Sceptre Ventana Standard - LSV1-BK-M

Sceptre Ventana Standard Double Cutaway Black SSS with Maple Board by Levinson

A Blend of Vintage Charm and Modern Reliability with the Iconic Sound of the 60s'

The Sceptre Ventana Standard Double Cutaway in Black offers a timeless blend of vintage aesthetics and modern performance. Crafted with an Okoume body, this guitar delivers the iconic sound of the 60s while incorporating contemporary features for today's musicians. The North American hard maple neck and fingerboard provide a smooth playing experience, complemented by a 240mm/9.5” radius and real bone nut.

Equipped with three calibrated Levinson S-E1 single coil pickups, each featuring ALNICO 5 magnets, this guitar delivers classic tones with a solid top-end bite. The custom magnet spacing of each pickup ensures excellent string-to-string response, while the middle position pickup is reverse wound/reverse poled for noiseless operation in positions 2 and 4.

Completing the package, the Ventana Standard features a Wilkinson WOV 02 tremolo and die-cast machine heads, ensuring smooth and effortless tuning. With its blend of vintage charm and modern reliability, the Sceptre Ventana Standard is a true classic for today's demanding musicians.

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THE ORIGIN OF LEVINSON SCEPTRE

It’s been over 50 years since Gary Levinson started building and repairing guitars. He has had the honour of building instruments for some of the world’s greatest guitarists over this expanse of time. During the late 60’s Gary was part of a small but exclusive repair shop in Champaign, Illinois. He met many of the music icons of the 60’s and 70’s when they came to play at the University of Illinois, and did work for everyone from the Grateful Dead to Cat Stevens.

At the University of Illinois, Gary Levinson studied applied and natural sciences and continued this when he came to Basel Switzerland in 1971. The creation of tone is a wonderful science - part Physics and part magic. During Gary's graduate studies at the University of Basel, he continued guitar work and founded Guitars by Levinson in Basel, Switzerland in 1977. This is history and has been a part of the Blade Guitars story over the years.

Sceptre Guitars is the result of using his experience of these 50 years to create a line of instruments of impeccable build integrity with exceptional playability and great tone. All instruments utilise excellent raw materials, top hardware and Gary's new line of Levinson custom wound pickups.

You owe it to yourself as a musician to experience these instruments.