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Sire Larry Carlton S7 FM Electric Guitar in Transparent Black

Modern S-style guitar featuring an ultra-versatile HSS pickup set, flamed Maple top, rock-solid roasted Maple neck & smooth rolled fingerboard edges!

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Product Description

Following up the superb bass collaboration with Marcus Miller, Sire have partnered with jazz fusion legend Larry Carlton to bring you their take on the iconic S-style — the S7. Sire instruments boast high-end specs at tempting prices, and it's business as usual with the S7, which features a roasted Maple neck, an 'Edgeless' rolled-edge fretboard and flexible Super-ST pickups suited to Larry Carlton's tonal preferences.

"Quite aside from carrying the signature of one of the most respected session guitarists in history, these instruments are from the same stable as the Marcus Miller basses, whose sound-per-pound quality has made them something of a phenomenon in the four-string world." — guitar.com

Premium Construction

The S7 combines both modern design construction with familiarly classy style. It's made up of an Alder body with a bolt-on roasted hard Maple neck. Sire are masters of the roasting technique, otherwise known as "baking", which rids the wood of imperfections and makes it incredibly resilient over years of use.

On top is a matching 9.5-inch radius roasted Maple fretboard adorned with medium jumbo frets; giving the S7 a luxurious, contemporary playing feel. Add in the gloriously-silky rolled fretboard edges, and you've got a guitar that plays like it should be four times the price!

High-Quality Hardware

Hardware on the S7 is of an incredibly high standard. The premium locking tuners keep the guitar as precise as can be, even when using the Modern tremolo bridge for flutters and big divebombs. This is also thanks in part to the traditional bone nut, which is a low-friction material that allows the strings to smoothly glide and accurately return to pitch.

Stellar Sire Sound

Sire created the Super-ST pickup set to meet Larry Carlton's high tonal standards. They deliver on outstanding clarity and treble-heavy sparkle. The H/S/S configuration is arguably the most versatile of pickup layouts. That means the Sire S7 can access dynamic cleans and lead tones at the neck, and crunchy rhythm in the bridge position. Mix in the middle single-coil to get nuanced, characterful variations. You can also engage a coil-tap function (via the push/push volume knob) to attain a single-coil style sound from the bridge humbucker.

"Keep everything wide open on the S7 and it does exactly what you’d want it to do: offering up clear and well-balanced Stratty tones with a nice bit of extra oomph from the humbucker. Played clean, all three pickups are perky and brisk, with loads of phasey quack in both in-between positions... give it some mid-gain overdrive to play with and this guitar really finds its true voice." — guitar.com

Customer Reviews

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A stunning guitar in every way — feel, looks, sound. Pound for pound the best purchase I have ever made."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This is a wonderful guitar that definitely feels like a guitar 2 or 3 times the price. It's my first roasted maple neck and I've got to say I absolutely love it."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "If you're looking for a high-end guitar but don't want to pay high-end prices, Sire is definitely the way to go."

Specifications

Body

  • Body Shape: Sire S-Style
  • Body Material: Alder
  • Body Top: Flamed Maple Veneer

Neck

  • Neck Material: Roasted Hard Maple
  • Neck Profile: C-Shape
  • Neck Joint: 4-Bolt Steel Square Plate
  • Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
  • Fingerboard Material: Roasted Hard Maple, Edgeless (Rolled Edges)
  • Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
  • Frets: 22, Medium Jumbo
  • Inlays: Abalone Dot
  • String Nut: Bone (42 mm)

Hardware

  • Bridge: Sire Modern Tremolo (2-Post Type)
  • Tuners: Sire Premium Locking
  • Pickguard: Tortoiseshell
  • Control Knobs: BK Strat
  • Hardware Finish: Chrome

Electronics

  • Pickups: Sire Super-ST HSS Set
  • Controls: Volume (Push/Push Coil-Tap), Tone, 5-Way Lever Switch

Customer Reviews

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30 reviews

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Mr Willem de Boer9th Mar 2024

I’m very picky about a guitar holding its tuning. While this does, I expected a bit more of it. Other than that, what great value for money. Easily competes with guitars 3-4 times the price.

Value 5Looks 5Durability 5Sound 5

Mr Ronald Elizondo6th Jan 2024

After having it properly set up it plays. As well as any guitar I own including my American Strat.

Value 5Looks 5Durability 5Sound 5

Mr Arthur Griffith21st Aug 2023

Nice to play. Sounds great and well priced

Value 5Looks 5Sound 5

Mr Anthony Thomson8th Jun 2023

Amazing instrument, great sound

Value 5Looks 5Durability 5Sound 5

Mr Nathan Hill12th May 2023

The guitar gets 5 stars but arrived needing a full service. The nut needs profiling, the action altering (set like a cello) and the intonation was awful. String buzz was on E B and A strings Having paid £40 for a professional set up and got it back, I can’t put it down. I’ve guitars twice the price that don’t match the playability. Certainly superior to the Fender Player Strat. Great tone and sustain. Just a shame it was love at second not first sight.

Value 5Looks 5Durability 4Sound 5

Ian20th Feb 2023

Amazing guitar for the money. Absolute quality build and a dream to play.

Value 5Looks 5Durability 5Sound 5

Trusted Customer1st Jun 2022

Value 5Looks 5Durability 5Sound 4

Mr Stephen Fothergill23rd Mar 2022

Gloss front and mat back. Beautifully finished a real eye turner.

Value 5Looks 5Durability 5Sound 5

Trusted Customer11th Mar 2022

Awesome guitar. Look great. Feels great. Sounds great

Value 5Looks 5Durability 5Sound 5

Mr John Taylor24th Feb 2022

Great looking guitar, first class fit & finish. Lovely smoooth neck. Plays great. Interesting tones from p/u selection. Looks & feels far more expensive.

Value 5Looks 5Durability 5Sound 4

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