Quick notes: 1) This is consigned. 2) I've done it all up and it's ready to go! 3) Please read the following text for full details and specs -- it's borrowed from my original blog post on it...
The consignor who dropped this off had it built for him by the builder, Jason Twigg-Smith, back in 2012. He mostly plays electric guitars and bass, so it's just not getting the use it deserves.
This is built along the lines of a J-200 - a 17" wide body with lots of depth, a long scale, and flamed maple all over the back, sides, and neck. It's got an authoritative, big, forward sort-of voice that loves open, cowboy-style chords and bass runs. It also sounds great all over the board, but I can see this being perfect as a band-backer. It's got that sound and a certain amount of clear chunk to it to drive things home.
Gushing aside, it plays perfectly and has been stable as long as I've known it. It was playing on-spec after a mild setup the last time I saw it the better part of a year ago and it was playing on-spec when I pulled it out of the case to record a video this time around. It's also been babied and has only the most minor wear on it. The frets barely look like they've had any action on them.
Repairs included: light setup...
Top wood: solid spruce
Back & sides wood: solid flamed maple
Bracing type: x
Bridge: ebony
Fretboard: ebony
Neck wood: flamed maple
Action height at 12th fret: 3/32” bass 1/16” treble (fast, spot-on)
String gauges: 54w-12 lights
Neck shape: slim-med C
Board radius: ~12"
Truss rod: adjustable
Neck relief: straight
Fret style: medium
Scale length: 25 3/8"
Nut width: 1 11/16"
Body width: 17"
Body depth: 4 3/4"
Condition notes: it's pretty clean throughout with only one small ding on the top that I noticed (pictured). The top does have a clear pickguard on it that's hard to see (pictured) and, as you'd expect, the finish shows mild lining and some pocking on the spruce top from expansion/contraction on the grain. This is somewhat common to guitars with a thin finish. You can see a little bit of what I mean in the contrasty/glare pic of the pickguard. It's not obvious unless you've got the guitar at an angle where glare hits it just right.
It comes with: a nice, hard, TKL case.
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