New and Cool: Prestige Guitars Troubadour RS
The Prestige Troubadour RS is a single-cutaway solid body guitar with a solid 3/4-inch carved Canadian maple top and solid mahogany body and neck. The guitar is finished with a satin/matte black top and satin/matte stained mahogany sides. Three-ply cream binding surrounds the body, with a cream bound neck and headstock. The guitar features an ebony fingerboard with offset mother of pearl dot inlays.
The Troubadour RS comes with a direct-mount option of either a Seymour Duncan Pegasus Bridge pickup or a Seymour Duncan Custom Shop ’78 Custom bridge pickup. Other premium features include single nickel knurled volume and tone knobs with push/pull coil-split, on-off toggle switch, all-nickel TonePros intonatable wraparound bridge and 18:1 Grover Sta-Tite open-geared tuners.
STREET PRICES: Pegasus, $999; ’78 Custom, $1,199
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