2020s Suhr Select Classic T Electric Guitar

Overview: These Suhr takes on classic Fender products are always fairly "traditional but with a modern twist" instruments. This is a "Select" version -- slightly fancier specs -- of the Classic T and it was originally sold through Humbucker Music. It's a nice, stable, gig-worthy instrument suited to folks who want to play Tele but want a cleaner, less-noisy sound and more efficient "feel" to the overall cut and design. It checks all these boxes.

Tone: It's very-much "classic Tele" but with a little more roundness to the top-end and such a clean, easy sound that it feels more "effortless" to mix it with a band than, say, a traditional Tele with the treble-bomb attack at the bridge.

Feel: The roasted maple neck has a fairly classic-feeling profile to it and a satin finish which gives that "bare wood" effect -- quick and easy.

Interesting features: I love the Ocean Turquoise finish against that red tortoise pickguard. Teenager me back in the late '90s would have been totally into this if it had been available at the time.

Repairs included: I adjusted the setup but it didn't need anything else. The frets are barely-played and it's in good health and playing spot-on.

• Weight: 7 lbs 15 oz
• Scale length: 25 1/2"
• Nut width: 1 5/8"
• Neck shape: medium C
• Board radius: compound 9-12"
• Body width: 12 5/8"
• Body depth: 1 3/4"
• Body wood: alder
• Bridge: traditional w/compensated saddles
• Fretboard: rosewood
• Neck wood: roasted maple
• Pickups: SSCII Tele-style (Suhr)
• Action height at 12th fret: 1/16” overall (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 46w-10
• Truss rod: adjustable
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: medium

Condition notes: There's a little light usewear throughout the body in the form of small dings around the edges and perhaps a little pickwear on the pickguard and mild aging on the hardware. It's really quite clean, though, and at a glance just looks like a "shopworn" instrument. It's been cared-for.

It comes with: It has a nice, original Suhr gigbag.

Consignor tag: JSR