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Its comfortable 16-inch Venetian cutaway body offers excellent resonance and easy access to the upper frets, making it equally suited to sophisticated jazz chord work, melodic lead playing, and expressive blues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA three-piece maple neck with Eastman's Traditional Even C profile and smooth ebony fingerboard provides comfortable, precise playability. The 25-inch scale length offers an ideal balance of string tension, articulation, and warmth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the AR503CE is a Seymour Duncan Seth Lover humbucker in the neck position. 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