Hufschmid “Tantalum” Celtic Mica — Custom — Masterbuilt — Boutique

A true one-off from Patrick Hufschmid, built with the obsessive material choices, proprietary details, and engineered aesthetic that define the best Hufschmid instruments.

The “Tantalum” Celtic Mica is not just another figured-top custom. Built from a one-piece, quarter-sawn figured Sapele body/neck and capped with Le Jura Swiss flame maple, it combines organic warmth with an almost mechanical precision in both feel and presentation. The Celtic-knot motif gives the build a strong visual identity, but the real depth is in the execution: every part of the guitar feels deliberate, from the materials to the hardware to the electronics package.

Loaded with laser-etched Lace Alumitone Deathbuckers, a Crelicam ebony fingerboard, C425 brass fretwire, PEEK nut, Luminlay, and a visible NOS Soviet KSG-2G silver-mica capacitor mounted in its own plexiglass window, this is the kind of instrument that rewards close inspection just as much as it does playing time. It is refined, aggressive, and unmistakably one of one.

Highlights

• Built by Patrick Hufschmid
• One-off “Tantalum” Celtic Mica custom
• One-piece, quarter-sawn figured Sapele body/neck
• Le Jura Swiss flame maple cap
• Celtic-knot top motif
• Crelicam ebony fingerboard
• C425 brass fretwire
• PEEK nut
• Luminlay
• Laser-etched Lace Alumitone Deathbuckers
• Visible NOS Soviet KSG-2G silver-mica capacitor in plexiglass window
• Copper shielding + copper-verdigis cavity work
• 25 coats of hand-applied oil varnish
• Hipshot hardware + CTS pots
• Mint condition

This is the kind of Hufschmid that goes well beyond standard boutique territory — deeply custom, visually distinct, and built with a level of detail that is hard to overstate.

Open to clean trades / partial trades.
Fast shipping via Beyond Tone Instruments.
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