Tyler Studio Elite Beach Schmear

First available in 1987, the Studio Elite embodied the essence of the L.A. studio scene. It has the contoured and cutaway neck heel/body area with a deeper cutaway on the treble side for easier access to the upper frets. With the SSH pickup configuration, Lead/Rhythm circuit and midboost preamp, it was one of the first "Boutique Superstrats."

The Studio Elite has been refined and improved over 20 years and is one of the most versatile guitars available.

Magic happens. As I'm playing this beautiful Malibu Beach Schmear Tyler through my Blackface Princeton Reverb, one word keeps popping into my mind in regards to its sound: Magnificent. I mean it. It truly sounds magnificent. Maybe it's the Mamywo body combined with the JTO pickups.  Maybe it's the quartersawn maple neck and Indian rosewood fingerboard.  Maybe it's that neck and fingerboard and JTO pickups and Mamywo body together.  Maybe some wizard whipped up a special batch of Schmear that day.  I don't know exactly why that mojo magic seems to touch some guitars more than others, but it definitely washed over this one.

Tyler knew it was a special sounding one, too, when they called to let me know it was coming my way.  The sound is just so 3D: Big and wide and woody and crystal all at the same time. The JTO pickups and electronics are quite versatile, and the lead rhythm circuit with midrange boost frees you to go from creamy to screamy in a split second.

This guitar has it.  It's got the look, it's got the sound, it's got the feel, and it's got "that" neck - the real deal. It's got it all.  It's magnificent!

If you'd like to find out more about this item, just call or e-mail me. It would be my pleasure to talk to you about it.

ABOUT TYLER GUITARS
James Tyler has had a guitar in his hand almost every day since he first picked one up the summer after seventh grade, in 1964. In college, Jim studied Architecture, Design, Music, Photography and for a couple years, Theology. He paid his way through these years of collage doing guitar repair work at local guitar stores, and as a factory trained auto mechanic for Alfa Romeo, Lancia, BMW and Fiat. Later into the 1970’s, he got connected with the guys at Norman’s Rare Guitars in the San Fernando Valley, and became their main repair and restoration guy. Jim’s abilities continued to expand and soon he had enough experience and reputation that he opened his first repair shop in Reseda, CA in 1980. Since then its been a whirlwind of successes, including being chosen to be displayed among the great California guitar companies such as Fender, Rickenbacker, Mosrite and Charvel in the Museum of California's exhibit The Ultimate Guitar Show and building for artists such as Michael Landau, David Williams, Steve Lukather, Michael Anthony, and Dan Huff. James' design shapes and various ground breaking guitar finishes and most recently his line of pickups have virtually transformed the guitar building industry.