2023 Nate's Relic Guitars Telecaster-Style Electric Guitar

Nate's Relic Guitars builds partscaster-style Teles and Strats and serves them up to the Reverb community and through direct sales. They've got their own relic style, for sure, and the instruments are built to be light and fun to play. This one certainly is and I appreciate that it's a good 6 oz under 6 lbs -- it makes an excellent gigging workhorse because you can't get worn-down by the weight on your shoulders.

It has a very traditional Tele-style tone and feel, too, save that the neck is on the modern side in the fretboard as it's got a 12" radius and bigger frets vs. old-school 7 1/4" or 9 1/2" radius and teensy frets.

This one was bought new either late last year or early this year, but said buyer has moved-on to different guitar styles in an all-too-familiar Epic Guitar Quest, so it's here to move-on itself.

Repairs included: setup and adjustments.

Weight: 5 lbs 12 oz

Scale length: 25 1/2"

Nut width: 1 5/8"

Neck shape: slim-medium C

Board radius: 12"

Body width: 12 3/4"

Body depth: 1 5/8"

Body wood: sycamore

Bridge: aged trad 3-saddle

Fretboard: unsure (rosewood-like)

Neck wood: maple

Pickups: alnico single coils (trad Tele-style)

Action height at 12th fret: 1/16” overall (fast, spot-on)
String gauges: 46w-9 custom set

Truss rod: adjustable

Neck relief: straight

Fret style: medium-taller

Condition notes: clearly, it has a relic finish. Said relic finish has not gotten more scratches and wear and tear since new, however. This was used for a bit this year but cared-for well.

It comes with: a gigbag.