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Austin Catalog.Pdf JAZZ ARTIST CONTENTS ELECTRIC GUITARS 3 Jazz Artist Era Professional Standard 4 There’s a space 5 Era Professional Deluxe where you discover yourself. 6 Era ’62 Professional Standard 7 Era ’62 Professional Deluxe Where your core is inspired and nourished, 8 Tour Pro and creativity knows no boundaries. 10 Session Master 11 Thunder Rock A space where dexterity and agility are merged 12 Vintage Rock with an unyielding passion for creation. 13 Vintage Rock Custom Where wood and steel transcend their organic origin 14 Rock Standard / Rock Deluxe 15 Era ’62 Standard to harmonize with spirit and imagination. Fingerboard inlay contains an attractive Flamed maple back and sides bring added beauty to combination of white pearl and abalone. The Era Junior 16 an already handsome instrument. The classic, arch set-neck design, maple neck and rosewood 17 Era Standard A space where your voice is defined and nurtured. top, single cutaway design gives these guitars great fingerboard gives excellent sustain and feel, balance, and playability, as well as a high value smooth, fast action. 18 Era Standard—Metallic Finish A space for self-indulgence and expression. appearance and excellent tone. 19 Era Standard—Left-Handed Tune-a-matic bridge BASS GUITARS allows individual fine 20 Eclipse Pro 4/5-string tuning for precise intonation. The dual 21 Eclipse Custom 4/5-string Alnico humbucking 22 Eclipse Standard 4/5-string pickups provide warmth and low-end J-style 23 response. Two tone 24 P-style controls and two AU998TS 25 P-style—Left-Handed volume controls gives a wide variety of tone. 26 Short Scale BLUEGRASS & FOLK INSTRUMENTS 27 Mandolins AU998N 28 Banjos 30 Resonators 32 Metal Resonators ACOUSTIC / ELECTRIC GUITARS 34 Branson Cutaway JAZZ ARTIST 35 Boot-Heel Cutaway Classic, Arch Top, Single 36 Meramec Metallic Cutaway Design 37 Table Rock Dreadnought Flame Maple Back and Sides ACOUSTIC GUITARS Maple Neck with Rosewood 38 Custom Series Fingerboard 39 Deluxe Series Set-neck Design 42 Intermediate Series Dual Alnico Humbucking Pickups PERFORMANCE PACKS Two Volume and Two Tone Controls 44 Electric Guitar Pack Three-position Pickup Selector 44 Bass Guitar Pack Tune-a-matic Bridge on Rosewood Base AMPLIFIERS Gold Plated Hardware 45 Electric & Acoustic Guitar 46 Bass Guitar MODEL COLOR AU998N Natural 3 AU998TS Tobacco Sunburst ERA PROFESSIONAL STANDARD ERA PROFESSIONAL DELUXE AU931N AU931BK The AU931 and AU933 series guitars Eliminating the wraps around a tuner incorporate the Wilkinson EZ-LOK™ post is a “must do” when using a tuning machines. The tuners have an vibrato system. Simply pull the string upper and a lower hole, thus enabling through either the upper or lower hole AU933BC AU933AB the player to determine the amount of and pull the string tight and make a tension over the nut. The tuners can wrap around the post, pull the string also be used as a locking tuner for through the remaining hole and pull use with Vibrato bridges tight again, and you now have a locking tuning key. The string is now firmly attached with lass than half a turn around the tuner post when the string is tuned to pitch. AU931TS AU933BB eRA pRofeSSIonAl eRA pRofeSSIonAl STAnDARD DelUXe Solid Alder Body with Quilt Solid Alder Body with Quilt Maple Veneer Maple Veneer Maple Neck with Maple Neck with Rosewood Fingerboard Rosewood Fingerboard Two Wilkinson Alnico-V Single-coil Two Wilkinson Alnico-V Single-coil and One Humbucking Pickups and One Humbucking Pickups Wilkinson “Contemporary” Style Wilkinson “Contemporary” Style Vibrato Bridge Vibrato Bridge Stainless Steel Saddles with Stainless Steel Saddles with Solid Steel Block Solid Steel Block The AU931 incorporates Wilkinson “Classic” style Vibrato The AU933 series uses the Wilkinson “Contemporary” style Five-position Pickup bridge assembly and three single-coil pickups that Vibrato bridge assembly with two single-coil and one Five-position Pickup Selector Switch emulates the original 50’s style instruments. Wilkinson humbucking pickups. The bridge features a sleek low-profile Selector Switch faithfully reproduced the size and weight of the original surround that restricts any sideways movement of the solid One Volume and Two Tone Controls design bridge, but added the convenience of a “push in” Stainless Steel saddles. The bridge features stamped steel One Volume and Two Tone Controls Wilkinson EZ-LOK™ Die-cast vibrato arm. The WVS Series pickups feature staggered “heat hardened” top plate, a “push-in” Vibrato arm, and a Wilkinson EZ-LOK™ Die-cast polepieces with chamfered Alnico-V magnets. Chamfering Solid Steel sustain block for added sustain. The WHS series Tuning Machines the polepieces focuses the magnetic field giving good pickups feature non-staggered pole-pieces, and are High Tuning Machines highs, but still allowing some mids to come through in Output versions of the WVS series. These pickups are rich in MODEL COLOR order to keep the pickups from sounding thin. The middle harmonics and natural sustain. The WHHB humbucking is a MODEL COLOR AU931BK Black pickup is reverse wound/reverse polarity, while the bridge ceramic pickup that matches the output of the WHS single- AU933AB Amber Burst pickup is slightly over-wound for better balance. coil pickups. It is harmonically rich with tight lower frequency AU931N Natural response, and good highs without sounding thin. AU933BB Blue Burst AU931TS Tobacco Sunburst AU933BC Black Cherry 4 5 ERA ’62 PROFESSIONAL STANDARD ERA ’62 PROFESSIONAL DELUXE AU961N AU962AB The AU961 series employs the classic three-saddle design. The staggered brass saddles allow for individual string intonation that was not possible in earlier designs. The base plate is a faithful reproduction of the original and is steel. This is very important in a bridge of this style due to the effect it has on the magnetic field of the pickup mounted in it. The pickups are a matched pair of early 60’s voiced pickups that has been used for over forty years to create all styles of music from country to rock, blues and even jazz. The AU962 series uses the same bridge assembly as the AU961 models, but in bright chrome finish. This model uses the same classic WVT-B single-coil pickup in the bridge position for the classic “twang” but is matched to the WVC mini humbucker. Mini humbuckers have a sound AU961TS all their own. It is the perfect cross between the high end of a single-coil and the warmth of a humbucker with the added bonus of no noise. AU962CS eRA ’62 pRofeSSIonAl STAnDARD Solid Alder Body One Piece Maple Neck eRA ’62 pRofeSSIonAl DelUXe Wilkinson Alnico-V Vintage Single-coil Pickups Solid Alder Body with Quilt Maple Veneer Vintage Tortoise Shell-like or White Pearl Pickguard Maple Neck with Rosewood Fingerboard Wilkinson “Classic” T-style Bridge Wilkinson Alnico-V Vintage Single-coil Three-position Pickup The AU961 and AU962 series and Mini-humbucking Pickup Selector Switch utilizes Wilkinson die-cast tuning machines for precise, String ferrules with through-the-body Single-ply Crème Binding One Volume and One Tone Control smooth tuning. string routing gives added sustain by Wilkinson “Classic” T-style Bridge Wilkinson Die-cast Tuning Machines having a sharper break-over angle at the saddles. Three-position Pickup Selector Switch Satin Chrome Hardware One Volume and One Tone Control MODEL COLOR Wilkinson Die-cast Tuning Machines AU961N Natural Bright Chrome Hardware AU961TS Tobacco Sunburst MODEL COLOR AU962AB Amber Burst AU962CS Cherry Sunburst 6 7 TOUR PRO TOUR PRO AU792AM AU792TS AU792GR AU792RZ AU792BU AU792CH AU792PR ToUR pRo Contemporary Arch Top, Double Cutaway Body AU792CS Set Neck Design Maple Neck with Rosewood Fingerboard Two Humbucking Pickups One Volume and Tone Control Three-way Pickup Selector Switch Tune-a-matic Bridge/Stop Tailpiece Die-cast Tuning Machines Chrome Plated Hardware Pearl Inlaid Logo MODEL COLOR AU792AM Amber Design of the headstock allows the strings to run straight from the nut AU792BU Blue to the tuning machine. This gives the string the maximum amount of AU792CH Cherry downward tension that adds to the AU792CS Cherry Sunburst overall sustain of the instrument. Pearl inlaid logo enhances overall AU792GR Green appearance and elegance. The Tour Pro series features a beautiful Quilt Maple veneer “dome” knobs, a three-position pickup selector switch, and a AU792PR Purple top. The top is arched slightly, adding nice highlights as light classic Tune-a-matic bridge and Stop tailpiece for accurate reflects off the veneers. This model also features chromed tuning, maximum sustain, and ease of changing strings. AU792RZ Raspberry AU792TS Tobacco Sunburst 8 9 SESSION MASTER THUNDER ROCK THUnDeR RoCK AU796CH AU796AN Double Cutaway Mahogany Body Set Neck Design Mahogany Neck with Rosewood Fingerboard Two Humbucking Pickups Two Volume and Two Tone Controls Tune-a-matic Bridge Die-cast tuning machines with 14:1 ratio provide smooth, accurate tuning. Stop Tailpiece Hardware is triple chrome plated. Die-cast Tuning Machines Chrome Plated Hardware Pearl Inlaid Logo MODEL COLOR AU776WA AU796TS AU776WA Walnut AU776WR Wine Red AU776WR SeSSIon MASTeR The Thunder Rock models bring back the “Classic” Flame Maple Top 60’s Rock and Roll guitar. Maple Back and Sides Double cutaway design aids Single Crème Binding—Front/Back in the ease of playing in the Maple Set Neck upper register, while the Bound Rosewood Fingerboard dual humbucking pickups Dual Humbucking Pickups will cut through the music! Two Volume and Two Tone Controls Three-way Pickup Selector Switch Tune-a-matic Bridge Stop Tailpiece Dual humbucking pickups give a wide Die-cast Tuning Machines range of tones, from warm smooth jazz and blues to bright cutting leads. MODEL COLOR Individually adjustable bridge saddles ensure precise harmonic tuning. In AU796AN Antique Natural addition, the stop tailpiece provides better sustain, as well as aids in the AU796CH Cherry ease of changing strings.
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