FS: Wez Venables Small bodied Archtop - "Paulette" - price drop

camf · June 2021

Wowser!

WezV · June 2021

bump.

would like to see this out in the world, so happy to consider offers that are not too cheeky

WezV · June 2021

Bump

thinline72 · June 2021

Wow this is a very beautiful guitar! And I've just got recently ES125T 3/4 that looks very similar and with similar price...

Do you know how close is it to the size of ES125T 3/4? Especially interested in the neck width (that I found a bit small for me so ).

WezV · June 2021

Forgot to add neck dimensions here

It's 43mm wide and 21mm deep at the nut. The depth increases to 24.5mm by the 12th fret.

JezWynd · June 2021

thinline72 said:

Wow this is a very beautiful guitar! And I've just got recently ES125T 3/4 that looks very similar and with similar price...

Do you know how close is it to the size of ES125T 3/4? Especially interested in the neck width (that I found a bit small for me so ).

Is the neck width on ES125T 3/4 scaled down to match the length? Asking for a friend

Beautiful guitar Wez; reminiscent of the Gibson ES-140t but with a more useable scale length.

thinline72 · June 2021

@JezWynd I think ES125T 3/4 will be very close to the ES-140T in terms of scale length and in neck size as well.

ES125T 3/4 has a quite chunky neck with low width (39mm nut), which makes it a bit weird to play. It feels like LP or something in terms of depth, but you can still lay you thumb on strings easily like on a slim Tele neck. Overall, I found it very easy to play: smaller scale -> less strings tension, smaller frets -> less fingers stretch is required.

The only thing I'm not fan of is the width, but that's because I also play (well, at least produce some noise) acoustic and resonator, so sometimes the difference is noticeable.

Unfortunately, I wasn't lucky enough to get my hands on ES125T to try it out for comparison.

JezWynd · June 2021

thinline72 said:

@JezWynd I think ES125T 3/4 will be very close to the ES-140T in terms of scale length and in neck size as well.

ES125T 3/4 has a quite chunky neck with low width (39mm nut), which makes it a bit weird to play. It feels like LP or something in terms of depth, but you can still lay you thumb on strings easily like on a slim Tele neck. Overall, I found it very easy to play: smaller scale -> less strings tension, smaller frets -> less fingers stretch is required.

The only thing I'm not fan of is the width, but that's because I also play (well, at least produce some noise) acoustic and resonator, so sometimes the difference is noticeable.

Unfortunately, I wasn't lucky enough to get my hands on ES125T to try it out for comparison.

Thanks for your detailed response. The nut width on the ES-125t is 42mm, so it seems as if Gibson may have scaled the entire guitar down.

WezV · June 2021

Bump. Might consider some trades, might consider some (not too cheeky) offers

slacker · June 2021

thinline72 said:

@JezWynd I think ES125T 3/4 will be very close to the ES-140T in terms of scale length and in neck size as well.

my thoughts exactly when I saw it, 125 140 hybrid. Nice.

WezV · September 2021

Time to try to see if this can find a loving home again. No lockdowns and I'm smack bang in the middle of the UK making try outs pretty easy.

Going to drop the asking price to £1750, which is a crazy price for this

more pics, taken today. The checking is developing nicely, but not really showing up in pics. Ihe lacquer has sunk in nicely. I have tried to show the soft gloss I have on this, which I think helps it look and feel much older than it is.

dazzajl · September 2021

I was only thinking about this one yesterday and how glad I was that the temptation wasn’t under my nose anymore

WezV · September 2021

sorry

Strangefan · September 2021

Such a wonderful looking guitar, right up my street, I can only wait to see if my 50s gretsch will go, not a great market at tho mo tho

blueskunk · September 2021

Like others have said, that’s a stunning looking work of art. You have magic hands sir. Hopefully will go to a loving home ASAP.

WezV · September 2021

Bump

tone1 · September 2021

Looks absolutely fantastic

WezV · September 2021

Bump

WezV · September 2021

Final bump before I accept that despite all the love for it, this is too niche for this market and I should concentrate on making boring ten a penny guitars instead

TTony · September 2021

WezV said:

Final bump before I accept that despite all the love for it, this is too niche for this market and I should concentrate on making boring ten a penny guitars instead

If you're planning on selling for ten a penny, I'll have the first 10.

This *is* a niche instrument. It's a stunning piece of work. Lots of us - me included - can look at it and say "wow" and recognise the skill and time and effort that's gone into creating it. It's a testament to your craftsmanship. But it was either going to be a very quick sale - probably before you'd finished it - or was going to take a while to find the person who believes that it'll work for them, and has the cash ready, and - as you say yourself - can get to you to try it first to make sure that it really is what it want.

I really hope someone does go for it, because I'd hate for you to stop creating these wonderful things.

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