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Ultimate Strats

There is nothing off-the-peg about the guitar playing of Rabea Massaad. Voluminous of hair, visionary of mindset and almost permanently viral for his jaw-dropping online videos, the FrogLeap guitarist was never likely to settle for factory-spec Strat coils. Sure enough, the search for a bolder tone led him to the door of Tim Mills, MD of Cornwall’s acclaimed Bare Knuckle, and to the birth of the Triptych set that is rapidly becoming the mod of the moment.

There’s quite a buzz surrounding the Triptych.

“Yeah, absolutely, it’s really taken off – in part because Rabea has just brought a different angle to Strat playing

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