Given all its truly upscale appointments and precision craftsmanship, it boggles the mind that the the Michael Kelly Valor Custom can be so affordable. The mahogany neck is precision set into the solid mahogany back with a carved maple top and brilliantly flamed maple veneer. A sculpted heel allows totally unimpeded access to all 22 medium jumbo frets on an ebony fingerboard with unique mother-of-pearl/abalone inlays. Sculpted-in knob recesses and pickup cavities look great and allow direct mounting of the freshly designed Riboloff/Rockfield SWC-1 pickups. These humbuckers generate thick, sustaining tone and feature coil tapping so you can get single-coil bite at the pull of a knob. The totally cool bridge has a wraparound stop tailpiece with built-in adjustable saddles! The matching flamed headstock is set off with chrome Grover tuners.
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