Sceptre Ventana Standard - Double Cutaway Candy Apple Red Electric Guitar

Sceptre Ventana Standard - LSV1-CAR-M

Sceptre Ventana Standard - Double Cutaway Candy Apple Red SSS with Maple Board by Levinson

A Perfect Fusion of Vintage Allure & Contemporary Reliability, while Capturing the Iconic Sound of the 60s.

The Sceptre Ventana Standard in Candy Apple Red offers a perfect fusion of vintage allure and contemporary reliability, all while capturing the iconic sound of the 60s. Inspired by the artistic enclave of Big Sur, where creativity has thrived for generations, this guitar embodies the spirit of innovation and expression.

Crafted with an Okoume body, the Ventana Standard delivers the classic tone of the 60s in a sleek and modern design. The North American hard maple neck and maple fingerboard provide a smooth playing experience, with a 240mm/9.5” radius and a real bone nut ensuring optimal performance. Equipped with three calibrated Levinson S-E1 single coil pickups featuring ALNICO 5 magnets, this guitar delivers a vintage-inspired tone with a solid top-end bite, perfect for cutting through any mix. The custom 50mm magnet spacing of the neck pickup ensures exceptional string-to-string response, while the middle position pickup is reverse wound/reverse poled for noiseless operation in positions 2 and 4.

Completing the package, the Ventana Standard features a Wilkinson WOV 02 tremolo and die-cast machine heads, providing smooth and effortless tuning. With its blend of vintage charm and modern reliability, the Sceptre Ventana Standard is a true classic for today's demanding musicians.

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THE ORIGIN OF LEVINSON SCEPTRE

It’s been over 50 years since Gary Levinson started building and repairing guitars. He has had the honour of building instruments for some of the world’s greatest guitarists over this expanse of time. During the late 60’s Gary was part of a small but exclusive repair shop in Champaign, Illinois. He met many of the music icons of the 60’s and 70’s when they came to play at the University of Illinois, and did work for everyone from the Grateful Dead to Cat Stevens.

At the University of Illinois, Gary Levinson studied applied and natural sciences and continued this when he came to Basel Switzerland in 1971. The creation of tone is a wonderful science - part Physics and part magic. During Gary's graduate studies at the University of Basel, he continued guitar work and founded Guitars by Levinson in Basel, Switzerland in 1977. This is history and has been a part of the Blade Guitars story over the years.

Sceptre Guitars is the result of using his experience of these 50 years to create a line of instruments of impeccable build integrity with exceptional playability and great tone. All instruments utilise excellent raw materials, top hardware and Gary's new line of Levinson custom wound pickups.

You owe it to yourself as a musician to experience these instruments.