The A5M ARE traditional western body cutaway guitar features all-solid mahogany back and sides and a hand-selected Sitka spruce top with original Yamaha A
running the Broadcast at 18v or 24v gives it more headroom
Saddle: Compensated White Tusq
The finish is characteristically weather checked as older instruments are prone to do
maple top and pair of 490 R & T humbucking pickups with Alnico II magnets provide classic tone
Gibson Custom Shop 60th Anniversary 1961 SG Les Paul Standard VOS Cherry Red (341) swag The A5M ARE traditional western1961 brought some big changes to the Gibson Les Paul, most notably a sleek, all new, double cutaway, all mahogany body design that would later be renamed the SG. This Gibson Custom Shop model recreates those cherished originals, complete with a Sideways Vibrola, a side pull action vibrato that is similar to those found on models from the early 1960s. It also has a bound Authentic '61 Thin Profile mahogany neck, Kluson tuners, an ABR 1 Tune O Matic