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Revolutionizing portability: Magnificent sound meets convenient design
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Unleash your sound: The Ascender Trio delivers unmatched versatility and limitless tonal freedom
Crafted first and foremost to ensure top-quality without compromising traditional guitar style, tonal versatility or playability.
Eliminate stress and welcome the freedom of having a treasured guitar with you wherever your musical passion leads you.
Experience an Ascender in our Nashville Showroom
Each Nashville-crafted Ascender is luthier-assembled in Nashville with globally sourced parts, Plek technology, and hand-crafted fret work and set up for pro playability. Come visit us in the heart of Music City! You can ask questions of our Luthiers, see our Plek in action, and try our Ascenders in our Artist Lounge.
Sleek design in seven nitro-satin colors or two gloss finishes
Wonderfully tactile surface and shallow C-shape that feels great
Hard, smooth surface for fast, fluid playing and durability
'59 Humbucker, Custom P-90, S-type
Ensure tuning stability when playing
Ultimate precision setup and playability
" I got this as a gift for my boyfriend who’s a pilot. He loves the sound quality and portability."
“ Wow. This guitar has been perfected. It’s a precision mechanical beast - and it looks great too.”
Professional-grade electric guitars that travel in a backpack
From custom finishes and graphics to premium electronics, the Ciari Custom Shop transforms Ascender guitars into your personalized masterpiece. Let’s build the guitar you’ve always envisioned.
"I played sixty-two gigs by way of forty-one flights to twenty-four states, plus eight countries on two continents - all with my Ascender under the airplane seat in front of me."
Gerey Johnson
Guitarist, Producer
Boney James, Rick Braun, Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige