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The A1.6D LTD ($1,199) boasts an alder body, thin C profile three-piece maple neck and ebony fingerboard with 24 stainless steel frets and Luminlay side dots. There’s also a 25.5” scale, Solar locking tuners, EverTune bridge, Duncan Solar pickups, single volume and tone controls and distressed hardware and body finish.
The A1.7D LTD ($1,299) is a seven-string model with a 26.5” scale. Otherwise, features are similar to its A1.6D LTD counterpart, including an alder body, thin C profile three-piece maple neck, ebony fingerboard with 24 stainless steel frets and Luminlay side dots, Solar locking tuners, EverTune bridge, Duncan Solar pickups, single volume and tone controls, distressed hardware and body finish.
The A1.7D LTD is limited to 200 pieces and comes with a gigbag and hand-signed/numbered certificate.
Both models are available for preorder now from Solar Guitars.
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Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.
