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A Vintage-style Axe with Hotwired Tone





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The Friedman Vintage T is a classic-styled solidbody electric guitar with easy playability and white-hot tone. It boasts a belly-hugging T-style alder body matched by an uber-comfortable bolt-on maple neck and a lightning-fast compound-radius fingerboard with 22 medium-wide frets. A pair of Friedman humbuckers equips this axe with plenty of hot-wound crunch and all the articulate tonal clarity you can handle. The Vintage T sports a hardtail bridge and locking tuners that certify rock-solid stability and reliability. This Vintage T also brandishes a medium-aged nitro finish for a worn-in look and feel. Players hunting for a top-of-the-line axe with classic styling and extreme playability will find everything they're searching for in the Friedman Vintage T ? it has what it takes to be your new number one.





Built to rock hard





High-level players with a penchant for vintage styling will love everything about the Friedman Vintage T. This solidbody electric is built around a balanced-sounding alder body sculpted into a historic T-style shape. Its bolt-on maple neck is carved into a comfortable "C" shape with a low-drag natural satin finish. You also get a fast-playing compound-radius fingerboard crowned with medium-wide Jescar frets. Beyond that, this Vintage T features a medium-aged nitro finish, ensuring that ? from the first note ? this axe will feel like an old friend you've been playing for decades.





Serial 0823-2486


Serial 0823-2486


Scorching humbucker tone





Sweetwater guitarists know you can't play full-throttle hard rock without full-throttle tone. Lucky for us (and you), the Friedman Vintage T's humbucking pickups are ready and willing to oblige. In the neck is a Friedman Classic, an Alnico V-loaded pickup that deftly combines the best of vintage and modern humbucker tones. At the bridge, you'll find a Friedman Classic , a hot-wound humbucker with Alnico V magnets, and a ferocious, high-output tailor-made for crunchy riffage and scorching leads. The Vintage T includes two 500k volume knobs, two 500k tone knobs, and a 3-way pickup selector toggle switch.





Rock-solid hardware





The Vintage T is replete with high-end hardware. Its Gotoh SD91 locking tuners combine vintage styling with modern reliability, making string changes a piece of cake. A hardtail bridge also contributes to this solidbody electric guitar's steadfast tuning stability and unyielding reliability. The Vintage T includes an eye-catching PVC pickguard and classic witch hat knobs.





Serial 0823-2486


Friedman Vintage T Aged Electric Guitar Features:


Belly-hugging alder body with a historic T-style shape


Bolt-on maple neck with a comfortable "C" shape and a low-drag natural satin finish


Fast-playing compound-radius fingerboard with medium-wide Jescar frets


Friedman humbuckers dish out a ferocious, high-output roar tailor-made for crunchy riffage and scorching leads


2 x 500k volume knobs, 2 x 500k tone knobs, and a 3-way pickup selector toggle switch


Ultra-reliable hardtail bridge and rock-solid Gotoh SD91 locking tuners


Medium-aged nitro finish supplies a worn-in look and feel