Mike Hobbs Guitars Handmade T-Style - Butterscotch

A handmade 60's relic style electric from Surrey-based luthier Mike Hobbs, built to capture the feel and character of a 1962 model. Aged Butterscotch nitrocellulose finish with a relic treatment throughout.

Overview

Built by Mike Hobbs, this guitar is rooted in a straightforward question: why have these designs lasted? The answer is in the materials and the construction. Two-piece alder body, maple neck, Monty's hand-wound pickups and a Monty's wiring loom. Nothing here is there by accident, and nothing is chasing a trend.

Specifications

• Body: Two-piece alder
• Neck: Maple, D profile
• Fingerboard: Maple, 9.5 inch radius
• Scale Length: 647mm (25.4 inches)
• Frets: Dunlop 6105
• Pickups: Monty's 53 hand-wound (bridge and neck)
• Electronics: Monty's wiring loom
• Hardware: Gotoh relic
• Pickguard: Black
• Finish: Butterscotch nitrocellulose, aged relic

Tone and Feel

Alder gives the guitar a balanced, even response with good note definition across the whole register. The Monty's 53 hand-wound pickups are among the more faithful vintage reproductions available, with the snap and clarity that the T-style bridge position is built around and a neck pickup that sits warm without becoming muddy. The D profile neck is comfortable for extended playing and suits the vintage character of the instrument. Plugged in, this delivers the 60s playability the design was always intended for.

Condition

New, relic finish

Included

• Gig bag