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Designed with input from the acclaimed guitarist, the Johnny A. Standard is an elegant, performance-ready hollowbody electric guitar. You’ll love how the Johnny A. Standard’s weight-relieved mahogany back imbues your playing with a thick, resonant tone, accented by a crisp, upper-range harmonic attack, thanks to its stunning 2-piece figured maple top. A set of ’57 Classic humbuckers provide you with truckloads of fullness and warmth, balanced response, and a healthy dose of classic, PAF-like humbucker crunch. At Sweetwater, we quickly took note of the playability of this hollowbody electric guitar’s comfortable rounded neck profile, which is topped with a smooth 1-piece Indian rosewood fingerboard. With a host of classic appointments, the Johnny A. Standard is a phenomenal hollowbody electric guitar!

Johnny A. Standard Hollowbody Electric Guitar at a Glance:

• Maple on mahogany – a staple of vintage construction
• ’57 Classic humbuckers deliver classic PAF-like tones
• Custom-rounded neck profile offers comfortable playability

Maple on mahogany – a staple of vintage construction

There’s something magical about mahogany topped with maple. The maple adds crispness and harmonic attack to the mahogany, but the lows and low mids of the mahogany are still apparent, giving you a thick, resonant tone. On the Johnny A. Standard hollowbody electric guitar, the resonance is intensified further, thanks to its hollowbody design. Maple and mahogany are a marriage made in tonewood heaven!

’57 Classic humbuckers deliver classic PAF-like tones

First introduced in 1990, Gibson’s vintage-style ’57 Classic humbuckers are designed to give you warm, full tone with balanced response and plenty of classic Gibson vibe. Built to the specs of Gibson’s original “Patent Applied For” pickups, including Alnico II magnets, nickel-plated pole pieces, nickel slugs, maple spacers, and vintage-style, two-conductor braided wiring, ’57 Classic humbuckers will provide you with all of the vintage PAF-like humbucker crunch you can handle!

Custom-rounded neck profile offers comfortable playability

Round enough for you to play and thick enough to give you bucketfuls of sustain, you can’t help but fall in love with the comfort and playability of the Johnny A. Standard hollowbody electric guitar’s custom-rounded neck profile. On top of that, its longer 25 1/2″ scale length gives you enough flexibility for alternate tunings or whatever else you want to experiment with.

Johnny A. Standard Hollowbody Electric Guitar Features:

• Mahogany back gives you a thick, resonant tone
• Maple top accents the mahogany with a crisp, upper-range harmonic attack
• ’57 Classic humbuckers deliver classic PAF-like tones
• Custom-rounded neck profile offers comfortable playability
• Longer 25 1/2″ scale length provides plenty of flexibility
• Cream binding, acrylic inlays, and other classic appointments
• Bigsby tailpiece for classic vibrato effects
• Nickel Kluson Tulip-style tuners look great and keep you in tune
• Includes hardshell case and Certificate of Authenticity

The Johnny A. Standard hollowbody electric guitar is an elegant, performance-ready tone machine!