I have 2 Waltone guitars, so selling one, as it gets little attention. Ken Walton was a brilliant guitar maker from Co Durham. This is his number 25 guitar from 2000, a totally hand carved and built hollow body, made after the Benedetto pattern, It is light, resonant, and plays effortlessly. Lovely spruce top, fantastic flame maple back, sides & neck, and two HB pickups. I like Waltones as they sound loud and bright acoustically, unlike heavier-built factory guitars. The fretwork is perfect, and all of the other work, such as the ebony bridge, pickguard, etc. is hand carved too. It is in a hard case, and condition is excellent. There is no damage and no repair work. Great tuners and it really sings through an amp. It isn't just a jazzer, it is a lovely guitar for just about anything, but may feed back at volume if you sit in front of the amp! There's a tiny couple of maker's marks next to the bridge pickup where there has been a couple of tiny pieces of spruce on the surface removed when the hole was cut. I had a thing like this in an actual D'Aquisto guitar near the binding once, and realised that a good maker allows a couple of minuscule flaws rather than waste an entire carved top.
Not a condition issue really, as it was made like that and the lacquer goes over it (hard to spot on a photo).
Anyway, it is a handmade guitar, is fantastic, and I'm moving guitars I don't play much. I have my other Waltone, which I would not pair with in a hurry. Why pay all that money for an L-5?
Shipped for £1800. UK only.
Update! Just added a closeup of the mark near the bridge pickup; it is under the A string towards the bottom E, and there's the shadow of a tool mark running from it. This is under the original lacquer, so it a manufacturing maker's mark, not an accident!
It doesn't look as prominent as in the photo, if tried to show it as best I can. If you look at the photo of the full front of the guitar, you will see it is not really noticeable.
Scale length is around 25 1/2" like an L5, and the tuners are gold Grovers. I've not had the pickups out. No reason to, as they are original equipment and sound great.
There are a lot of reflections in the photos. The guitar has no dings or scuffs other than the above mentioned.
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