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The Wallace Stevens Model

allace Stevens was a Pulitzer Prize-winning 20th-century American poet who wrote (among many other wonderful lines), “Things as they are/Are changed upon the blue guitar.” Did have him in mind when it came up with the Azure Metallic version hollow-body? Probably not, but you may wish to ponder Stevens’ words while appreciating the Nashville’s 16"-wide, 2.5"-deep maple body with ML bracing design and set “U”-shaped maple neck with 24.6" scale length. Then get ready to change some things.

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