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Justin Johnson personally installs each pickup and tone-tests them before shipping them out to ensure top quality.Įach Justin Johnson Signature Shovel Guitar has a unique serial number hammered into the handle and comes with a matching Certificate of Authenticity, hand-signed by Justin Johnson.Įach guitar has a volume knob, chrome hardware, and high-quality enclosed tuners so you can be confident that this instrument will easily handle the abuse of constant playing, and last the test of time!Ī standard quarter-inch jack (good for use with any standard guitar cable and amp), and strap pegs (to be used with any standard guitar strap).įret markers for each fret, burnt into the wooden handle make it easy to see where you are on the neck. These high quality, low-profile humbucker pickups are custom-made, one-at-a-time, and specifically designed and voiced for these shovel guitars. 1968 Yusaku Mokuharu, Katsura and the indigenous Japanese biwa and shamisen. Plus, Japanese musical scales were similar to Western scales (although untempered).

JUSTIN JOHNSON SIGNATURE HAND-WOUND ELECTRIC PICKUP These instruments may have seemed familiarJapan already had a 4-string wooden biwa (fretted lute) and the 3-string unfretted, skin-covered shamisen.

Firstact Me274 Electric Guitar Good quality Japan. If you want the authentic and original look, feel, and tone of the 3-String Shovel Guitars made famous by Justin Johnson, then get it from the source! Guitar Electric Guitar String Lap Steel Guitar Bass Guitar Guitar Effects Ukulele Guitar.

All of the parts and components on this guitar are personally selected by Justin Johnson to ensure quality, long life, and killer tone! This is the ‘Justin Johnson Signature’ 3-String Shovel Guitar, based on the design featured in the “Crankin’ Up the 3-String Shovel Guitar” viral video by Justin Johnson.Įach of these 3-String Shovel Guitars are handmade, one-at-a-time by Justin Johnson himself, and he personally hand-wires the solder points, sets the string action, and personally tests each one to ensure strength, reliability, tone, and comfortable playability.

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