Where Did It Go?

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Did you see it!?

It's got to be around here somewhere. I mean, wasn't it just here a minute ago, or am I going completely crazy? You saw it, right, over there, under the strings, hanging around with the pickups? Or at least I think it was, anyway. Now I am not exactly sure what I saw anymore. This is a lot like when I thought I glimpsed Bigfoot…out in the wild…at a giant Jason Kui concert and then it turned out to be a huge Marshall stack instead. Makes you start to question yourself. But it was there earlier, wasn’t it? Or, is this just my imagination?

This is kind of an important thing to misplace. Would you help me look?

Okay…

Have you checked under the sofa yet? How about in your guitar case? Behind your stash of stage clothes in the closet? (Let’s not tell anyone about those.)

Wait a second here…

I just realized that you haven’t even told us what you are looking for yet?

Ha, sorry. I guess I should have begun this tale, this musical quest, with that essential bit of information.

Pickguard…

I am looking for this Raven's Pickguard. Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't a Raven have a Pickguard?

Ah…it has all become clear now...

You are searching for the Pickguard.

Very good. We can now all stop looking. The answer to your requested Raven Pickguard quest question is:

Nowhere!

A Pickguard for this new Raven is nowhere to be found—and that is a good thing.

For…it was never lost in the first place.

What you are looking at right now in Guitar Tales is a brand-new Raven. A Raven you have never-ever seen before. A Raven that does not have a classic pickguard. This new model is simply known as Raven and Raven Superbird.

What you are remarkably accurately remembering in your Raven sightings out in the wild is Raven Classic and Raven Superbird Classic—both models standing out with classic Pickguard styling—hence the classic word “Classic” in its classic model name.

But there were others…others who wanted their Raven without.

So now…you can get your Raven either way you prefer it—with or without…a Pickguard. The choice is completely yours.

Here in the pages of Guitar Tales, you get to experience the birth of Raven—without a classic pickguard—for the first time.

Jason Kui was one of those who wanted his without. And speaking of Jason Kui and concerts…

This first-ever Raven is finished in Rainbow Sparkle. Notice all the different colors the sparkles refract as the light bombards its surface. This new Raven is headed into his hands and onto the stage with Jason Kui, where it is wild and free to fly with swooping, fast, beautiful, and clean Offset guitar lines—not a pickguard in sight. He also has wonderful tone, impeccable intonation, and unparalleled playability to contend with. But equally important, this new guitar could be quite instrumental in dispelling any rumors of Bigfoot running around on stage with Jason Kui. (Who would say such a thing in the first place?)

The result of this outlandish expedition’s discoveries: A whole new Raven is among us. A Raven without classic pickguard styling. By popular demand, the pickguard is completely gone—on this model—but still completely available on Raven Classic and Raven Superbird Classic.

With the brand-new Raven and Raven Superbird, there is now a beautifully sleek and swooping, clean-cut Offset instrument that is free to fly.

Editor’s Note: Also pictured, Jason Kui in his studio with his new Raven. Notice Wolfhound hiding just in the background. And not a Bigfoot in sight—for now.

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