![]() ![]() Plenty of ‘improved’ T-styles might shave off some wood from the heel, which is left square-nosed here and Fender-like, but you do notice the extra space afforded by the wider cutaway. The shaping is a fairly classic ‘C’ with relaxed shoulders and no sign of any choking on higher-position bends. The playability is equally unusual with a very considered neck shape that marries a pretty mainstream 1st fret depth of 21.5mm with a narrow nut width of 40.5mm (and string spacing of 34mm) that tapers out to 23.2mm in depth at the 12th with a ‘normal’ width of 51.25mm. It may appear to be odd and overlooked, but this really is a cracking guitar The pickup and circuit choice remains an unusual choice for this so-called ‘Jazz’ T-style. Visually, not to mention in terms of feel, you’re definitely playing a Tele-style with a nice fight, but what your ears are telling you is more classic gutsy Les Paul. There’s an inherent clarity to the response, though, which that neck PAF-style pickup maximises: cleans, then, sounds big and bell-like, and the mix position is a little fuller than classic but oozes with that parallel-linked funk that is useful for so many styles. The neck humbucker is slightly pokier than the bridge as supplied but immediately feels like home with a really wide stylistic versatility from jazz through to seriously vocal lead wailing, the bridge pickup always just a shove of the three-way lever away for some rockier grunt. ![]() Yes, on the one hand we lose the classic Tele voicing and often overbright ice-pick edge of the bridge, but it’s replaced here with some smoother attack and obvious humbucking heft. Actually, the pickup choice is quite inspired. What we get perfectly reflects the intended style: a souped-up hot-rod T-style. There’s no way to split either – what you see is what you get. While the controls stick to Tele style, the pickups don’t: the full-size Seymour Duncan ’59 at the neck is paired with a more polarising single-coil-sized Hot Rails at the bridge. ![]() The tuners, meanwhile, also have vintage leanings with slot-head posts – even the single string retainer for the top two strings is placed early Tele-style between the G and D string tuners. Likewise with the walled stamped-steel base-plate of the bridge, although here we have six saddles with precise break points and through-body stringing, of course. ![]() The hardware also retains a vintage vibe with the typical Tele-style control plate and its switch and control positions. ![]()
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