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An Arresting S-style Guitar with Boutique Appointments





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The Sire Larry Carlton S10 HSS is a top-tier S-style solidbody electric guitar with boutique-style appointments. This axe's poplar burl-topped alder body offers spotlight-stealing looks, while its contoured shape ensures ergonomic comfort tailor-made for marathon gigs and recording sessions. The S10 HSS's "C"-shaped hard maple neck feels as comfortable as your favorite pair of shoes, while its 22-fret compound-radius fingerboard provides a world-class platform for complex finger acrobatics. Seymour Duncan pickups arranged in a flexible HSS configuration dish out a gamut of tones, while a Gotoh 510TS-FE1 tremolo facilitates a full range of expressive pitch pyrotechnics. A bone nut, stainless steel frets, and stunning gold hardware round out the S10 HSS. High-level players on the prowl for a new 6-string are sure to find inspiration in the Sire S10 HSS.





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Poplar burl-topped mahogany body





The S10 HSS boasts a double-cut S-style body along with a spotlight-ready poplar burl top. Alder offers a distinctively balanced acoustic sound with equal doses of highs, mids, and lows. The guitarists here at Sweetwater appreciate how ergonomic this axe's contoured body feels when you strap it on; it's your first-class ticket to a nonstop thrill ride.





Flexible Seymour Duncan humbuckers





The Sire S10 HSS comes equipped with three Seymour Duncan humbuckers in a versatile HSS configuration. At the bridge, you'll find a TB-4 JB ? a decades-long hard-rock institution ? arming you with the prototypical hot-rodded humbucker tone. In the middle and neck positions are SSL-2 Vintage Flat Strat single-coil pickups, voiced for vintage-flavored S-style tones. The middle pickup flaunts an RPRW design for hum-free performance in positions two and four on the guitar's 5-way pickup selector switch.





Comfortable playability





No matter what you play, the S10 HSS will make it seem effortless. Its "C"-shaped hard maple neck plays like a dream, and its 22-fret, compound-radius fingerboard, which includes smooth rolled edges, facilitates fleet-fingered fretboard maneuvers like nothing else. The S10 HSS also retains stainless steel frets, a bone nut, and premium locking tuning machines.





Sire Larry Carlton S10 HSS Electric Guitar Features:


A top-tier S-style solidbody electric guitar with boutique-style appointments


Poplar burl-topped alder body offers spotlight-stealing looks


Contoured body shape ensures ergonomic comfort tailor-made for marathon gigs and recording sessions


"C"-shaped hard maple neck plays like a dream


Fast-playing 22-fret, compound-inch-radius fingerboard with rolled edges


Seymour Duncan TB-4 JB bridge pickup delivers hot-rodded humbucker tones


? Seymour Duncan SSL-2 Vintage Flat Strat single-coil pickups are voiced for vintage-flavored S-style tones


Gotoh 510TS-FE1 tremolo facilitates a full range of expressive pitch pyrotechnics


Stainless steel frets, a bone nut, and premium locking tuning machines


Stunning gold hardware