Anderson Guitarworks Li'l Angel Guitar, Purple to Black Burst

Music Store Live is proud to be an official Tom Anderson Guitarworks dealer. Every single one of the guitars that we've received from the Anderson shop has left everyone in our store speechless and stunned. This short scale version of an Angel is awesome for players wanting a slinkier feel and beefier lows.

This guitar certainly gives you a lot to look at before you ever even plug it in. The quilt maple top is beautifully figured and the purple finish has various purple tones to it which then burst out to black on the edges. A nice, dark piece of rosewood and matching headstock keep that darker aesthetic of the guitar all the way from top to bottom.

The playability is out of this world! Anderson's even taper neck feels incredible in any position. It's a smooth and gradual taper, as the name implies, and whether you're holding big fat chords down low or ripping leads up high, it's perfectly comfortable and capable. The compound radius fretboard also helps with this, big time. The neck is thin but doesn't feel like a toothpick in your hands and the carve on it is just divine with that magical heel joint that is nothing short of perfection. The fretwork is immaculate and the action, right out of the box, was set really low with absolutely no fret buzzing to speak of. The ease of playability will slap a smile on your face that you just can't shake.

Electronically, this guitar is decked out with tons of usable options while also not being overly complicated. A classic HSS pickup configuration provides you with the typical tones you'd expect. We went with some pickup choices that will be able to handle a wide array of tones and will sound great clean or with distortion. The bridge can also be split for more traditional strat-like tones. In fact, the shorter scale of this guitar makes the bridge pickup, in single-coil mode, sound just a bit fatter and just that much less shrill than your traditional strat bridge single-coil might. It's actually a really great byproduct of the shortened scale. We also find this helps to give the bridge pickup more oomph while in humbucker mode and adds punch to the bottom end without muddying it up. This is super helpful as you start to dial in more gain. In the middle pickup position, you can also alternate between having just the middle single-coil selected or the neck and bridge pickups selected. There are a ton of very musical sounds under the hood of this guitar.

This is another prime example of the meticulous attention to detail that goes into the building of each and every guitar that Mr. Tom Anderson puts his name on! It may sound cliche to say this, but the pictures here really don't do this one its full justice. It's truly even more stunning in person.

Music Store Live is proud to be an authorized dealer for Anderson Guitarworks. This Li'l Angel is 100% brand new and is being sold with a full manufacturer's warranty. Photos are of the exact guitar you'll receive.

Our in-house guitar tech has inspected, tested, set up, and cleaned all of our instruments on site prior to shipping. All of our instruments are guaranteed to be fully functional upon arrival