Courtney Love is the only female rocker to have her own signature series guitars with Bonnie Rait. |
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Courtney playing with her Vista Venus | |
Co-designed by Love and the Fender Custom Shop, this fresh new design embodies unique | Various Vista Venus guitars pictures |
features and delicious tone. | Fender's official website |
Body:
Solid basswood. Neck: Maple; 25.5" scale. Fretboard: Bound rosewood
w/22 frets. Electronics: HB pickup (bridge), single coil pickup w/staggered
Alnico pole pieces (neck), 3-pos toggle, master volume. Pickguard: White
shell. Hardware: 6 saddle adjustable bridge with strings through body
design, traditional machine heads, all nickel w/chrome plating. (Gigbag
included, U.S. & Canada only). |
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These guitars have been discontinued but you may be able to find one in a local music store, or even on E Bay. | |||||||
"I think my Venus is better than the Jagstang," Courtney declares. Hole`s mastermind is justifiably proud of the guitar she designed for Fender`s Squier division. "I did not think of calling it Venus," Love adds. "I thought that was a bad name. But it`s all right I guess." |
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The body shape was based in part on Rickenbacker solid bodies and Mercury guitars | |||||||
"I wanted a guitar that sounded really warm and pop, but which required just one box to go dirty," says Love. "And something that could also be your first band guitar. | |||||||
I didn`t want it all teched out. I wanted it real simple, with just one pickup switch. Because I think that cultural revolutions are in the hands of guitar players." Extract from 'Guitar World' |