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The Valley Arts T-Series electric guitar offers astounding tone and handcrafted construction. Its single-cutaway, Tele-style body is made of solid ash for a clear, bright, focused tone that's great for everything from country picking to rock rhythms, solos, and beyond. The T-Series includes a maple neck and fingerboard that's both fast and comfortable, and the locking Spertzel tuners and hardtail bridge keep everything stable and in tune. Two great-sounding Duncan single-coil pickups are also on board the T-Series.
Valley Arts Guitar is an American electric guitar manufacturer currently owned and operated by the Gibson Guitar Corporation. Mike McGuire and Al Carness founded the company in the mid-1970s in North Hollywood, California, a district of Los Angeles, California in the San Fernando Valley; the name 'Valley Arts' is a reference to the firm's original location.
Valley Arts T-Series Electric Guitar at a Glance:- The Valley Arts Story
- Handcrafted construction
- Quality components
The Valley Arts Story
In the early 1970s, guitarists Mike McGuire and Al Carness founded Valley Arts in North Hollywood, CA. At first, they focused mostly on retail and instruction, while McGuire also did repairs. After making a few instruments for heavy hitters such as Larry Carlton and Lee Ritenour, Valley Arts soon graduated to a full-blown custom guitar maker. The operation continued to thrive throughout the 1980s, producing 'must-have' custom instruments for some of the top players around, until an arsonist burned down the shop in late 1990, shutting down the guitar maker in the midst of expansion. Years later, Gibson came to the rescue and brought Valley Arts back to life. Now under Gibson's brand banner, Valley Arts is once again crafting their amazing instruments.
In the early 1970s, guitarists Mike McGuire and Al Carness founded Valley Arts in North Hollywood, CA. At first, they focused mostly on retail and instruction, while McGuire also did repairs. After making a few instruments for heavy hitters such as Larry Carlton and Lee Ritenour, Valley Arts soon graduated to a full-blown custom guitar maker. The operation continued to thrive throughout the 1980s, producing 'must-have' custom instruments for some of the top players around, until an arsonist burned down the shop in late 1990, shutting down the guitar maker in the midst of expansion. Years later, Gibson came to the rescue and brought Valley Arts back to life. Now under Gibson's brand banner, Valley Arts is once again crafting their amazing instruments.
Handcrafted construction
A ton of great Los Angeles-based session players and performers from the 1970s through the 1990s played handmade Valley Arts guitars, and the resurrected company once again makes incredible instruments that are built to do the job exquisitely. Founders Mike McGuire and Al Carness continue to handcraft Valley Arts guitars from the best materials, and they definitely know their business. These guitars are built with expert attention to the details, down to how a particular pickup will work in conjunction with a certain kind of body wood, or how the neck material will affect not only playability, but tonality. These are no-compromise instruments, made the way they've always been made at Valley Arts.
A ton of great Los Angeles-based session players and performers from the 1970s through the 1990s played handmade Valley Arts guitars, and the resurrected company once again makes incredible instruments that are built to do the job exquisitely. Founders Mike McGuire and Al Carness continue to handcraft Valley Arts guitars from the best materials, and they definitely know their business. These guitars are built with expert attention to the details, down to how a particular pickup will work in conjunction with a certain kind of body wood, or how the neck material will affect not only playability, but tonality. These are no-compromise instruments, made the way they've always been made at Valley Arts.
Quality components
This T-Series guitar benefits not only from its solid ash body (which imparts a focused, bright tone) and maple neck/fingerboard, but also from the components that complement the construction. A Duncan Lead Stack pickup graces the bridge slot, while a Vintage Rhythm Stack sits in the neck position. Both are controlled by a master volume and master tone, while pickup selectio is provided via a 3-way switch. The T-Series also features a stable hardtail tailpiece and locking Sperzel tuners for playing stability in any environment, be it stage or studio.
Valley Arts Guitars T-Series Electric Guitar Features:This T-Series guitar benefits not only from its solid ash body (which imparts a focused, bright tone) and maple neck/fingerboard, but also from the components that complement the construction. A Duncan Lead Stack pickup graces the bridge slot, while a Vintage Rhythm Stack sits in the neck position. Both are controlled by a master volume and master tone, while pickup selectio is provided via a 3-way switch. The T-Series also features a stable hardtail tailpiece and locking Sperzel tuners for playing stability in any environment, be it stage or studio.
- Color: Cream
- Body: Solid ash
- Neck: Birdseye maple
- Fingerboard: Maple
- Scale: 25.5'
- No. of frets: 22
- Nut width: 1.687'
- Fingerboard inlays: Dot
- Tailpiece: Hardtail
- Tuners: Locking Sperzel
- Controls: Master volume, master tone
- Switch: 3-way
- Pickups: Duncan Vintage Lead Stack and Duncan Vintage Rhythm Stack
- Pickup configuration: Single-single
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Industry | Musical instruments |
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Founded | 1975 |
Founder | Mike McGuire and Al Carness |
Defunct | 1999 |
Headquarters | North Hollywood, California |
Area served | Global |
Products | Electric guitars |
Parent | Gibson Guitar Corporation |
Website | The Valley Arts Guitar official website |
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Valley Arts Guitar is an American electric guitar manufacturer currently owned and operated by the Gibson Guitar Corporation.
History[edit]
Mike McGuire and Al Carness founded the company in the mid-1970s in North Hollywood, California, a district of Los Angeles, California in the San Fernando Valley; the name 'Valley Arts' is a reference to the firm's original location. Partners in a music store and repair shop, their repairs and customizations gained the attention of Los Angeles studio musicians and jazz guitarists such as Lee Ritenour, Steve Lukather, Tommy Tedesco and Larry Carlton.[citation needed] They began building custom guitars from scratch in 1977, and by 1983 demand for these guitars had increased to the point of requiring a separate manufacturing facility.[citation needed] Most of their guitars had a radical styling similar to that of a superstrat; others were modified versions of Fender's popular designs, the Stratocaster and the Telecaster. 'Signature' Valley Arts features often included highly figured wood grain on the front, translucent colored finishes, gold hardware, Floyd Rose locking tremolos, EMG and Seymour Duncan humbucking pickups.
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In late 1990 the store was destroyed by fire. Underinsured, McGuire and Carness found it necessary to sell the store and concentrate on the manufacturing side of the business. In an attempt to expand their business, in 1992 they sold half of Valley Arts to the Korean guitar manufacturer Samick. They quickly became dissatisfied with their positions in the company and the quality of the guitars manufactured by Samick, and by 1993 they had moved to positions at Gibson. Through the 1990s Gibson was moving to expand and diversify its brands, and by the late 1990s they had decided to acquire the 'Valley Arts' name as an outgrowth of the Gibson Custom Shop. In late 2002 Valley Arts reopened as a music store, repair facility and small manufacturer specializing in custom guitars in downtown Nashville. Al Carness managed the store; Mike McGuire is operations manager of the Gibson Custom division, which oversees the Valley Arts line of guitars. The Nashville store closed in 2005. Mike McGuire officially retired August 3, 2012.
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