A Souped Up Ash Classic S Featuring a Roasted Birdseye Maple Neck!
$3,595.00
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Condition: Used, Excellent
SP Luthier Notes: A few minor dents were filled, color-matched and refinished.
This Tuttle Custom Classic Rear Route S features a 1-piece ash body in a 3-Tone Sunburst Nitro finish, paired with a roasted birdseye maple neck (.860-C profile, 12" radius, 6150 stainless steel frets). Loaded with a Tuttle "PD" humbucker in the neck, a 60's-S single-coil in the middle, and a "PD" humbucker in the bridge wired through a 5-way switch and master tone with push-pull capabilities, it offers an expansive range of articulate tones. Hardware highlights include a Tuttle Vintage bridge, side input jack, and a bone nut with a 1.650" width. Built with a sleek rear-route body configuration, this custom shop instrument includes a G&G hardshell case and comes primed for high-level performance across any style.
We are so fortunate to work with the builders that we represent. Over the years, we've been lucky enough to get on board early with companies that had their act together before the "guitar world" discovered them. Several years back, two people (whose opinions we deeply respect) said we had to check out Michael's guitars. Michael sent us an S and T, and we sold the S model to the first person who heard it! Needless to say, we knew we were on to something. Tuttle has been building for over 20 years and got his start working at Valley Arts in California with Don Grosh, whom he worked with at Grosh Guitars. In 2003, Michael started Tuttle Guitars. Michael's attention to detail is very evident. Being a small builder (Michael’s team consists of himself and an assistant), everything needs to be right the first time out. This is a huge benefit for the player, as there can be no "Monday or Friday" guitars. We’ve always loved it when the guy’s name that's on the headstock had his hands all over the instrument when it was built - his reputation and quality of work is on the line every time one of his creations goes out the door. It's wonderful when you put one of Michaels guitars in a player's hands for the first time and watch their reaction. Michael is such a talented builder, and we are lucky to have such a positive relationship with him as a shop.
Model: Custom Classic Rear Route S
Body Wood: Ash, 1-Piece
Neck: Roasted Birdseye Maple
Neck Shape: .860-C; 12" Radius
Nut: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650"
Bridge: Tuttle Vintage
Frets: 6150 Stainless Steel
Electronics: 5-Way Switch, 1x vol, 1x tone (push-pull)
Input Jack: Side
Pickups: Tuttle "PD' Neck, Tuttle 60's-S Middle, Tuttle "PD" Bridge; Black
Finish: 3-Tone Sunburst Nitro
Case: G&G Hardshell
Weight: 6lbs 12oz
Excerpt of an episode from Tim Pierce's masterclass on layering guitar parts and the thought process that goes with trying to make a song sound big and full. The solo features his Mike Tuttle S-style.
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