2003 Valley Arts Custom Pro USA: Quilted Maple Trans Black, Mike McGuire gold sign

Built in the USA in 2003 and signed in gold by Mike McGuire on the back of the headstock. Valley Arts co-founder McGuire built guitars for some of the most demanding session players in L.A. and Nashville. This one has a stunning quilted maple top in a deep Slate Trans Black finish that seems to ripple in the light! It sits on an ash body that shows its grain through the transparent black on the back. The birdseye maple neck carries a matching birdseye headstock face, gold hardware and Gotoh H.A.P. tuners and rare Gotoh bridge! It's a true boutique superstrat with the clarity and punch of EMG pickups in an HSS layout. It's in very good condition and comes in its original Valley Arts hardshell case with the tremolo arm and paperwork.

Some specs:

Body: ash with a bookmatched quilted maple top
Neck: birdseye maple, bolt-on with a Valley Arts "Made in USA" neckplate
Fretboard: rosewood, 22 frets, dot inlays
Nut width: 1.687" (42.8mm)
Neck width/depth (1st fret): 1.69" wide, ~0.80" deep
Neck width/depth (12th fret): 2.06" wide, ~0.88" deep
Pickups: EMG SA single-coils (neck/middle) and an EMG-85 humbucker (bridge), all active
Electronics: 1 master volume, 1 master tone, 5-way selector switch
Bridge: two-point vintage-style Gotoh tremolo with gold block saddles
Tuners: Gotoh H.A.P. (height-adjustable post), gold
Scale length: 25.5"
Finish: Slate Trans Black gloss, with a black-stained birdseye maple headstock face
Hardware: gold
Signature: Mike McGuire, in gold on the back of the headstock
Case: original Valley Arts hardshell case
Case candy: tremolo arm, original paperwork

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