Larry Carlton Q7 Red Sparkle

Manufactured with upgraded components from production to setup, the Q7 is the flagship model of the new Q series: a reinterpretation of the double-cutaway body design from Sire’s unique perspective. This guitar offers maximum playability and comfort, with exceptional lightness and guaranteed ease of playing.

• Body: Mahogany
• Maple top
• Set-neck: Mahogany
• Fingerboard: Ebony
• Block inlays in a rounded rectangle shape, white abalone/pearl
• Neck profile: "C"
• Fingerboard radius: 10"
• Scale length: 25"
• Nut width: 43 mm
• Bone nut
• 22 Medium Jumbo frets
• Pickups: Two LC Q humbuckers
• One volume control and one tone control
• 5-way pickup selector switch
• Wilkinson WVP-6SB tremolo
• Standard sealed tuning machines
• Nickel hardware
• Color: Black

This model features a double-chamber body and an exceptionally lightweight cut, ensuring maximum comfort and reducing fatigue during long playing sessions. Its ergonomic design also allows easy access to the higher frets, facilitating versatile playing styles.

The Sire Q7 is equipped with the LC Q humbucker set (H-H), delivering a powerful and balanced sound with excellent clarity and sustain, ideal for a wide range of styles from clean tones to aggressive overdrive. The 5-position switch enhances tonal versatility, allowing players to explore a broad spectrum of sounds by easily selecting different pickup combinations. Complementing this setup is the Wilkinson WVP-6SB bridge, renowned for its tuning stability, smooth tremolo action, and precision, ensuring it meets the needs of modern musicians seeking reliable performance and expressive playing.

Designed to prevent tuning slips, Sire’s premium lock tuners offer greater tuning stability and faster string changes. These tuners securely lock the strings, reducing slippage during intense playing and ensuring consistent performance, even with frequent bends and tremolo use.

Q Series

The Sire Q series offers modern, lightweight, and ergonomic guitars designed for comfort and versatility. The Q3 features a mahogany body, while the Q7 adds a flame maple top. Both share a roasted maple neck, ebony or rosewood fingerboard, and HH pickup configuration with coil-split option, providing a wide range of tones from clear and defined to high-gain sounds.

The differences between models focus on finishes and hardware details, maintaining the same technical foundation. This series is aimed at guitarists who prioritize a modern feel, fast response, and solid quality within an accessible price range.

About Sire USA

Based in the United States, Sire manufactures instruments across all price ranges with highly professional quality and finishes, always operating within a highly competitive segment. They describe themselves as: "Our bass guitars are made for our friends to delight in playing yet with a professional sound quality".