Baker Guitars b3 SL-K MIJ
Summary: b3 Guitars teamed up with Okada International Inc, with who they have been partners with for over 20 years. The collaboration between Gene Baker and master builder Yoshiyuki Kikuchi has built a hand-crafted Japanese version of their SL with the exact same specs, tooling, and commitment to excellence that they employ in their US custom shop.
Body: Mahogany with a Bound Maple top, gloss red finish.
Neck: Mahogany with a Pau Ferro fingerboard, 24.75” scale length, 22 Jescar 6105 frets, standard “C” profile, trapezoidal pearl inlays.
Pickups/Hardware: b3 original design humbuckers (Alnico 5 magnets), Gotoh tuning keys, tunomatic bridge/stopbar tailpiece, two volume controls/two tone controls/3-way pickup selector, cream pickup covers.
Cosmetics: This guitar is in excellent condition and shows very little signs of use.
Playability: Our in-house guitar tech has inspected, setup, and restrung this instrument with a new set of strings. The neck is straight, the truss rod is fully functional, and the action has been setup low and comfortable. The frets are in great shape with no major grooves or divots from use and it plays beautifully up and down the fretboard with no dead spots or choking out.
Weight: 8.03 lbs.
Case: This guitar ships in a hard-shell case, professionally packaged, and fully insured.
Body: Mahogany with a Bound Maple top, gloss red finish.
Neck: Mahogany with a Pau Ferro fingerboard, 24.75” scale length, 22 Jescar 6105 frets, standard “C” profile, trapezoidal pearl inlays.
Pickups/Hardware: b3 original design humbuckers (Alnico 5 magnets), Gotoh tuning keys, tunomatic bridge/stopbar tailpiece, two volume controls/two tone controls/3-way pickup selector, cream pickup covers.
Cosmetics: This guitar is in excellent condition and shows very little signs of use.
Playability: Our in-house guitar tech has inspected, setup, and restrung this instrument with a new set of strings. The neck is straight, the truss rod is fully functional, and the action has been setup low and comfortable. The frets are in great shape with no major grooves or divots from use and it plays beautifully up and down the fretboard with no dead spots or choking out.
Weight: 8.03 lbs.
Case: This guitar ships in a hard-shell case, professionally packaged, and fully insured.
