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 Guitars, Basses and Ukuleles by Rick Turner
 


The RENAISSANCE line of guitars and basses has never been "for everybody". Rick Turner has designed and built each model to fill a specific need. You won't see these guitars in every club, at every studio and on every stage...instead you'll find them in the hands of a few discriminating performers who have discovered that they can solve real-world problems with intelligent, superbly musical solutions. Click on the photos below for more detailed info about each of these Renaissance instrument families:

      
  Ampli-Coustic The "Ampli-Coustic" Guitars

These guitars serve the very real need to reproduce full-frequency acoustic tone in electronic recording and performance settings - a job that, ironically, true acoustics are not cut out for! The thinline body is built like a fine acoustic guitar, but with an added mahogany center block to cut feedback. A Turner piezo bridge pickup feeds full-spectrum signals to an 18-volt Highlander pre-amp. Available in 6-string steel or nylon classical, 12-string steel, and 6 or 12-string Baritone.
    basses The "Ampli-Coustic" Basses

These basses provide a rich palette of tones from realistic upright to cutting rock. Compared to traditional basses, they deliver a much broader frequency range, allowing a variety of expression limited only by your fingers. Models include 4-string 34" scale and 5-string 35" scale with fretted or fretless fingerboards. Thomastik-Infeld Acousticore strings deliver melodic, punchy tones right down to a thunderous low B. All this in a package that weighs less than 5.5 lbs!
 
      
 
      
  Electroline The Electroline Basses

The Electroline series is designed to be the most flexible solid-body bass in your collection. It's secret is the Turner "Reference" piezo bridge system, which provides an individual under-saddle pickup for each string. This system provides such a broad frequency spectrum that many players use it alone; however, you can mix enhanced traditional tones into your sound as well with the addition of Turner "Diamond" or soapbar magnetic pickups. Models include 4-string 34" scale and 5-string 35" scale with fretted or fretless fingerboards.
    Model T The "Model T" Guitar

The Formica-topped solid body was built to cry the blues. Its strong retro vibe combines influences from the late 20's Kay Kraft designs, 30's electronics and 50's design sensibilities. But it's not just skin deep - the Turner "Rick" double-horseshoe pickup delivers accurate vintage lead tones through modern electronics, and an "all controls bypass" switch serves up a direct, load-free signal to the output jack. Slide and bottle-neck players swear the T's tone was designed just for them.
 
      
 
      
  Model One The Model One Guitar

Ever since Lindsey Buckingham took delivery of #79-003, the Model One guitar has been highly sought after for its combination of Old World aesthetics and modern, full-bodied tonal range.  Played clean, it sounds incredibly acoustic and detailed.  But when the volume kicks up, it screams louder and longer than any guitar you've played . . . without unwanted feedback or breakup.
    Ukulele The Compass Rose Ukulele

Find your way home with a Compass Rose Ukulele
The highlight of these Ukuleles is their availability in Walnut or Santa Cruz Sycamore. During development, Rick stated that "it was a real surprise how good both woods sounded, neither one considered a traditional tone wood."
 
      

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