BEN HARPER SERIES II SIGNATURE MODEL LAP STEEL GUITAR – LIMITED TO ONLY 100 INSTRUMENTS
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The Ben Harper Series II Signature model is considered to be the ultimate modern-day lap steel guitar and has drawn the same, if not more impressive accolades than the first Asher Ben Harper Limited Edition Series. With a new spin on sound, style, components and tone, players from around the world are raving about its features.
"Billy and I had been working on getting that guitar together for the last five or six years and he really nailed it with this one,” says Ben Harper in an Artisan News interview. “I'm as excited about having that guitar in the world as much as my music really. It's that amazing of an electric (guitar). That electric lap steel is the electric equivalent of how I feel about the Weissenborns."
Asher and Harper designed the lap steel drawing on inspiration from the classic '59 Gibson Les Paul. The Harper Series II Limited Edition features a flame maple top with cherry sunburst finish in nitro cellulose lacquer, a pair of Seymour Duncan Custom Shop '59-Style Humbuckers, T.O.M. bridge and tail-piece by Tone Pros.
Production is limited to only 100 instruments, each bearing signature logos of both Ben Harper and Bill Asher. The model also comes with a special signed limited edition certificate of authenticity.
This special Limited Edition is available through Asher Guitars and select dealers across the country, including the Folk Music Center (www.folkmusiccenter.com). Please contact Asher Guitars for availability.
SPECIFICATIONS:
- style: lap steel
- scale length: 25 inches
- neck & body: neck through solid Honduras mahogany with cylindrical tone chambers
- top: flamed maple
- pickups: 2 Seymour Duncan Custom Shop '59-Style Humbuckers
- pickup switching: three-way toggle
- controls: master volume and master tone for each pickup
- knobs: gold top hat
- fret board: koa
- bridge: T.O.M. by Tone Pros
- tailpiece: Featherweight by Tone Pro
- machine heads: Kluson Deluxe with keystone buttons
- nut: bone
- string spacing: nut: 1 3/4 inches, bridge: 2 1/8 inches
- color: cherry burst
- finish: nitro-cellulose lacquer
- number of frets: 22
- strings: Asher Electro Hawaiian Lap Steel strings
- case: custom hard shell case by Cedar Creek
- price: $2800 US dollars (plus shipping); deposit required: $1400 US Dollars
Want to email us about the new Asher Ben Harper Series II Limited Edition?
info@asherguitars.com
**Limited Editions and custom shop guitars are not eligible for Asher’s free shipping offer.
