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FS - Crinson Blackguard Relic Tele
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Best Tele I have owned. I am just totally absorbed with short scale hollows/semi's these days and need to offset some damage on a recent acoustic purchase... Everyone says it, but it genuinely is going to hurt when this goes...
Went through a big Tele phase a few years back and had a couple of Nocasters, other CS models, about 5 Haars, and this is hands down the best I have had.
Neck is getting on for Nocaster proportions, but WAY more comfortable. Slightly less shoulder I think, and just sits beautifully in the palm. The relic job, is honestly in a completely different league to any CS offering I have seen. Genuinely feels like a very old guitar. It's very resonant, and sounds beautiful.
It's one of the most stable guitars have ever owned, never goes out of tune. And lovely intonation, just sounds spot on everywhere. Yo know how some guitars just sound more in tune than others, this definitely does to me. It's very easy playing, currently set up for 10's, but could easily go up to 11's on this and it would still play easily.
Sure you probably know, but Nigel Crinson is a very well respected maker of Violins, and they fetch pretty hefty prices. You can tell that this is a very special guitar made from the best materials, does not feel like some bits of wood bolted together. I think the original price of these was pretty high, not sure exactly what, but someone may chime in. There won't be any more of them made anyway.
(Trying to add a few pic's that show off the relic job, but quite difficult. It looks amazing, I can assure you)
Total bargain: £975 PPG/Bank Transfer, includes insured delivery. (No trades thanks)
Comments
Some would probably just call it 'knackered'.
Neck is pretty chunky. It's in the ballpark of a Nocaster in terms of depth front to back, but having had several Nocasters, the Crinson is definitely more comfortable.
Note to self, must check the classifieds more often!