GUITARS WITH QUICK-CHANGE pickup-swapping capabilities are nothing new. Yet rarely has a lineup hit the scene with a system that works as quickly as Canivell’s, while boasting a bundle of cutting-edge design details that sets it apart in many other ways. Will the Canivell S and C Series guitars earn some staying power in a traditionally conservative market? Let’s jump in and assess their chances.
The term pops up frequently in the history of the six-string we’ve all come to know and love. Guitars made in the country so often accredited with the instrument’s birth are more famously of the classical variety, however, and few players can cite great examples of Spanish-made electrics. Jordi Canivell clearly hopes to change all that. A musician and avid in the past, and the company’s Woman Tone overdrive is reviewed this issue []. Butthebrandhasexpandedover the years to include an audio-visual rental company, a recording studio, a guitar museum and now this range of guitars that carries the founder’s surname.
