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Mike Smith Guitars Relic 54/55 S-Type 2023

£1,495.00

Mike Smith Guitars Relic Strat, handcrafted in UK 2020

  • Select Swamp Ash body, Canadian Maple Neck, Rosewood Fretboard
  • Sunbear 59 Sweet Transition pickups
  • Gotoh and Kluson hardware
  • Comes with Mike Smith Hiscox ABS hardcase

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Description

Mike Smith, based in Southport, UK, is one of the UK’s most respect luthiers with over 25 years guitar building experience, specialising in the creation of superb replica guitars. Mike formerly headed up the renowned Fret King UK Custom Shop, building many hundreds of Green Label Pro Series guitars together with very limited edition and one-off instruments. Mike is particularly well known for producing stunningly accurate reproductions of the iconic Status Quo Rossi and Parfitt Telecasters, and today he makes the guitars used by Richie Malone, Rick Parfitt’s replacement in the Quo.

Mike has been involved with many r&d and design projects and has personally built or worked on guitars for Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Gary Moore, Randy Bachman, Chris Rea, Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller, Jerry Donahue, James Dean Bradfield, John Jorgenson, Steve Harris, Richie Malone, Thomas Blug (‘61 Masterbuilt guitars), Mick Abrahams, John Verity, and Geoff Whitehorn.

This Relic S is a tremendous example of Mike’s craft, built entirely by hand from scratch – no kit parts or CNC machines used. With its swamp ash body finished in classic mid-50s 2 colour sunburst, the nitro lacquer has been authentically reliced to produce a fabulous played in feel. This follows through to the 50s style full profile maple neck which has a smooth worn finish and worn fretboard. The pickups are a Sunbear 59 Sweet Transition set . The guitar looks, feels, plays and sounds exceptional – the condition is as it left Mike’s workshop in 2023. Comes with a Mike Smith Guitars branded Hiscox hardcase.

Mike’s instrument are only very occasionally seen on the used guitar market – the equivalent guitar new would be around £2,300 (and a 9 month wait for delivery).

Here’s the specification:

  • Brand: Mike Smith Guitars
  • Model: Relic 54/54 S-Type
  • Year: 2020
  • Serial No: 0206
  • Weight: 7lb 14oz / 3.6kg
  • Finish: Aged 2-Tone Sunburst
  • Body: Select Swamp Ash
  • Neck: One piece maple
  • Profile: Full 50s profile
  • Neck thickness: 22.8mm at 1st fret, 25.2mm at 12th fret
  • Fretboard: Maple, heavy wear,9.5″ radius
  • Scale length: 25.5″
  • Frets: 22 Dunlop Medium
  • Bridge Pickup: Sunbear 59 Sweet Transition
  • Middle Pickup: Sunbear 59 Sweet Transition
  • Neck Pickup: Sunbear 59 Sweet Transition
  • Controls: Single Volume/Two Tone/5-way selector
  • Bridge: Gotoh Relic GE101TS steel block bridge
  • Tuners: Gotoh SD91 machine heads
  • Case:  Mike Smith Custom Hiscox Hardcase

 

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