Master guitar designer, Andy Powers, has played or worked on the music industry’s greatest instrument designs, but in his recent design of the new Powers Electric A-Type he has reached for something more: an electric guitar with not only great musical utility and playability, but with fresh West Coast look and unique innovations that are sure to inspire. “I wanted a sound and a feel I didn’t have,” he says. “I wanted something that shared in the inspirations of past makers but was created for a more modern context. That meant creating a fresh design from the ground up.”
The A-Type is a fully enclosed, slim hollow body guitar with a unique body shape and range colors inspired by the culture of North County San Diego where Powers grew up. With a design influenced by the area’s rich cultural blend of SoCal surf, skateboard, auto craft, music, and art, the A-Type looks great. Just as important, all of its components have been carefully designed and built in-house, so the guitar offers advanced players the precision, feel, and playability of a fine instrument with no off-color notes, dead frets or useless pickup positions. With the A-Type, Powers strived to create a guitar that “sounds and feels amazing every time you pick it up, inspires you to explore fresh ideas while allowing you to sound more like you.”
