Back at NAMM 2019, Nashville’s Ciari Guitars unveiled an interesting travel guitar called the Ascender. This guitar featured a beautifully designed folding mechanism that allowed the player to carry the instrument in a backpack-sized case. Now the company is back with his P90 packing version.
The Ascender P90 Solo is similar to the Les Paul Junior, but with a neck that folds behind the body for travel.
The offset single-cut Nano Satin basswood body houses a single Seymour Duncan Dogear P90 pickup in the bridge, delivering “the brightness and clarity of a single coil and the midrange punch of a humbucker.” . Master volume and tone control.
While many travel guitars employ shorter necks for easier portability, the new Ascender’s mahogany neck and prep-planed ebony fingerboard feature a 24.75-inch scale length for a full-size playing experience. It has 22 medium jumbo frets.
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“When it’s time to hit the road, players use a system that combines an aircraft-grade mid-neck hinge, a moving locking strut that selectively secures the hinge, and a floating tailpiece that selectively tightens and loosens the strings.” said the company. explained in a press release. This allows him to reduce the length of the guitar to 18.5 inches for storage in the included quilted gig bag or optional backpack.
Behind the pickups is a Tune-o-Matic rolling bridge, with custom locking tuners mounted to the headstock in a 3+3 configuration. The strings are held in place with light tension when folded, and the system is designed so that “everything remains crisp and in tune when unrolled for playing.”
The Ascender P90 Solo guitar is available in five left-handed or right-handed color options for $1,599 USD each. Visitors to the National Association of Music Merchants show at the Anaheim Convention Center this week will be able to see his Ascender guitar up close at the company’s booth.
Product Page: Ascender P90 Solo
