SEL – Cherry Birch
Fabrication Year: 2023
Top is laminated figured cherry, back is laminated figured yellow birch, and side are solid figured yellow birch, all in vintage “kind of” burst semi-gloss finish.
The cumaru fretboard really feels like a very hard rosewood, really fun to play!
Despite the 24.625″ scale directly inspired by those vintage guitars, this guitar has a really “twangy” sound, thanks to the custom ordered McNelly pickups and the yellow birch.
The Stagger Swagger bridge pickup (McNelly Stagger Swagger) cover a larger spectrum of frequency and the humbicker sized P90 in the neck (McNelly St Nick) has this very round and beefy sound. The middle position is all about twang, it is time to play your country licks !
This guitar is really bright (not thin). If you want a Telecaster sound in a semi-hollow form factor, this is it!
Also, note the beautiful silver foil custom cover from McNelly for the pickups, I really love them.
Pickups ring are made of black walnut.
Gotoh nikel open gear tuner (SXN510v), bone nut and nikel fret.
Spec
| Body | |
| Lower bout width | 336,55mm (13.25") |
| Top | Laminated figured cherry |
| Back & Side | Laminated figured yellow birch |
| Center Bloc | Mahogany |
| Cutaway | Florentin |
| F-Hole | Fancy Traditional |
| Pickups | H - H |
| Neck Pickup Position | Standard |
| Strap Button Position | Standard |
| Neck | |
| Scale Length | 625.475mm (24.625") |
| Wood | African Mahogany |
| Profile | Regular C shape |
| Fretboard | Cumaru |
| Nut Width | 42.8mm (1"11/16) |
| Radius | 12" (304.8mm) |
| Fretboard End | Straight |
| Binding | - |
| Fretboard Inlay | White MOP Dot |
| Headstock Shape | Jazz |
| Headstock Inlay | Canopée |
| Hardware | |
| Bridge | Nikel Intonated WrapAround |
| Pickup ring | Black Walnut |
| Controls | 1V - 1T |
| Finish | |
| Finish Type | BriteTone Crystalac, semi-gloss |
| Colour | Vintage burst |
