There’s nothing quite like the elegance and “no nonsense” simplicity of a nice Tele. Especially when you are holding one as wonderfully made as Alastair Miller’s latest Barncaster guitar! Using a piece of 150-year-old Pine, Miller has gone with a 1 9/16″ body depth, making the guitar feel more streamlined than a standard Tele. It also helps make the guitar very lightweight, at just over 6.2 lbs! The bridge pickup is taken from a 50’s Fender Lap Steel, and the neck pickup is custom wound by Miller himself. The neck is carved into a beautiful Fender 50’s “U” profile, with a vintage 3-brass-saddle bridge and “relic” niro finish completing the package. This guitar absolutely screams mojo from top to bottom. Well done Mr. Miller!
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Serial Number:… 90247016 circa 1997 Neck:… Bound mahogany neck, rosewood fretboards, low profile neck shape, 24 3/4″ scale length, 1 11/16″ nut width, low profile neck shape, mother of pearl split parallelogram inlays. Frets:… Have been dressed, very minor wear. Body:… Sitka spruce top, mahogany sides and back, white body binding, rosewood bridge, Hummingbird pickguard with graphic mostly worn off. Finish:… Cherry burst finish, minor play wear scratches, dents and chips. Hardware/electronics:… Grover tuners. Playability/Action:… Good playability with current action
MORE →Serial Number:… SE04513 circa 2000 Neck:… Maple neck, 1.650″ nut width, 25.5″ scale length, U shaped neck profile. Frets:… Very minor wear Body:… Ash body. Finish:… Butterscotch Blonde nitrocellulose finish with three minor checks in the finish. Hardware/electronics:… American Vintage Telecaster pickups and hardware, McVay G Bender installed. Playability/Action:… Low fast action at 4/46″ bass and treble sides. Case:… Original tweed hardshell. Pricing:… $1499.99 Canadian Dollars (approx.$1508.US$ as of Feb.9/2011).
MORE →Here is a cool dreadnought from Green Mountain guitars. It was won at a bluegrass festival and features a Sitka spruce top, Indian rosewood sides and back, mahogany neck, ebony fretboard and bridge, maple body and neck binding, maple heel cap and Schaller machine heads. It is in excellent condition with almost no fret or play wear and comes with a hardshell case.
MORE →Serial Number:… 547006 circa 1973 Neck:… Original maple neck swapped out for rosewood years ago, three bolt neck, date has been sanded off the end of the neck. Body:… Alder body. Finish:… Walnut finish with lots of small dings and scratches, finish worn off where the right arm crosses the body, lower horn is missing a chunk of finish on the edge. Hardware/electronics:… Fender single coil pickups, Fender tuners, back plate may have been replaced. Playability/Action:… Current action at 5/64″
MORE →Here is a cool Telecaster from Fender’s 60th Anniversary in 2006. It features an ash body, maple neck and fretboard, clear nitro finish, Fender single coil pickups and hardware, 1946-2006 Diamond Anniversary inlay on the neck plate and wood Diamond inlay on the body below the bridge. The guitar is in great shape with very minor play and fret wear.
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