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FIRST PLAYPJD GUITARS ST JOHN APPRENTICE
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Whatever the reasons, we could suggest there’s a bit of a trend emerging: the stripped-down, high-quality guitar that’s far from hard on your income. It was the theme of our last cover story and, working on that, we got wind of a new entry, PJD’s new Apprentice. We say ‘new’ because the brand released some small runs of single-soapbar-pickup models back in 2022, with lightly reliced gloss nitro finishes, which were the first to introduce the gold decal logos now standard for all its models. Those guitars