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Designed by 12-string guitarist and vintage guitar expert Paul Brett as a fitting tribute to the pioneering blues era of the 1930's and in particular, the legendary Blind Willie McTell, the Vintage V5000SB-12 Statesboro oozes pure nostalgia from every pore. Featuring a solid spruce top, with maple back and mahogany sides elegantly mated to a mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, the Statesboros rosewood bridge with bone saddle and bone nut provides excellent intonation and tone, with plenty of volume.
œUsing the designs of the legendary Stella guitars crafted by Oscar Schmidt in the early 20th century, says Paul œVintage and I have created a homage to the iconic model that Willie himself played. Obviously we have updated various elements to morph into todays market, but in essence, it looks like and certainly sounds like a big blues machine of that era.
Available in both acoustic (V5000SB-12) and electro-acoustic models (VE5000SB-12 “ with the addition of a Fishman PRO-REP-102 Rare Earth Humbucker soundhole pickup system) the Statesboro is ideal for traditional blues pickers and is also able to handle many other styles and tunings, depending on string gauges.
Supplied with Kinsman Hardshell case.
Paul Bretts string gauge suggestions.
"On my Statesboro I use 11 to 50's tuned down a tone but with the bass pair dropped to C. If i used heavier strings I would only tune down to B, never to concert pitch to avoid damaging the guitar."
VE5000 Features
Top:
Solid spruce.
Sides:
Mahogany.
Back:
Maple.
Neck:
Mahogany with maple veneer headstock.
Binding:
White.
Scale length:
675mm/26.5".
Bridge:
Tech wood.
Saddle:
Bone.
Nut:
50mm bone.
Machine heads:
Chrome with cream buttons.
Strings:
High quality US made.
E - 0.10/.10
B - 0.14/0.14
G - 0.23/0.08
D - 0.30/0.12
A “ 0.40/0.18
E “ 0.50/0.26
Tailpiece:
Metal trapeze style.
Electronics:
Fishman® Rare Earth humbucker soundhole pickup with cutting-edge neodymium magnets, the Rare Earth pickups offer a warmer, more natural acoustic tone, along with exceptional accuracy and increased musicality.
Active electronics and neodymium magnet structure for exceptional string balance and sparkling acoustic clarity.
Miniature batteries mount conveniently on the underside of the pickup (batteries included)
Low-current design of the preamp allows up to 240 hours between battery changes.
Case:
Kinsman hardshell case included.
The Statesboro„ is an original Vintage® guitar designed and created by Paul Brett and the UK Vintage design team.
You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. We'll also pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.).
You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).
If you need to return an item, simply login to your account, view the order using the "Complete Orders" link under the My Account menu and click the Return Item(s) button. We'll notify you via e-mail of your refund once we've received and processed the returned item.
We can ship to virtually any address in the world. Note that there are restrictions on some products, and some products cannot be shipped to international destinations.
When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you choose. Depending on the shipping provider you choose, shipping date estimates may appear on the shipping quotes page.
Please also note that the shipping rates for many items we sell are weight-based. The weight of any such item can be found on its detail page. To reflect the policies of the shipping companies we use, all weights will be rounded up to the next full pound.
