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"Billy and I had been working on getting that guitar together for the last five or six years and he really nailed it with this one,” says Ben Harper in an Artisan News interview. “I'm as excited about having that guitar in the world as much as my music really. It's that amazing of an electric (guitar). That electric lap steel is the electric equivalent of how I feel about the Weissenborns."

Asher and Harper designed the lap steel drawing on inspiration from the classic '59 Gibson Les Paul. The Harper Series II Limited Edition features a flame maple top with cherry sunburst finish in nitro cellulose lacquer, a pair of Seymour Duncan Custom Shop '59-Style Humbuckers, T.O.M. bridge and tail-piece by Tone Pros.

Production is limited to only 100 instruments, each bearing signature logos of both Ben Harper and Bill Asher. The model also comes with a special signed limited edition certificate of authenticity.

This special Limited Edition is available through Asher Guitars and select dealers across the country, including the Folk Music Center (www.folkmusiccenter.com). Please contact Asher Guitars for availability.

SPECIFICATIONS:

style: lap steel
scale length: 25 inches
neck & body: neck through solid Honduras mahogany with cylindrical tone chambers
top: flamed maple
pickups: 2 Seymour Duncan Custom Shop '59-Style Humbuckers
pickup switching: three-way toggle
controls: master volume and master tone for each pickup
knobs: gold top hat
fret board: koa
bridge: T.O.M. by Tone Pros
tailpiece: Featherweight by Tone Pro
machine heads: Kluson Deluxe with keystone buttons
nut: bone
string spacing: nut: 1 3/4 inches, bridge: 2 1/8 inches
color: cherry burst
finish: nitro-cellulose lacquer
number of frets: 22
strings: Asher Electro Hawaiian Lap Steel strings

Come Complete with a Custom 'Aligator Cedar Creek deluxe hardshell case