The Valley Arts Custom Pro was a stratocaster style electric guitar introduced in the 1980s with many custom options. They typically had HSS EMG pickups and double locking tremolo. The Custom Pro was described in a Valley Arts flyer in 1987 as follows:

The Valley Arts Custom Pro embodies everything we have learned over the last twenty years of making guitars for top musicians around the world. Each guitar is completely hand-made in our own shop to ensure that the quality is second to none.

The Valley Arts guitar is a great guitar in the tradition of great guitars. . .and great guitarists. Every component is conceived for no other purpose than to present to the musician a clearer path to self-expression, and then tested time and again to see that it meets that purpose.

We feel the Valley Arts Custom Pro is more than just a tool of the trade; for us it represents the pride of the artisan who lives within us all.

Features of the Custom Pro

BODIES

• Available in alder, ash. basswood, koa, mahogany, quilted maple, teak, or walnut

NECKS

• Width and thickness are shaped to order
• Fingerboard radius is shaped to order
• Two scales available: 24.75" with 24 frets or 25.5" with 22 frets
• Custom profile Valley Arts fret wire (other profiles available by special order)
• Each fret is individually hand-polished
• 14:1 Valley Arts tuning machines
• Available in mahogany, maple. or walnut
• Fingerboards available in ebony, maple, or rosewood, with or without edge binding
• Shipped with exclusive Valley Arts fret protector

VIBRATOS

• Available with your choice of any vibrato
• Fulcrum-type vibratos are mounted in inset metal anchors
• This allows full use of the vibrato without damage to the guitar body or the bridge mount

ELECTRONICS .

• Available with your choice of any high-quality pick-up (custom wound pick-ups are available by special order)
• Both fixed and  pickguard assemblies are available
• Quick-change assemblies allow you to change pick-ups in minutes

FINISH

• The body and neck are painstakingly hand sanded
• Each guitar is completely assembled prior to painting as an extra step in the quality control procedure
• Each guitar receives 35 coats of nitro-cellulose lacquer before being hand buffed to a high luster

COMPLETION -

• Each guitar is thoroughly played and tested before delivery
• Many woods are available in either normal or highly-figured versions

It is with great pride that we offer you the Valley Arts Guitar.

Valley Arts Guitars Al Carness, Michael McGuire
12162 Ventura Boulevard, Studio City, California, 91604,(818) 763,3383