{"product_id":"2009-pensa-mk1-cherry-sunburst-4291","title":"2009 Pensa MK1, Cherry Sunburst","description":"Pensa Guitars are hand built in New York City under the tutelage of Rudy Pensa, the long-time owner of Rudy’s Music on 48th St, and now in the city’s SOHO district. The company took flight in the mid 1980s as a partnership between Pensa and John Suhr, and enjoyed much publicity after Mark Knopfler began a long partnership with Pensa in the late 1980s. Knopfler was after a guitar that would offer both Strat and Les Paul tone at the flick of a switch, and Suhr was able to accommodate the request in his design. Today, this functionality is still a foundation of Pensa wiring. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nThe MK1 pictured here was built in 2009. It features a 5A Wild Flame Maple top and mahogany body, Heritage Cherry sunburst nitro lacquer finish, with a ‘natural binding’ treatment. The mahogany neck is carved with Pensa’s Standard C shape and features a 25.5” Indian rosewood 22 fret fingerboard with 6105 frets and generously rolled edges. The nut measures 1-5\/8”. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nThe pickups are Lindy Frailin Humbuckers with 8k and 9k resistance and are wired to a 5-way switch. Positions 1,3, and 5 are Gibson-style wired two-pickup, but positions 2 and 4 offer Fender-like Neck and Bridge tone. Position 2 is neck + bridge inside coils, wired in parallel, like a Stratocaster’s mix position; and position 4 is neck + bridge outside coils, in parallel, which is more like a Telecaster’s middle position sound. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nThis example is in near mint condition and has been carefully set-up in our shop with 10-46 strings. It weighs 7.2 lbs \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nWith original custom Cedar Creek hardshell case\r\n","brand":"PENSA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53614059782510,"sku":null,"price":7500.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/3660\/5550\/files\/1631203567148609PensaMK1-0921-2Main.jpg?v=1790969673","url":"https:\/\/folkwaymusic.com\/products\/2009-pensa-mk1-cherry-sunburst-4291","provider":"Folkway Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}