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Premier Series Bedford Grateful Dead Special Edition Electric Guitar

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Overview

Feed your head with this unique Dead-themed guitar.

Designed, along the the rest of D'Angelico's Premier Series, to focus on playability, tone and signature aesthetics, the Special Edition Grateful Dead Bedford is not just a sleek, lightweight solid offset-body guitar with tone that is versatile and organic, but way to proudly carry your Deadhead colors, with the signature "Dancing Bears" graphic. Featuring Duncan-Designed pickups, the combination of a stacked single-coil in the neck and a humbucker in the bridge position, along with push/pull coil-tap access, enables you to explore a wide range of tone with a unique look.

Features

  • Gloss finish basswood body with Grateful Dead "Dancing Bear" graphics
  • Soft-"C" profile set-in maple neck with 22-fret. 14" radius ovankol fretboard
  • Duncan-Designed stacked single-coil (neck) and humbucker (bridge) with coil-tap and 3-way switching
  • Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece, Rotomatic "Stairstep" tuners

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Specs

Premier Series Bedford Grateful Dead Special Edition Electric Guitar Specifications:

Body
  • Body shape: Offset
  • Body type: Solid body
  • Body material: Solid wood
  • Top wood:
  • Body wood: Basswood
  • Body finish: Gloss with Dancing Bear graphics
  • Orientation: Right handed
Neck
  • Neck shape: C soft
  • Neck wood: Maple
  • Joint: Set-in
  • Scale length: 24.75 in.
  • Truss rod: Standard
  • Neck finish: Satin
Fretboard
  • Material: Ovankol
  • Radius: 14 in.
  • Fret size: Medium
  • Number of frets: 22
  • Inlays: Mother-of-pearl 
  • Nut width: 1.68 in. (42.67 mm) Not specified
Pickups
  • Configuration: SH 
  • Neck: Stacked single-coil
  • Middle:
  • Bridge: Humbucker
  • Brand: Duncan Designed
  • Active or passive pickups: Passive
  • Series or parallel: Series
  • Piezo: No
  • Active EQ: No
  • Special electronics: Not applicable
Controls
  • Control layout: Volume 1, volume 2, tone 1, tone 2
  • Pickup switch: 3-way
  • Coil tap or split: Coil tap
  • Kill switch: No
Hardware
  • Bridge type: Fixed
  • Bridge design: Tune-o-matic
  • Tailpiece: Stopbar
  • Tuning machines: Rotomatic "Starstep"
  • Color: Chrome
Other
  • Number of strings: 6-string
  • Special features: None
  • Case: Gig bag
  • Accessories:
  • Country of origin: Indonesia
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