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THE ORIGIN OF LEVINSON SCEPTRE

“Blade is my crown…. and this is my Sceptre.”

It’s been over 50 years since I started building and repairing guitars. I’ve had the honor of building instruments for some of the world’s greatest guitarists over this expanse of time. During the late 60’s I was part of a small but exclusive repair shop in Champaign, Illinois. We met many of the music icons of the 60’s and 70’s when they came to play at the University of Illinois and did work for everyone from the Grateful Dead to Cat Stevens.

Sceptre Guitars is the result of using my experience of these 50 years to create a line of instruments of impeccable build integrity with exceptional playability and great tone. All instruments utilize excellent raw materials, top hardware and my new line of Levinson custom wound pickups.

You owe it to yourself as a musician to experience these instruments.

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The North American Alder body brings the warm mids to the forefront on this classic sounding bass. The North American hard maple neck has a black walnut fingerboard with a 34”/86.36 cm scale, a 400mm /16” radius and a real bone nut. The beautiful finishes are set off by the white pearl pickguard.

The two Levinson JB pickups are reverse wound / reverse coiled for noiseless operation together and utilise ALNICO 5 magnets for accented bite. The controls are a classic volume, volume, and tone configuration on a vintage style chrome plate.

The bridge is vintage style with a 19mm pitch as preferred by professional players.

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