CP Thornton HTL - Sonic Blue, 6lbs 1oz. NEW (Authorized Dealer)

With nearly 40 years of building experience, luthier Chuck Thornton truly knows how to craft an exceptionally fine guitar. His HTL is based on the traditional Fullerton double cut recipe but with many improvements to the original design. The HTL is built from hand selected tone-woods for a balanced and light weight instrument that rings like a bell. This particular HTL weighs in at just 6lbs 1oz. It features body contours and a radiused neck pocket (for the perfect neck angle); as well as steel saddles and staggered tuning posts for the utmost stability.

The pickups are Harmonic Designs 54 Special Strat set. This set sounds like the pinnacle of 50's Strat tone but with a much better volume balance between pickups. The bridge pickups has a slightly larger bobbin and is wound the hottest of the three to give you a truly pleasing bridge position tone; also great when blended with the middle pickup. Harmonic Designs pickups have a very low noise floor due to their non microphonic glass-fiber bobbins and exclusive gold-screen shielding. The pickup covers are rounded like the earliest 50's Strats.

The old growth Pine bodies warm, rich and articulate tone combined with the high-level of craftsmanship and top-notch electronics, give you a guitar that will inspire and surprise you daily. Unlike a vintage instrument which typically needs a lot of pricey work to play well; Chuck’s guitars have all of the kinks of these classic designs worked out. You get a smooth, enjoyable playing experience every time you pick it up.

If you are in the market for a special S-style guitar w/ unsurpassed build quality, made by one of the finest luthiers working today, this is your ticket. The setup work is flawless and the guitar is strung with 10-46 gauge strings. The vibrato works effortlessly and is setup to float and pull back at least a minor 3rd on most of the open strings & at least one whole step on most fretted notes. Of course not every note will pull back the same amount, as each string has a different amount of tension. The wound strings like the E, A & D tend to pull back more as a general rule of thumb. Comes w/ HSC and COA.

Specs:

Old Growth Pine Body

Torrefied 5A Flame Figured Rock Maple Neck

Rosewood Fingerboard (1-Piece)

Radius: 10”

Evo Gold Fret-Wire (Width 0.92" x Crown Height .048" (slightly shorter than 6105 fret-wire)

Sonic Blue Finish (Nitro lacquer)

25.5" Scale Length

1.67" Bone Nut

Neck Profile Med C .083" -.090"

1-Ply Parchment Guard

Matching Headstock

Gotoh Tuners, Staggered

Harmonic Design 54' Strat Pickups

Bare Knuckle low friction pots & paper & oil caps

SuperVee Tremolo with Highwood Saddles (setup to float)            

Access III HSC

Weight: 6lbs 1oz