Many guitar players have his own signature guitar and Troy van Leeuwen couldn’t be less, the Yamaha SA503 TVL is his own signature model. Now at Queens of the Stone Age, Troy chose this model for touring with the Queens. Let’s find why.
A maple semi-hollow body, maple neck and rosewood fingerboard form the main structure. The guitar has a scale length of 24 3/4” and a radius of 14” with the classic 22 frets.
Chrome Bigsby tremolo was the choice for the bridge and features 3 Bar Single Coils with a dual 3–way selector (to get all possible pickup configurations).
A modern review of classic hollow-body guitars for $950 approximate.
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