What’s New at Adirondack Guitar - May 2019

Despite the Rain, Things Are Heating up At Adirondack Guitar This Spring!

Spring Break? It’s Spring here at Adirondack Guitar but you’d hardly know it. As the torrential April rains begin to subside, the thermometer struggles to rise into the 40‘s and 50‘s, and folks out in the western half of the country are still getting snow by the foot!

With weather like this there’s nothing left to do but stay inside and clean out our closets, basements and garages where we’re likely to find long neglected guitars, basses and gear sitting there collecting dust. Our message for you this Spring is don’t let those old guitars, basses, amps, and pedals just sit there, gathering dust -- bring them by and trade them in for something new.

At Adirondack Guitar we love trades of all kinds! Whether you live within driving distance or halfway across the country -- or even halfway around the globe -- don’t worry, we will take your trade whether you can deliver it in person or have to send it in through the post. Justget in touch with usand we’ll help you arrange the details.

Not only will we take in trades, we also have tons of great new and used guitars, basses and gear in stock that you can trade for, including these amazing Ball Family Reserve guitars and basses that recently came in. Read on for more on our latest arrivals!

Ernie Ball Music Man Ball Family Reserve

Ball Family Reserve guitars and basses represent a celebration of the Ball family’s long history of fine craftsmanship. BFR guitars and basses are produced in limited production runs, making each one a rare sight to behold. At one time, BFR instruments were reserved for friends, family and artists, but now Ernie Ball Music Man makes them available to the public in counts so limited that you are only likely to see 1 or 2 per shop.

StingRay Special 4 H in Hades Black

Nothing says Spring like bright and punchy sound of this Hades Black MusicMan StingRay bass featuring a 22 fret Rosewood fingerboard with ornate pearloid block inlays. This BFR StingRay also features a beautifully roasted maple neck with a hand-fitted white binding that plays like a dream and black Ernie Ball Music Man tuning machines. The BFR StingRay Special 4H’s super punchy sound comes courtesy of an 18-volt active preamp and 3-band EQ that allows you to really craft your sound, making it a perfect fit for just about any style of music. Only 81 of these beauties have been made available worldwide and we’re proud to say that we have gotten one in our shop!

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St. Vincent HHH in Turquoise Crush

Who doesn't have a crush on this BFR St. Vincent HHH featuring a lightweight African Mahogany body in a gorgeous Turquoise Crush sparkle finish? This BFR St. Vincent sports a marvelous figured maple neck with a 22-fret Rosewood fingerboard adorned with special pearloid inlays painted to match the body. The figured maple neck has a silky smooth satin finish, and with a 25.5“ scale length and a 10“ fretboard radius feels great in the hand. With features like custom DiMarzio mini humbucker pickups, white pearl Schaller locking tuners and a custom designed Ernie Ball Music man tremolo system, you can enjoy total sonic freedom without worrying about ever going out of tune. Production run limited to 87 pieces worldwide.

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You Had Me At Gold-Covered Duncans

Michael Kelly 20th Anniversary Hybrid

If you are looking for that one guitar that can do anything, look no further! The Michael Kelly 20th Anniversary Hybrid is like a Swiss Army Knife guitar, with construction and features designed to get you through any possible sonic territory. A celebration of Michael Kelly’s 20th anniversary, this hybrid delivers fully voiced acoustic and electric tones that will suit any style of music.

Featuring lightweight, chambered Mahogany body with a beautiful quilt Maple top, the 20th Anniversary Hybrid comes equipped with custom gold covered Seymour Duncan pickups and a Fishman Piezo built into the bridge. The gold-covered Duncans don’t just look like a million bucks, but also deliver fully voiced electric guitar tones with plenty of gain, clarity and articulation, while the Fishman Piezo delivers natural sounding acoustic tones, giving this hybrid a sonic versatility that is second to none!

The 20th Anniversary Hybrid is also equipped with dual output jacks and two 3-way selector switches, one a traditional pickup selector switch and the other to control the Piezo and allow you to switch between the magnetic Duncans and the Piezo, even allowing you to blend the two. To get the most from this guitar it is recommended that you use a hybrid Y-cable to plug into both output jacks and send the signal from both pickup systems into a single amp or channel. 

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An Amazing Deal on a Great Tube Amp

Used Blackstar Limited Edition Artist 15 1x12 Tube Combo Amp - Blonde

Blackstar's Artist 15 15-watt tube combo amplifier is based on their boutique Artisan series, but with added features to make the Artist 15 ready for any musical situation you can throw at it. Built from the ground up to work incredibly well with all of your favorite pedals, the Blackstar Artist 15 tube amp is designed to meet all of your rehearsal, gigging and recording needs.

The  Artist 15 from Blackstar offers two independent channels that deliver a range of clean, gritty and crunch tones. The 6L6 power tubes deliver a bright, glassy, American-style tone to the clean channel while the dirty channel takes you through a range of classic British crunch and drive tones. With a simple overdrive pedal, the Blackstar Artist 15 can easily carry you to the high gain territory that much of today’s music demands, while still allowing easy access to classic clean and crunchy tones.

With high performance features like onboard reverb, effects loop, and Blackstar's ISF control let you dial in your ideal tones. The ISF is an innovation patented by Blackstar designed to give a tight, focussed, percussive response, characteristic of American amps when turned toward ’0' and a woody, crunchy and warm response, like traditional British amps, when dialed toward ‘10‘.

With 15 watts of power and a 12“ Celestion V-type speaker, the Blackstar Artist 15 delivers the ideal blend of vintage and modern tones, with just the perfect amount of cut and was built with your pedal board in mind.

Incredible New Lefty Models You Need to See!

Martin Left Handed GPCE Ambertone Grand Performer Acoustic Electric Guitar with Case- Black Walnut

This rare left handed Martin GPCE Grand Performer acoustic electric guitar is made with Walnut back and sides for its clear, bright treble tones with just the right amount of bass, and a Sitka Spruce top, resulting in a guitar with a really balanced tone. Walnut is also known for its beautiful appearance and this GPCE Grand Performance guitar is finished with an Ambertone shaded top and a select hardwood neck with a low oval shape and a high performance taper for smooth playability. This Martin lefty GPCE acoustic-electric comes equipped with Fishman Matrix VT Enhance NT2 electronics for a natural acoustic tone even when plugged in.

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Ernie Ball Music Man Left Handed John Petrucci JP7 w/ Piezo in a beautiful Firemist Gold

The Ernie Ball Music Man Left Handed John Petrucci JP7 w/ Piezo in a beautiful Firemist Gold finish is an evolved and refined version of the JP6 featuring blistering lead tones, fat rhythm tones and authentic acoustic tones from a chambered Alder body, custom DiMarzio pickups and a Piezo pickup built into its floating tremolo bridge. The JP7 delivers all of the sonic versatility and superior playability of the JP6 in a new 7-string version that opens up completely new doors of musical expression.

One of the most impressive refinements found in the Music Man JP7 is the addition of a 5-way pickup selector switch that allows you to access to the individual pickup coils so that you can blend them in both traditional and unique ways. The acoustic piezo pickup gets its own separate volume control and a 3-way toggle switches you from the magnetic pickups to the piezo pickup, or combines both, giving you access to unique tones.

Sterling by Music Man Left Handed StingRay Ray 34 Electric Bass

The Sterling by Music Man Left Handed StingRay 34 electric bass is new to the Sterling bass lineup in 2019 and living up to the StingRay bass legacy in every way. Modeled after the classic Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay, the lefty Sterling by Music Man StingRay 34 sports a classic look, and delivers a vintage bass sound. By combining a vintage design with a host of modern appointments, like a Sterling by Music Man designed Alnico-1 Humbucker pickup and a 3-band active preamp, the southpaw Sterling by Music Man StingRay 34 covers a wide range of sonic territory from bright and punchy treble tones, to thunderous and seismic bass tones that make the Ray 34 perfect for an array of musical styles. Click here to buy this bass.

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Michael Kelly Left Handed Hybrid Special Electric Guitar

Like the 20th Anniversary Hybrid (mentioned above), this Lefty Michael Kelly Hybrid delivers the tone and playability of a modern electric with the authentic tone of an acoustic, or a unique blending of the two. Available for the first time in a left handed edition (and available now only in limited quantities so act fast), this Michael Kelly Hybrid has a chambered Mahogany body with a Spalted Burst finish and a set Mahogany neck with Pau Ferro fretboard and abalone inlays. Equipped with Rockfield® SWC Humbucker pickups and a Fishman Piezo bridge, the Michael Kelly Lefty Hybrid Special sports two 3-way selector switches that allow you to blend magnetic pickup voicings with the Piezo acoustic sound, for a unique blending of voicings. Available in very limited quantities -click here to buy this guitar!  

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