Gaylord Guitars 'Ocean' 2023 - Pine Body - Aged Honey Finish

NEW custom 'Ocean' (model) in Aged Honey Finish.

Body: Ponderosa Pine 1-Piece, transparent honey burst stain with aged clear semi-gloss finish, custom 3-ply black and white pickguard, comfort curved neck heal joint, light distressing for an aged look

Neck: Birdseye Maple, scarf joint with 2-way truss rod and (2) carbon fiber stiffening rods, C-shape .89 at 1st fret to .91 at 12th fret, back of neck has a smooth satin finish, fret board is glossed hard plain maple, Gaylord Guitars stepped headstock in birds eye maple with clear gloss finish, black fret markers face/sides, medium nickel/silver frets, 'G' logo silk screen on headstock, bone nut

Aged Hardware: Gotoh In-tune Tele Bridge, custom 'G' lasered and aged neck plate, Kaish vintage 6-in line locking tuners, Kluson CA strap buttons, 2 knob nickel cover plate with knurled knobs, 3-way pickup selector switch, vintage style round string tree

Set-up: 12-inch fret board radius, polished nickel/silver StewMac fret wire, 22 frets, nut cut for medium low action with string height set at .05 inch at 12th fret (medium-low).

Electronics: (Neck) a Seymour Duncan Jazz Neck Humbucker with aged nickel cover, (Bridge) a Seymour Duncan Vintage Broadcaster pickup. The middle position is both neck & bridge. CTS 500K volume & tone pots with yellow capacitor (non-treble bleed circuit) + Switchcraft 3-way switch and jack

This guitar plays very well, chimey with great acoustic ring. The bridge pickup is twangy and thwacky with great bite and definition like a tele/broadcaster should be. The Jazz neck HB is darkish and pretty with warm overtones. Blended in the middle sounds great, sort of like a mid present humbucker and one of the rare times I like the middle position best. This combination gives this guitar a great range of tones for rock, country & alternative styles and is best suited for playing either clean, reverby, modulated or up to mid-gain fuzz & overdrive. It is a stand out from the crowd guitar in looks and tones.

Guitar will ship in a black Gator hard case, packed well with truss rod and bridge wrenches.

Gaylord Guitars is me, just one man in a backyard shed/garage amongst the pine trees building hand-tooled guitars and basses in small batches of 2 - 6 guitars at a time. USA all the way. I trained with Matt and Chris at Texas Toast Guitars in Westminster CO. Ask me questions. Want more photos? Let me know.