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Maranello ’61 MkII
MSRP $1,049.99
Street Price $839.99The 2nd generation of our very popular Maranello has some very nice new updates. Semi-acoustic tone in a compact, double-cutaway design. This modern take on a retro flavor is lightweight, but a true heavyweight when it comes to tone. The Maranello ‘61’s two high-output Humbuckers are connected with our super 5-way switch to give you limitless classic sounds. The Les Term II vibrato gives all you ‘wobblers’ and ‘dive-bombers’ out there the tool you need to get exactly the sound you want.
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Maranello Cavo Bass
MSRP $999.99
Street Price $799.99The Maranello Cavo is a short scale semi-hollow body 4-string bass that packs enormous punch in a very comfortable package. The Cavo features a chambered Mahogany body construction with Italia’s signature f-hole design, resulting in a stunningly classic vintage look. The Cavo’s light weight, and 30” scale length, make this a very comfortable instrument, and much easier to endure those marathon long sets or sessions without the need to visit a chiropractor. The Cavo has a super-tight, punchy, silky smooth tone. The Italia Toaster pickups were dialed in to deliver very tight low-mids and resonant highs, yet without sacrificing the rich juicy lows needed to hold down the rhythm. From the sound you’ll hardly believe your playing a short scale bass, only reminded of this by how comfortable it is to play. We have once again swapped out the standard 3 position switch for our more tonally diversified ‘blend’ control knob. The blend control knob allows you to sweep through the entire range of combinations between neck and bridge pickups. You know your both pickups on once you hit the center detent position on the blend control. Why settle for close when you can have it exactly the way you want it.
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Maranello Classic MkII
MSRP $1,049.99
Street Price $839.99The Maranello Classic MkII – The second generation of the Italia original classic design, now lighter weight with the same amazing tone. The back of the body and neck now have a stunning prism white pearlescent painted finish, and newly updated Italia ITV-5 pickups with Italia ‘I’ case design. Originally designed in collaboration with famed guitar designer Trev Wilkinson, was inspired by an early 60’s Hagström model. Starting with that inspiration, it was refined into a timeless single cutaway guitar design that has that authentic European 60’s look and a classic solid body vintage sound, yet with the playability and reliability of a modern instrument. Features include a fully pearloid wrapped body and neck, a uniquely contoured ‘res-o-glass’ composite pickguard which completely houses all of the controls as well as the Wilkinson vintage-voiced alnico V pickups, and an ergonomically designed input jack that keeps the jack protected and out of the players way. This modular pickguard design allows for easy access for maintenance or modification of the pickups and the electronics. The unique Maranello Classic ‘res-o-glass’ pickguard design sits deep inside the routed hollow body cavity, allowing for a reduced neck angle that is not typical for Les Paul type designs. This construction technique allows for the pickups to be mounted more flush with the top of the pickguard, bringing the strings closer to the surface area of the pickguard creating a rich, fuller resonance.
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Maranello Classic Bass
MSRP $1,049.99
Street Price $839.99Maranello basses boast a unique tonal spectrum from the strategically positioned pickups and unique string-to-body coupling from the massive bridge assembly. Features include ITALIA’s unique floating control plate, stop tail piece and bridge combination, and two Wilkinson Bass Humbuckers.
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Mondial Deluxe
Street Price $839.99The Mondial Deluxe provides both dual Humbucker pickups along with a Piezo acoustic pickup creating the ability to blend the two for rich, complex tonalities. The Piezo acoustic bridge is kept in check by an onboard three band active EQ, and the WVC Wilkinson Humbuckers feature a traditional passive tone control. Both the look and sound of the Mondial Deluxe are derived from the selection of classic tone-producing woods used in its construction. The maple and mahogany complement each other to perfection. The three-ply pickguard, distinctive Italia tailpiece and ornate custom fretmarkers are the finishing touches to a guitar masterpiece.
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Mondial Classic
MSRP $1,049.99
Street Price $839.99The Mondial Classic hits at the very core of what the Italia product line is about. Inspired by some of the cool fiberglass top designs coming out of the 50’s & 60’s, the Mondial Classic features a ‘Res-O-Glass’ top and mahogany back, complete with the rubber-bound edges found on those classic period pieces. The most unique feature for the Mondial Classic is that it houses two completely independent pickup systems, all the way down to separate output jacks for each system. The first system is a standard neck and bridge configuration with 2 Wilkinson WVC Humbuckers, a 3-way selector switch, and master volume and tone controls. The second system is an ‘under the bridge’ piezo ‘acoustic’ style pickup thats integrated into the wooden bridge, has a 2 band EQ Tone control, and independent volume control. These two separate systems give a wide range of tonal control and diversification thats not found on most guitars. You can run the two pickup system into 2 separate amps, and blend the sounds to create a full, rich ‘doubling’ sound combination with two fully different tones. The piezo has great acoustic sound characteristics, and with the two band EQ controls, you can really fine-tune that sound that your wanting out of the piezo. Combine that sweet clean sound from the piezo with a slightly dirty, edgy sound from the humbuckers and you’ll be blown away. If you’re playing a song or a set that doesn’t need the blend of two systems, just plug in to the humbucker jack and rock it like you normally do, or for an acoustic sound, plug it into the piezo and rock that solo. Its totally up to you.
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Imola Vario
MSRP $949.99
Street Price $759.99We couldn’t leave well enough alone. The Imola Vario is a redesign of the Imola 6, but with some fresh, clean design changes, a redesigned body cavity for better tone, as well as weight reduction, and even more tonal variation in the pickup configurations…as if that were possible. We couldn’t help but go back to the classic style 3-way switches to split the bass and treble sides of all 3 Italia Duplex pickups (or to control the SIX mini pickups…you decide). OK. So the old Imola 6 did all that…BUT, we added a 5 position rotary switch that allows for you to dial every combination imaginable. Think about it…you can choose the 2nd position of the rotary switch, have the bass side only of the neck pickup, treble side only of the center, and then click the rotary to 4th position for bridge and center pickup for the solo, and have a completely different sound configuration for the bridge pickup! This truly is about the most tonally diverse 6 string ever made. This is tone for days. Find YOUR sound in the wide range of options available. The Imola Vario features Wilkinson WV6 Vintage tremolo with Italia locking machines, with a silky graphite nut to keep things perfectly in tune while getting your vibrato on. The chambered Alder body with Maple top are bolted to a rock maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, and Italia’s inverted headstock. This is NOT your grandfathers single cutaway here folks.
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Imola GP5 Bass
MSRP $1,199.99
Street Price $959.99The Imola GP was an idea brought to Italia by Styx rockstar bassist Ricky Phillips. Ricky had been playing an Imola 5 String that he loved, but wanted to try something a little different. We created a bass that gave Ricky a wide range of tone options to cover rock, funk, jazz, punk, all due to the specialized active pickup system on the GP. The Chambered Alder body, maple set neck and unique style put an arsenal of sound in your hands.
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Mondial Classic Bass
MSRP $1,149.99
Street Price $919.99Created as a perfect complement to the Mondial guitars, the bass versions produces deep bass tones from the massive single-pole constructed Humbucking neck pickup. Blend in the bridge piezo to create unparalleled unique tonal textures, or use the piezo on its own for the true acoustic bass sound. The range of tonal options make the Mondial Deluxe and Classic easily the most versatile bass instruments on the scene.
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Modena Sitar
MSRP $999.99
Street Price $799.99This electric sitar is a unique instrument that utilizes the Gotoh Buzz bridge producing the sympathetic string sound of a traditional sitar. In addition to the unique sound is the mini-harp on the upper part of the body. Tuned in half-steps, this mini-harp has its own lipstick pickup and produces resonating overtones to the primary strings. In effect, the ITALIA Modena Sitar produces some of the most unique and bizarre tones to come from an electric guitar. The ITALIA Modena Sitar is loaded with three lipstick pickups (one specially designed for the mini-harp) each having its own individual Volume and Tone controls for endless variations of blending. No other instrument can reproduce what this one does. The ITALIA Modena Sitar is unique and fresh providing a different outlook on modern electric guitar.
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Modena Challenge
MSRP $1,149.99
Street Price $919.99The Modena Challenge has some major differences that set this apart from the rest of its family. The Challenge has an ultra-thin body design bolted to an oil-finished hard rock maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard. The Official Bigsby tremolo adds the perfect touch to maximize the tonal versatility of this powerhouse instrument, which are powered by three…yes three Italia Toaster Style Mini Humbucker pickups, with a 5 way position switch, master volume and tone that give you a vast range of sound possibilities. Tone alone does not make this guitar amazing. The style and comfort are something you won’t soon forget once you’ve played it.
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Imola GP Bass
Street Price $919.99The Imola GP was an idea brought to Italia by Styx rockstar bassist Ricky Phillips. Ricky had been playing an Imola 5 String that he loved, but wanted to try something a little different. We created a bass that gave Ricky a wide range of tone options to cover rock, funk, jazz, punk, all due to the specialized active pickup system on the GP. The Chambered Alder body, maple set neck and unique style put an arsenal of sound in your hands.