The Music Man Valentine is the signature guitar for Maroon 5 guitarist James Valentine and it's been designed to easily handle funk and rock (blues etc.) with ease.
The body shape is brand new and resembles something between a 335 and a T-shaped guitar.
Specifications
Model Valentine
- Size 13-1/4" wide, 1-3/4" thick, 38-7/16" long (33.7 cm wide, 4.5 cm thick, 97.6 cm long)
- Body Wood Ash
- Body Finish High gloss polyester
- Bridge Music Man® Modern hardtail with vintage bent steel saddles
- Pickguard Shell
- Scale Length 25-1/2" (64.8 cm)
- Neck Radius 10" (25.4 cm)
- Headstock Size 6-3/8" (16.2 cm) long
- Frets 22 - High profile, medium width, Stainless Steel
- Neck Width 1-5/8" (41.3 mm) at nut, 2-1/4" (56.9 mm) at last fret
- Neck Wood Select roasted maple neck
- Fingerboard Select roasted maple neck
- Fret Markers 1/4" Black Face dots
- Neck Finish Gunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend
- Neck Colors Standard – Natural with finished headstock
- Tuning Machines Schaller M6-IND locking
- Truss Rod Adjustable - no component or string removal
- Neck Attachment 5 bolts - perfect alignment with no shifting; Sculpted neck joint allows smooth access to higher frets
- Electronic Shielding Graphite acrylic resin coated body cavity and aluminum control cover
- Controls Custom Music Man® active preamp; push/push volume for gain boost, 500kohm push/push passive tone for custom spilt pickup configurations - .022µF tone capacitor
- Switching 3-way lever pickup selector
- Pickups SH - Music Man® custom wound staggered pole piece single coil (bridge) and humbucker with chrome covers (neck)
