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Build quality
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The neck is narrow, possibly with a 42mm nut, making most replacement bridges incompatible.
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Features and functionality
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The guitar features a mahogany body and transparent finishes which are actually veneers.
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Comparisons
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Described as a Les Paul Custom ripoff, one owner found it to be a great alternative.
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Value and pricing
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A user identified it as a $150 find on Facebook, implying potential undervaluation for the quality.
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John used the Model 1 various times when playing "Half of My Heart" during his Battle Studies tour - also using it to perform his rendition of "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac.
Rick Turner Guitars endorses John using it on their website.
Lindsey still brings out his #1 Turner Model One, as recalled on Premier Guitar.com, that he has used since the '70s (pictured), as well as two other Model Ones set up with different tunings, and backups for each. On the back of the guitar is a control to adjust the angle of the pickup, which is adjusted to the sweet spot then set. He uses Taylor 814 acoustics with Fishman Prefix electronics, as well as Renaissance nylon-strings, both baritone and regular, with Roland GK pickups to trigger a synth that he wasn't using on this tour. All of his guitars are tuned slightly differently (as detailed in the video), and each is set up for a song or songs with a specific strap length depending upon the difficulty of the song. Buckingham can also be seen using the Turner Model 1 Solid Body in the Equipboard profile picture.
In a 2011 interview with Guitar World, Buckingham talks about how he switched to Rick Turner guitars instead of Les Paul Customs and Stratocasters he played before.
Yeah. Before we joined Fleetwood Mac, I was been playing a Stratocaster as an electric guitar, and it was well-suited to my finger style. When we joined the band, they had a pre-existing sound that was rather fat. And it needed a fatter-sounding guitar. I started using a Les Paul, which was not particularly well-suited to the orchestral style of playing that I had. So at some point, after I had met Rick Turner, I asked him if he could design me something that had a fatter sound, something between a Les Paul and a Stratocaster, but that had the percussive elements that would respond well to my style. And that’s what he came up, and of course I have been using that model guitar for years and years now.
In a live performance of Maze in New Orleans in 1980, Frankie Beverly used the Turner Model 1 Solid Body guitar. This guitar, crafted by Rick Turner, was made famous by Lindsey Buckingham. The performance can be seen in the video titled "Maze & Frankie Beverly Feel That You're Feelin (Live)" on YouTube, uploaded by genobibb.
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