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The Walking Dead Guitars & Accessories From Peavey With Artwork By Charlie Aldard.





A big hit at the Long Beach Guitar Expo and The NAMM 2013 Show was the newly licensed product line from Peavey Electronics® featuring graphics from The Walking Dead, the award-winning comic and TV show.





Designed for serious collectors and musicians alike by Peavey electronics, one of the world's largest manufacturers and suppliers of musical instruments and professional sound equipment, these new musical instruments will feature highly detailed artwork on guitars and accessories such as the straps and picks shown below.



Order The Walking Dead Zombie Guitar leather and Poly Straps here

“We are very pleased to be working with Skybound, the creators of The Walking Dead,” commented Hartley Peavey, founder and CEO of Peavey Electronics. “The immense popularity of The Walking Dead comic and cable TV show will allow us to get our products in the hands of an entirely new market and will expand our range of designs.”



Order The Walking Dead Characters Guitar Pick Packs here

Shawn Kirkham, Director of Business Development at Skybound Entertainment, added, “The merging of The Walking Dead’s iconic art and the equally iconic Peavey brand is a no-brainer. I’m excited to see fans and musicians strapping on guitars featuring gruesome Walking Dead artwork from Charlie Adlard. These guitars, straps and picks are going to look brutal!”


above: musician Nikki Stringfield with the Walking Dead Guitars

Below are prototype images of the guitars available. The actual products ship in July and will look more like the photographs shown above.

The Walking Dead Issue 100 Cover Rockmaster Electric Guitar:

This guitar will feature the cover art, shown below, from Charlie Adlard's Walking Dead Issue #100:


• The Walking Dead Issue 100 Cover Rockmaster Electric Guitar!
• Features the cover art by Charlie Adlard of The Walking Dead's issue #100 (shown above)
• Full-size electric guitar with a basswood body, maple neck, and rosewood fretboard.

Designed for serious collectors and musicians alike, this The Walking Dead Issue 100 Cover Rockmaster Electric Guitar from Peavy Electronics features The Walking Dead comic book artist Charlie Adlard's highly-detailed art seen on issue #100 of the comic book series. This guitar is a full-size electric guitar with a high-gloss finish of the cover of issue #100 on a basswood body that provides excellent balance and tone. The maple neck and rosewood fretboard on The Walking Dead Issue 100 Cover Rockmaster Electric Guitar enable fast rhythm and lead playing!

Order The Walking Dead Issue 100 Cover Rockmaster Electric Guitar here

The Walking Dead Michonne Rockmaster Electric Guitar:

This guitar features Charlie Adlard's cover art of Michonne from The Walking Dead comic book series:


• The Walking Dead Michonne Rockmaster Electric Guitar!
• Features an illustration by Charlie Adlard of Michonne from The Walking Dead comic book series. (shown above)
• Full-size electric guitar with a basswood body, maple neck, and rosewood fretboard.

Designed for serious collectors and musicians alike, this The Walking Dead Michonne Rockmaster Electric Guitar from Peavey Electronics features The Walking Dead comic book artist Charlie Adlard's highly-detailed art of Michonne from the series. This guitar is a full-size electric guitar with a high-gloss finish of Michonne on a basswood body that provides excellent balance and tone. The maple neck and rosewood fretboard on The Walking Dead Michonne Rockmaster Electric Guitar enable fast rhythm and lead playing!

Order The Walking Dead Michonne Rockmaster Electric Guitar here

The Walking Dead Riot Previews Rockmaster Electric Guitar:


above: Guy Dobson, Chief of Content for Southern Cross Austereo, with an actual photo (albeit blurry) of The Riot Walking Dead Guitars 

This guitar features Charlie Aldard's illustration of The Walking Dead shown below:


• The Walking Dead Riot Previews Rockmaster Electric Guitar!
• Features art by lead artist Charlie Adlard from The Walking Dead comic book series.
• Full-size electric guitar with a basswood body, maple neck, and rosewood fretboard.

Designed for serious collectors and musicians alike, this The Walking Dead Riot Previews Rockmaster Electric Guitar from Peavy Electronics features art from the lead artist in The Walking Dead comic book series. This guitar is a full-size electric guitar with a high-gloss finish on a basswood body that provides excellent balance and tone. The maple neck and rosewood fretboard on The Walking Dead Riot Previews Rockmaster Electric Guitar enable fast rhythm and lead playing!

Order The Walking Dead Riot Previews Rockmaster Electric Guitar here

Shop all the Peavey Electronics Walking Dead Items here

Sinuous Guitars and Amps. Fine Woods and Unique Design Make Beautiful Music Together.



above image composited by Laura Sweet

The designer behind this beautiful guitar, Greg Opatik, has a degree in design from Kendall College of Art and Design. He has been creating and developing modern furniture of both his own composition and those of others, such as Genesis Seating who builds classic Eames chairs, for more than fifteen years. He began creating Sinuous guitars five years ago inspired by the idea of creating a uniquely authentic design rather than merely making minor modifications of classic guitars like so many other companies.

Playing the guitar since childhood, Sinuous guitars are a culmination of his design and manufacturing background blended with his own guitar playing experiences.




Sinuous guitars are made combining traditional craftsmanship and up to date design and manufacturing techniques to achieve consistent quality in every guitar they build.



Consistency also comes from CNC machines that cut their guitars to computer controlled dimensions, however that same machine that cuts incredibly accurate time after time could never cut our guitar bodies exactly where a particular flamed maple top will look best, or hand sand the edge of the wood in a way that is optimal for both the finish and touch of the hand.




The SD-22, the only model from Sinuous thus far, is available in five different wood and color combinations. The body of the SD-22 is made of Popular wood with a Hard Maple neck and Rosewood fingerboard. The tops are available in Santos Palisander, American Hard Maple (Black or White) and Flamed Maple (Vintage or Red). The neck is made of Hard Maple and has a Rosewood or Maple fingerboards.

The Five Options

Santos, $2150 USD:


Vintage, $1950 USD:


Red, $1950 USD:


Black, $1750 USD:


White, $1750 USD:


Specs:
Model name: SD-22
Body Shape : Sinuous Double Cut Dual Humbucker
Scale: 25.5"
Frets: 22
Fret Size: 6105
Attachment: Bolt on with threaded inserts
Nut: Graphite, 1.68"

Amps:

above image composited by Laura Sweet

Sinuous is currently developing a guitar amp (shown above) that will match the finish of their guitars and look good in any room of the house. You can literally rock out on this amp by plugging in and having a seat on top of the amp.

About Sinuous:

Sinuous is a Grand Rapids, Michigan company that crafts unique, high quality sculpted guitars for the most creative and discerning players. Their guitars are designed for the innovative and image conscious guitarist who demands authenticity, craftsmanship, and an instrument that is truly special.

Through their use of innovative design and manufacturing techniques, their guitars have improved the ergonomics that strengthen the intimate relationship between musician and instrument.

Innovative musicians have always inspired them in everything they do and the Sinuous guitar is their gift back.

The Herman Miller blog, Lifework, has a nice interview with the designer here.

Sinuous


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