By David Gedge
TRIPLE TONE RETURNS
this unique instrument for 2019 with with black satin finish, Set neck construc-
modernizations like set-neck construc- tion and a Vistatone neck & middle pick-
tion, tune-o-matic bridge, tummy cut and ups. Plus, Super Alnico bridge pickup,
increased access to upper frets—making Pau Ferro fretboard, Block inlays, and
the Tri Tone a serious player’s guitar with 24.75” scale length and gold hardware.
The Tri Tone is now available at Supro
authentic vintage mojo. The Tri Tone
shares its distinctive, single-cutaway dealers worldwide, retailing for $999
body shape with the best-selling Dual including Dr. Eddie's Good Time Music in
Tone model, played by Link Wray and Streamwood.
David Bowie. The body of the Tri Tone is
made of solid mahogany. Its fully bound
neck is constructed of hard rock maple, PRS Guitars Classic Series Cables
sporting a seductively smooth, black satin
PRS Guitars is proud to introduce a
finish and a 12”-radius pau ferro fret- more affordable line of instrument, patch,
board.
and speaker cables with the brand new
Along with the distinctive jet-black PRS Guitars Classic Series Cable lineup.
color, reverse-stairstep tailpiece, brushed- As part of an ongoing effort to offer a
gold hardware and stylized double pick- greater variety of accessories, the compa-
guard, a defining highlight of the original ny has added this new assortment to
instrument was the trio of Ralph Keller- complement the already popular
designed Vistatone pickups. Although Signature Series cable line made by Van
they look like humbuckers, Vistatone Damme Cabling in London, England.
pickups are in fact noise-cancelling single
“Cables are a significant part of your
coil pickups that deliver a ton of output. tone. You want them to sound great, be
For the brand new 2019 Tri Tone, the tangle-free, noise-free, and reliable. I use
triple-pickup format combines an over- PRS Signature Series cables for every gig
wound Super Alnico unit in the bridge and session,” said Paul Reed Smith. “We
with a pair of authentic Vistatone pickups worked through nine prototype rounds
in the neck and middle positions. These throughout the course of a year to make
custom-made, powerful, vintage-correct sure the Classic Series cables were right in
single coils deliver a wide variety of line with them.”
Supro tones, ranging from warm jazz and
PRS offers a full range of instrument,
smoldering blues to southern rock and patch, and speaker cables. All PRS Cables
fuzzed-out psychedelia. The full sonic are RoHS compliant and come with a life-
palette of the Tri Tone can be accessed time warranty. The cables can be found at
using the dedicated volume knobs for any authorized PRS dealers.
each pickup, the 5-way selector switch
and the master volume control.
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Supro USA is now shipping the Triple
Tone: a black and gold three-pickup
solidbody guitar, inspired by the rare
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1959 Supro Triple Tone.
The Supro Triple Tone was a tuxedo-
black, 3-pickup, art deco masterpiece that
made its original debut in 1959 and was
produced for only a single year. Now,
sixty years later, Supro is re-introducing