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Designed, along the the rest of D'Angelico's Premier Series, to focus on playability, tone and signature aesthetics, the Bedford is a sleek, lightweight solid offset-body guitar with tone that is versatile and organic. Featuring Duncan-Designed pickups, the combination of a stacked single-coil in the neck and a humbucker in the bridge position, along with push/pull coil-tap access, enables you to explore a wide range of tone in a comfortably affordable instrument.
D'Angelico Premier Series Bedford Electric Guitar with Tremolo Tailpiece Black
D'Angelico Premier Series Bedford Electric Guitar with Tremolo Tailpiece Black
D'Angelico Premier Series Bedford Electric Guitar with Tremolo Tailpiece Black

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  • Gloss finish basswood body
  • Soft-"C" profile set-in maple neck with 22-fret. 14" radius maple fretboard
  • Duncan-Designed stacked single-coil (neck) and humbucker (bridge) with coil-tap and 3-way switching
  • Tune-o-matic bridge and 6-point tremolo tailpiece, Rotomatic "Stairstep" tuners

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Body
  • Body shape: Offset
  • Body type: Solid body
  • Body material: Solid wood
  • Top wood:
  • Body wood: Basswood
  • Body finish: Gloss
  • Orientation: Right handed
Neck
  • Neck shape: C soft
  • Neck wood: Maple
  • Joint: Set-in
  • Scale length: 24.75 in.
  • Truss rod: Standard
  • Neck finish: Satin
Fretboard
  • Material: Maple 
  • Radius: 14 in.
  • Fret size: Medium
  • Number of frets: 22
  • Inlays: Mother-of-pearl
  • Nut width: 1.68 in. (42.67 mm) Not specified
Pickups
  • Configuration: SH 
  • Neck: Stacked single-coil
  • Middle:
  • Bridge: Humbucker
  • Brand: Duncan Designed
  • Active or passive pickups: Passive
  • Series or parallel: Series
  • Piezo: No
  • Active EQ: No
  • Special electronics: Not applicable
Controls
  • Control layout: Volume 1, volume 2, tone 1, tone 2
  • Pickup switch: 3-way
  • Coil tap or split: Coil tap on push/pull tone pots
  • Kill switch: No
Hardware
  • Bridge type: Tremolo 
  • Bridge design: Tune-o-matic
  • Tailpiece: 6-point tremolo 
  • Tuning machines: Rotomatic "Stairstep"
  • Color: Chrome
Other
  • Number of strings: 6-string
  • Special features: None
  • Case: Gig bag 
  • Accessories:
  • Country of origin: Indonesia

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3.5

2 Reviews

50%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend

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  • No thanks-

    2

    submitted5 years ago

    byg buyer

    fromillinois

    The guitar was a dream. 24 3/4 scale length with trem and flat radius fret board. Awesome. I bought it and the longer I had it the more I realized how much D'Angelico must put into their work/ QC. The trem was garbage and wouldn't stay flat ( I like my trem decked) the tuners were garbage and wtheck...off center. This guitar was built and designed and you can see it on most of these models how the pole pieces for the SC pup are so off that it's comical. I know it's not a big deal when the pole pieces don't line up exact but man...I thoughht I'd like to change the pots and add some switches because I like to mod my guitars. It's just no good. The wood, the pots, the ...man, just look somewhere else for a different guitar or spend a little more to have one built.

  • Stellar in every way!

    5

    submitted6 years ago

    byDirty Mac and the boys

    fromchicago

    Thie guitar is incredible, as with every other D'angelico product today. It took me a while to love the offset maple neck look, but now I think this guitar looks incredibly sharp. The contour of the body fits perfectly when playing and feels very comfortable. The maple neck is very slim and is easy to navigate, even for smaller hands. But the best feature of this is the unique tones created by the Stacked Single Coil and the Bridge Humbucker set up. The Guitar sounds incredible plugged into my Blackstar amp, and I even love hearing it played acoustic. For a solid body guitar, it has incredible sustain and sound when played acoustically. Love the look of it and love the sound! Get one now!

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