Prodipe : the excellence finally affordable

The PRODIPE GUITARS ST80MA series follows the greatest tradition of SOLID BODY guitar manufacture.

The best craftsmen for an unmatched result:

• a good density basswood body,
• a neck in vintage varnished maple,
• a maple fingerboard for more brilliance and edge.

We have also chosen to fit ALNICO V pickups, and a set of nickel-coated D'ADDARIO 9-42 strings for an exceptional result in this price range.

ALNICO V pickups are made with an aluminium-nickel-cobalt alloy, which offers several advantages :

• Lower magnetic field than a ceramic pickup, for optimum string vibration giving more sustain.
• Unlike ceramic pickups, ALNICO pickups contain 6 separate magnets. This allows us to choose the perfect configuration for each string during manufacture, thus achieving better balance.
• The aluminium-nickel-cobalt alloy is also ideal for a palette of warm, full, precise sounds.

Finally, the ST80MA/RA range has a pickup configuration consisting of three single coils, in the perfect tradition for faultless versatility.

Available in Black, Sunburst, Candy Red, Sonic Blue and Fiesta Red.

The PRODIPE GUITARS TC80MA series follows the greatest tradition of SOLID BODY guitar manufacture.

The best craftsmen for an unmatched result:

• a good density basswood body,
• a neck in vintage varnished maple,
• a maple fingerboard for more brilliance and edge.

We have also chosen to fit ALNICO V pickups, and a set of nickel-coated D'ADDARIO 9-42 strings for an exceptional result in this price range.

ALNICO V pickups are made with an aluminium-nickel-cobalt alloy, which offers several advantages:

• Lower magnetic field than a ceramic pickup, for optimum string vibration giving more sustain.
• Unlike ceramic pickups, ALNICO pickups contain 6 separate magnets. This allows us to choose the perfect configuration for each string during manufacture, thus achieving better balance.
• The aluminium-nickel-cobalt alloy is also ideal for a palette of warm, full, precise sounds.
• Finally, the TC80MA/RA range has a pickup configuration consisting of two single coils, in the perfect tradition for faultless versatility.

We also use old-fashioned varnishes for the traditional BLACKS and SUNBURSTS.

The most requested range of PRIMERA guitars is evolving.

Because everyone has the right to the best and whatever their budget, PRODIPE GUITARS launches the PRIMERA EQ. Designed for musicians and their comfort, the new EQ model incorporates the same characteristics as the acoustic model:

• Spruce top, back and sides in Mahogany
• Fitted bone for the Nut and saddle
• Double carbon reinforcements inserted in the neck for an optimal comfort, a thinner handle, a better balance and a reduced weight.

Because we build instruments with the needs of the musician in mind, the new PRIMERA EQ is built with a 48 mm width at nut, always more comfort and a simplified access for acoustic guitarists looking for nylon feelings.

Always equipped with our preamp EC1 - PRODIPE, extremely powerful and easy to use, it is already a reference thanks to its respect of the acoustic sound of the guitar and its bluffing presence.

The EC1 pre-amplifier was conceived for a single purpose: to give a very natural, balanced sound rich in harmonics.

For a travel guitar, we went for sound, sound, sound.

With this guitar you have "traveller" size but the sound of a great electro-acoustic instrument.

Without these two criteria, this guitar would not be in the PRODIPE range.

Designed for musicians and their comfort, the new EQ model incorporates the same features as its acoustic big sister:

• A bottom without dam, thermo arched (arch-back) which offers more projection and a better vibration of the bottom.
• A mahogany manufacturing for deep sounds, full and original.

The PRODIPE GUITARS EC1 equaliser was developed and parametrised in France, with the aim of reproducing as faithfully as possible the original sound of the instrument. No compression of bass frequencies, no super-brilliant high notes, just perfect balance between low, medium and high.

ALL Wood Soloist Range

The new SOLOIST 900 is perfect proof of the combined know-how that Yao Hanson, Pierre Lelièvre and the PRODIPE GUITARS team have brought to the project..

This guitar is the flagship of the SOLOIST range, but more than anything else, it’s all about the choices we’ve made:

• Solid ovangkol for the back and the ribs. This wood, which sits somewhere between mahogany and rosewood, gives a rich, accurate and astonishingly powerful sound. We’ve chosen ovangkol because we want to show our commitment to modernity and performance. The soundboard is in solid Canadian cedar from Maderas Barber, a huge name among Spanish luthiers. At Maderas Barber, the wood is specially selected from the warehouse where it has been carefully stored for many years.
• Ebony for the fingerboard to ensure that the instrument stands the test of time and keeps on delivering a dynamic sound.
• Finally, Pierre Lelièvre has thought about the necessary adjustments to optimise a luthier-made guitar which is always ready to serve the musician.

All these elements have come together to make the SOLOIST 900 one of today’s top guitars in the market. 

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More about the Soloist 900

• The neck/the ease of play: the SOLOIST 900 has a fingerboard made of ebony, a type of wood which is as rare as it is dense. The guitar itself is really easy to hold and it only takes the lightest of touches to generate a dynamic, wonderful sound.
• The wood: the SOLOIST 900 is ALL solid wood – top quality African ovangkol for the back and ribs, and top quality Canadian cedar for the soundboard.
• The sound: ovangkol is not a random choice. In terms of the type of sound it produces, this wood is a cross between mahogany and rosewood, and it ensures that the SOLOIST 900 is worthy of being called a professional instrument.

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What Pierre Lelièvre thinks

"I was instantly captivated by the sound potential and the personality of this instrument.

Extremely responsive and powerful, exquisite to play and beautifully crafted by a luthier. For me, it’s the quintessential guitar for the experienced student."

Pierre LELIÈVRE Solo guitarist - Member of Eclisses quatuor First prize at the Ceyzériat National Music Competition in 2010 and Prize for the best interpretation of the mandatory piece at the Antony International Guitar Competition in 2012. Teacher at the Claude Debussy conservatoire in Paris.