2015 Kelton Swade 1952 Blackguard Blonde 'Vinny' AVRT Telecaster
An superb guitar by the celebrated luthier Kelton Swade who made some of the most accurate replica vintage guitars available until his sad death this year. A preferred builder for Vince Gill, Keith Urban, Roy Buchanan and many other well-known players, his guitars authentically replicate not only the look, but the sound of an original 1950's era vintage Telecaster guitar. They are lightweight comfortable to play and sound fantastic.
This guitar has a light weight southern swamp ash body, bone nut, 9.5 radius maple neck with rolled edges, Swade branded 3 part stamped bridge with brass saddles, vintage Kluson style tuners, hand wound pickups and a nitro finish.
Kelton Swade guitars are put through a special aging process of freezing and super heating the wood for a period of 3-4 months before being assembled and finished. This aging process hardens the natural fibers of the wood as well as burns off any additional moisture and sap which creates a lightweight guitar with great playing properties. This guitar has a comfortable sized neck -21mm at first fret and is nicely balanced. There is a minor amount of fretwear from being player. It comes with a lovely tooled finish hard shell case and free shipping to the US.
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Shipping and Insurance is free for all items being shipped to the USA. All customs duties and taxes to be paid by the purchaser. Purchased items will be safely packed and photographs sent before shipping along with tracking info and insurance details.
Items purchased cannot be returned unless different to those included in the sale description. Detailed photographs will be sent for approval prior to purchase. Any return shipping will be arranged by the seller and a return label sent.