Fender invented the electric Bass Guitar, introducing the Precision Bass in 1951. Its thick sound and indestructible build changed the face of popular music. New American Standard Precision basses are today's versions of the great instruments of bass heroes past and present - the modern interpretations of Fender's classic instrument, refined for today's players.The new American Standard Precision basses feature Fender's new high-mass vintage bridge, a thinner finish undercoat that lets the body breathe and improves resonance, new and improved Fender tuning keys that keep the classic look but are 30 percent lighter, a richer and deeper neck tint for a more elegant appearance, a great-looking glossed maple or rosewood fingerboard and satin back for smooth playability, and a new Fender-exclusive SKB molded case.

The Martin DC-1E Dreadnought Acoustic-Electric Guitar from the 1-Series is an affordable, solid wood-bodied guitar, backed by Martin's heritage of over 175 years in skilled building excellence and a limited lifetime warranty. Constructed from solid tonewoods including a Sitka spruce top, bookmatched Sapele back and sides, as well as an East Indian Rosewood fingerboard and bridge, the 1-Series DC-1E creates that legendary rich and commanding Martin sound guitarists everywhere have come to know and love. This Martin guitar comes equipped with a Fishman sound reinforcement system featuring volume and tone controls and an onboard digital chromatic tuner. It also comes with Martin SP strings for great long-lasting tone and sustain, as well as a hardshell case to provide protection and security.Model - DC-1EConstruction - Mortise / Tenon Neck JointBody Size - D-14 Fret CutawayTop - Solid Sitka SpruceRosette - Style 28Top Bracing Pattern - Modified Hybrid 'X' ScallopedTop Braces - Solid Sitka Spruce 5/16'Back Material - Solid SapeleSide Material - Solid SapeleEndpiece - Black BoltaronBinding - Black BoltaronTop Inlay Style - Black/White BoltaronNeck Material - Rust StratabondNeck Shape - Modified Low OvalNut Material - White CorianHeadstock - Solid/Standard TaperHeadplate - Indian Rosewood Pattern HPLHeelcap - Black BoltaronFingerboard Material - Solid MoradoScale Length - 25.4'Number of Frets - 20Width at Nut - 1-11/16'Finish - SatinCase - 345 HardshellElectronics - Fishman Presys Plus with Tuner

With its mahogany construction and simple appointments, the Martin D-15 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar is reminiscent of the 15 Series guitars of the 1940s. This Martin dreadnought marks the reintroduction of mahogany-top guitars to Martin's line. Body and neck constructed from genuine mahogany with a rosewood fretboard. The mahogany body and top is much lighter in weight than rosewood, koa, or maple and yields a surprisingly strong, warm sound with an emphasis on clear, bright, airy trebles.Specs:CONSTRUCTION: Mortise/Tenon Neck JointBODY SIZE: D-14 FretTOP: Solid Sapele or Solid Genuine MahoganyROSETTE: Herringbone Style - Gold & BlackTOP BRACING PATTERN: A-Frame ''X'' TOP BRACES: Solid Sitka Spruce 5/16''BACK MATERIAL: Solid Sapele or Solid Genuine MahoganySIDE MATERIAL: Solid Sapele or Solid Genuine MahoganyNECK MATERIAL: Select HardwoodNECK SHAPE: Modified Low OvalNUT MATERIAL: White CorianHEADSTOCK: Solid/Square TaperHEADPLATE: Solid East Indian Rosewood /Raised Gold FoilFINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Solid East Indian RosewoodSCALE LENGTH: 25.4''# OF FRETS CLEAR: 14 # OF FRETS TOTAL: 20FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT NUT: 1-11/16''FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT 12TH FRET: 2-1/8''FINGERBOARD POSITION INLAYS: Style 28FINISH BACK & SIDES: SatinFINISH TOP: SatinFINISH NECK: SatinBRIDGE MATERIAL: Solid East Indian RosewoodBRIDGE STYLE: BellyBRIDGE STRING SPACING: 2-1/8''SADDLE: 16'' Radius/Compensated/White TusqTUNING MACHINES: Chrome w/ Small ButtonsRECOMMENDED STRINGS: Martin Studio Performance Medium Phosphor Bronze (MSP4200)BRIDGE & END PINS: White w/ Black DotsPICKGUARD: Tortoise ColourCASE: Hard Case 345INTERIOR LABEL: Paper Label

With its mahogany construction and simple appointments, the Martin 000-15 Auditorium bodied Acoustic Guitar is reminiscent of the 15 Series guitars of the 1940s. Dark stain and a satin finish give it a distinctive look. The mahogany body and top is much lighter in weight than rosewood, koa, or maple and yields a surprisingly strong, warm sound with an emphasis on clear, bright, airy trebles. Martin includes a hardshell case with the 000-15.Specs:CONSTRUCTION: Mortise/Tenon Neck JointBODY SIZE: 000-14 FretTOP: Solid Sapele or Solid Genuine MahoganyROSETTE: Herringbone Style - Gold & BlackTOP BRACING PATTERN: A-Frame ''X''TOP BRACES: Solid Sitka Spruce 5/16''BACK MATERIAL: Solid Sapele or Solid Genuine MahoganySIDE MATERIAL: Solid Sapele or Solid Genuine MahoganyNECK MATERIAL: Select HardwoodNECK SHAPE: Modified Low OvalNUT MATERIAL: White CorianHEADSTOCK: Solid/Square TaperHEADPLATE: Solid East Indian Rosewood /Raised Gold FoilFINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Solid East Indian RosewoodSCALE LENGTH: 25.4''# OF FRETS CLEAR: 14# OF FRETS TOTAL: 20FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT NUT: 1-11/16''FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT 12TH FRET: 2-1/8''FINGERBOARD POSITION INLAYS: Style 28FINISH BACK & SIDES: SatinFINISH TOP: SatinFINISH NECK: SatinBRIDGE MATERIAL: Solid East Indian RosewoodBRIDGE STYLE: BellyBRIDGE STRING SPACING: 2-1/8''SADDLE: 16'' Radius/Compensated/White TusqTUNING MACHINES: Chrome w/ Small ButtonsRECOMMENDED STRINGS: Martin Studio Performance Light Phosphor Bronze (MSP4100)BRIDGE & END PINS: White w/ Black DotsPICKGUARD: Tortoise ColourCASE: Hard Case 330INTERIOR LABEL: Paper Label

Fender invented the electric Bass Guitar, introducing the Precision Bass in 1951. Its thick sound and indestructible build changed the face of popular music. New American Standard Precision basses are today's versions of the great instruments of Bass heroes past and present-the modern interpretations of a classic instrument, refined for today's players.The new American Standard Precision basses feature a new high-mass vintage bridge, a thinner finish undercoat that lets the body breathe and improves resonance, new and improved Fender tuning keys that keep the classic look but are 30 percent lighter, a richer and deeper neck tint for a more elegant appearance, a great-looking rosewood fingerboard and satin back for smooth playability, a new Fender-exclusive SKB molded case and a gorgeous new Blizzard Pearl finish option.

Gibson have been producing the Les Paul Studio Guitar since 1983. Originally developed for studio artists, but also adopted by countless players of all stripes, the Les Paul Studio Guitar combines stripped down appointments with the full tonal splendor and unrivaled playability of a Les Paul Standard at a siginificant saving.All the elements of the legendary Les Paul Standard are still there, including that fat and sweet maple-and-mahogany tone through two genuine Gibson humbucking pickups. By eliminating a little of the window dressing - namely, building the Guitar without binding around the body or fingerboard, and applying an elegant gold silscreen logo in place of an inlay - the Les Paul Studio weighs in at a price that players have found irresistible for three decades.

Over the course of the quarter century since its introduction, the Les Paul Studio model has proved a major favorite with guitarists looking for full-bore Les Paul tone and performance in a down-to-business package that is light on frills, heavy on swagger, and easy on the pocket. Now the Les Paul Studio Pro Faded, a Musician's Friend Exclusive from Gibson USA, bundles together the classic raw and rockin' ingredients that helped to make many '50s Les Paul variations legendary, and offers them in a great new member of the Studio line. A simplified finishing process leaves the beautiful grain of the carved mahogany top in full luscious view through your choice of Worn Cherry or Worn Brown, while a lack of binding around the body top and fingerboard gives a tactile, organic look and feel to the instrument as a whole. Where tone and performance are concerned, however, the Studio Pro Faded cuts no corners, with the timeless hardware that has helped to make Les Pauls total sustain monsters for more than five decades, and a set of high-performance PAF-style humbucking pickups with coil-splitting wiring to drive it all home.Mahogany is a time-tested tonewood with a long history at Gibson, and has always formed the core of the Les Paul tone, as it does again here in the Les Paul Studio Pro Faded from Musician's Friend. In this model, the strategic placement of several tone chambers enhances resonance while also reducing the guitar's overall weight considerably, without sacrificing an ounce of punch or sustain. And even in this more affordable instrument from Gibson USA, the glued-in solid-mahogany neck is cut to the superior 'quarter-sawn' grain orientation for superior strength and optimum resonance transfer between neck and body. A comfortable, rounded 'Studio 50s' neck profile adds to that tactile feel of yesteryear, and is topped with a PLEK-cut Corian nut and a set of vintage Kluson-style tuners with pearloid keystone buttons.Of course, any well-built guitar needs a pair of great pickups to drive the tone home, and the Les Paul Studio Pro Faded is equipped with some beauties. Derived from Gibson's legendary PAF humbucker design of the late '50s and early '60s, the Burstbucker Pro pickups are made with genuine Alnico V magnets and given a few extra turns of 42 AWG coil wire to bring them in at the hotter side of vintage humbucker specs. The results speak for themselves in throaty warm neck tones and plenty of aggression and bite from the bridge, and just pop up the black 'speed knobs' on each pickup's volume control to access independent coil taps for each unit, achieving authentic single-coil tones for enhanced versatility. Anchor it all with a Tone Pro® bridge and tailpiece precision crafted in the image of Gibson's legendary Tune-o-matic and stopbar pairing, and finish it off with Gibson USA's acclaimed set up, and you've got an astounding guitar for its price.

The new American Standard Stratocaster guitars are beauties to behold in sound, look and feel.Features include hand-rolled fingerboard edges, alnico V pickups, staggered tuners, improved bridge with bent steel saddles and copper-infused high-mass block for increased resonance and sustain, tinted neck, high-gloss maple or rosewood fretboard, satin neck back for smooth playability, thin-finish undercoat that lets the body breathe and improves resonance, and Fender® exclusive SKB® molded case.Neck Shape - Modern 'C' ShapeNumber of Frets - 22Fret Size - Medium JumboPosition Inlays - Black Dot Position InlaysFretboard Radius - 9.5' (24.1cm)Fretboard - MapleNeck Material - MapleNeck Finish - Satin UrethaneNut Width - 1.685' (42.8mm)Scale Length - 25.5' (64.8cm)Neck Plate - 4-Bolt Neck Plate with Micro-TiltTruss Rod - Bi-Flex Truss Rod SystemPickup Configuration - S/S/SBridge Pickup - American Stract Single-CoilMiddle Pickup - American Stract Single-CoilNeck Pickup - American Stract Single-CoilSwitching - 5 position bladeControls - Master Volume, Tone 1, Tone 2Hardware - ChromeBridge - 2-point synchronized tremolo with Vintage Style bent steel saddlesTuning machines - Deluxe staggered cast/sealed tuning machinesString Nut - Synthetic BoneSwitch tip - ParchmentTremolo Arm/Handle - American Standard Series Tremolo ArmCase - Molded rectangular SKB case

During the height of Gibson's original 'Golden Era,' the company's only bass guitar at the time - the EB0 - underwent the same radical transformation as the Les Pauls, which were being redesigned as the now classic SG. It was a bold move and it paid off, bringing Gibson basses to the forefront. Today's SG Standard Bass recreates the classic, dual-pickup version, staying true to the design and specs of the original, including the popular 30.5-inch scale length.Gibson's innovative three-way adjustable bridge is the standard for simplicity and functionality. It provides players with the ability to adjust and fine-tune the height of the SG Standard Bass' strings in all directions - front, back, and side-to-side - which gives the bridge a 'floating' feature, thus allowing the bass to be equipped with a variety of string gauges and multiple set-up options. The SG Reissue's legendary resonance, tone, and sustain is the result of anchoring the bridge directly into the body at its three adjustable points, which provides a firm seating for the strings and yields a strong union between the strings and body. Readily accessible screws make setting the intonation simple. To this day, Gibson's three-way adjustable bridge remains an industry standard. It is the epitome of form and function in bass guitar bridge design.Like all classic Gibson guitars, the necks on the SG Standard Basses are distinguished by one of the more traditional features that have always set them apart - a glued neck joint. Gluing the neck to the body of the guitar insures a 'wood-to-wood' contact, no air space in the neck cavity, and maximum contact between the neck and body, allowing the neck and body to function as a single unit. The result? Better tone, better sustain, and no loose or misaligned necks.The pickups on the early Gibson basses of the 1960s remained unchanged for many years, undergoing only minor cosmetic modifications from time to time, but staying true to the originals' sonic characteristics. The pickups in today's SG Standard Bass - the vintage-style TB Plus humbucker and TB mini humbucker - are wax-potted and capture and recreate the classic attributes of those early Gibson basses. The TB plus humbucker in the neck is a traditional hum-cancelling bass pickup with a full frequency, heavy-bottom sound, similar to pickups with a passive EQ. The EB mini humbucker in the bridge is traditionally smaller but packs a sweet punch with exceptional mid-range presence. This combination makes the SG Standard Bass a versatile instrument with a wide range of tonal possibilities.Rosewood has always graced the fingerboards of the world's finest stringed instruments, including many of today's Gibsons. The fingerboard on the Gibson SG Standard Bass is constructed from the highest grade rosewood on the planet. The rosewood is personally inspected and qualified by Gibson's team of skilled wood experts before it enters the factories to be fitted onto the neck of the SG Standard Bass. The resilience of this dense and durable wood makes these fingerboards extremely balanced and stable, and gives each note unparalleled clarity and bite.

The NCX1200R offers the sophistication of a Classical Guitar along with the outstanding playability and rich, high-quality tone of a truly professional instrument.The NCX line guitars inherit many of the characteristics of classical guitars, such as fingerboard width, neck shape, body thickness, and 12th fret joint. Their cutaway bodies and lower string height offer more flexible playability. The NCX line is designed to provide not only classical guitarists with an instruments that is a pleasure to play, but other guitarists playing a wide range of musical styles from Flamenco to Latin to Popular, and much more.Features:Body: Classical Style and Standard DepthTop: Solid Sitka SpruceBack: Solid RosewoodSides: Solid RosewoodNeck: African MahoganyBody Depth: 94-100mmNut Width: 52mmString Length: 650mm (25 9/16')Colour: NaturalPreamp: System61 2way A.R.T.Standard Accessory: Form Case

The Jos‚ Ram¡rez 'R' line of Classical Guitars was designed by Jos‚ Ram¡rez IV in 1991 and is part of the Ramirez 'Studio' range of Guitars.'R' models have a slightly smaller body than the 'E' models (also part of the 'Studio' range) which lends these guitars a bright sound with a sweet, endearing quality.R1 construction: solid Canadian red cedar top, laminated African mahogany sides and back, solid ebony fingerboard, 650mm string length, 52mm nut width.Ramirez Guitars are available at the Classical Guitar Room in Musicroom's York store, Banks Music. For further information call 01904 658836.

Gibson have been producing the Les Paul Studio Guitar since 1983. Originally developed for studio artists, but also adopted by countless players of all stripes, the Les Paul Studio Guitar combines stripped down appointments with the full tonal splendor and unrivaled playability of a Les Paul Standard at a siginificant saving.All the elements of the legendary Les Paul Standard are still there, including that fat and sweet maple-and-mahogany tone through two genuine Gibson humbucking pickups. By eliminating a little of the window dressing - namely, building the Guitar without binding around the body or fingerboard, and applying an elegant gold silscreen logo in place of an inlay - the Les Paul Studio weighs in at a price that players have found irresistible for three decades.