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Music MAn VAlentine treMolo

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PRICE: £2,649 (inc case) ORIGIN: USA TYPE: Offset double-cutaway, bolt-onneck electric BODY: Solid figured ash (tapered from bottom to top) NECK: Roasted maple, bolt-on SCALE LENGTH: 648mm (25.5”) NUT/WIDTH: Compensate­d/41.3mm FINGERBOAR­D: Roasted maple, 6.4mm black dots, 254mm (10”) radius FRETS: 22, stainless steel tall/ medium-fine HARDWARE: Music Man Modern vibrato with vintage bent steel saddles, Schaller M6-IND locking – chrome-plated STRING SPACING, BRIDGE: 54mm ELECTRICS: Custom wound Music Man ceramic humbucker in neck position and slanted pole-piece single coil at the bridge, three-way pickup selector, volume with push/push switch for active gain boost, tone with push/push switch for coil-split (neck) WEIGHT (kg/lb): 3.2/7.04 OPTIONS: No RANGE OPTIONS: The original, hardtail Valentine costs £2,549 LEFT-HANDERS: No FINISHES: Husker Red (as reviewed), Saturn Gold, Toluca Lake Blue, Trans Black, Trans Maroon, Trans Buttermilk. Gloss polyester body, gunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend to neck PROS: Build, sound, playabilit­y and style plus versatile sounds the Silent Circuit and onboard boost CONS: Hard-tail version aside, what you see is what you get. No lefties

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