2011 Eastwood Warren Ellis Signature Electric Tenor Guitar
This is a first-generation Warren Ellis tenor from 2011 (with its 3+1 headstock rather than all-one-side) and, while looking a lot like a Duo Sonic or Musicmaster in form, is quite SG in woods and coloration -- with a cherry transparent finish over a mahogany body and neck and sporting a black, multi-ply pickguard. The sound is almost '30s or '40s jazzy with its blade-style, neck-mounted single coil pickup, though it does drive well when the amp is pushed.
Unlike older tenor guitars, this guy has a wider nut width and neck profile which gives one plenty of room to play clean notes and chords up and down the neck. I think it's more suited to lead or melody or fingerpicking work than, say, the older narrow-necked tenors which are much more suited to chords and chord-melody playing for my fingers.
Anyhow, I completely approve of this instrument. It's lighter-weight, looks great, handles beautifully, and sounds tops in the GDAE octave mandolin tuning it's currently strung for. I can imagine it would also be fine for DGBE tuning but I expect that standard CGDA tuning might have string to string volume balance issues.
Repairs included: setup and light cleaning.
Body wood: solid mahogany
Bridge: custom 4- saddle
Fretboard: rosewood
Neck wood: mahogany
Pickups: 1x single coil blade
Action height at 12th fret: 1/16" overall (fast)
String gauges: approx 42w, 28w, 17, 11
Neck shape: slim C
Board radius: 12"
Truss rod: adjustable
Neck relief: straight
Fret style: vintage medium/narrow
Scale length: 23"
Nut width: 1 5/16"
Body width: 12"
Body depth: 1 1/2"
Weight: 5 lbs 15 oz
Condition notes: it's pretty dang clean save for pickwear on the pickguard. There may be some light scratches, nicks, and dings in the body but I'm not seeing them at a glance.
It comes with: an original hard case in good order -- with the Eastwood logo on the top.
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