturers of high-end electric guitars.-Materials:...
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