SIRE – S3-HSS-NEWGEN-MGO – Sire Larry Carlton S3 – newgen – Metallic Gold

The S3 HSS New Gen expands the S Series with a versatile HSS pickup configuration, offering a wide range of tones suited for modern players. Built with upgraded features for dependable performance and long-term durability, it delivers excellent value while maintaining the comfortable playability the S Series is known for. Finished in modern colors and equipped with reliable hardware, the S3 HSS New Gen is designed to meet the demands of today’s players.

Few instruments are as iconic — or as sonically versatile — as the classic S-style solidbody, and the Sire Larry Carlton S3 HSS New Gen delivers a standout take on this legendary design with modern playability and tone to match. Larry’s preferred S-style shape comes to life in the S3 HSS New Gen’s body, carved from solid Indonesian mahogany. The hard maple C-shaped neck gives you a comfortable playing experience, while the 9.5-inch-radius rosewood fingerboard, which includes Sire’s lauded Edgeless enhancement, provides a decidedly upscale feel.

Players craving both humbucking and single-coil tones will revel in the New Gen’s alnico-loaded LC HSS pickup set, yielding a warm, dynamic, expressive tone, along with a smooth response and glorious harmonic content. You also get a high-quality bone nut, a reliable Sire 2-post tremolo, and rock-solid tuning machines. Rounding out this excellent workhorse’s aesthetics are a yellow-tinted neck and an eye-grabbing finish. Lightweight, comfortable, and teeming with hot-rodded tone, the Sire S3 HSS New Gen is a refined instrument designed to meet the demands of modern players.

Classic contours meet pliable playability:

Meticulously sculpted from a solid slab of Indonesian mahogany, the Larry Carlton S3 HSS New Gen offers classic contours that are guaranteed to please even the most discriminating of S-style fanatics. To start with, the hard maple neck features a hand-filling C-shaped profile. Additionally, this already comfortable neck is matched by a 9.5-inch-radius rosewood fingerboard, which has been rolled and smoothed using Sire’s outstanding Edgeless process and crowned with a bone nut and 22 medium-jumbo frets.

Rather than using ceramic magnets like the previous-generation S3, the New Gen’s pickups house alnico magnets, providing you with a warmer, more dynamic tone. These pickups offer a smooth, expressive response and deliver rich harmonic content, whether you’re playing through a vintage tube amp or a modern modeler.

Where style and performance collide

When Sire designed the Larry Carlton S3 HSS New Gen, the company paid just as much attention to its visuals as to tone and playability. For starters, the guitar’s sublimely contoured S-style body flaunts an eye-grabbing finish that complements its pickguard beautifully. The pickup covers and knobs feature yellow tinting for an exquisitely aged look. To top it off, the S3 HSS New Gen’s neck has been tinted for a vintage-inspired aesthetic that’s bound to turn more than a few heads.

Features:

Contoured S-style body crafted from solid Indonesian mahogany

Hard maple C-shaped neck gives you a comfortable playing experience

9.5-in.-radius rosewood fingerboard includes Sire’s Edgeless enhancement for a decidedly upscale feel

22 medium-jumbo frets facilitate effortless string bending

Alnico-loaded LC HSS pickup set yields a warm, dynamic, expressive tone with a smooth response and glorious harmonic content

High-quality bone nut, reliable Sire 2-post tremolo, and rock-solid Sire tuning machines

Yellow-tinted neck and an eye-grabbing finish complete the guitar’s look

Specs:

Body Material:
Indonesian Mahogany

Body Shape:
Sire Double-Cut Body

Body Color:
Metallic Gold

Neck Material:
Hard Maple

Neck Shape:
C-Shape

Scale:
25.5″

Fingerboard Material:
Rosewood with Edgeless™ (Rolled Fretboard Edges)

Fingerboard Radius:
9.5″

Frets:
2.7 mm Medium Jumbo

String Nut:
Bone Nut 42mm Width

Inlay:
Dot

Neck Joint:
Four Bolts Steel Plate

Pickup:
Sire Standard HSS Pickup Set

Controls:
5way Lever Switch, Volume, Tone

Knobs:
IV Standard Control Knobs

Bridge:
Sire Modern Tremolo Bridge (2 Post Type)

String Spacing:
10.8mm

Tuning Gear:
Sire Standard Tuner

Hardware Finish:
Chrome