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Freshly inspected and set up in-house by our esteemed Guitar Tech.  TK Smith guitars are legendary, and for good reason.  Beautifully designed with hand-made components, including the pickups and most of the hardware.  And they sound as great as they look.  Here's your chance to own one of these rare jewels of vintage-inspired, modern guitar making.  See below for more details and specifications.

FROM TK SMITH GUITARS:

I’ve been a musician since I was in seventh grade. I played professionally for years in various bands; Big Sandy and the Fly Rite Trio, The Smith’s Ranch Boys, Golden Hill Ramblers and others. When I played full time, I would practice eight hours a day, take my amps apart, put them back together, build my own guitars and spend days looking for vintage equipment to get the sound that I wanted. I guess you can say I was obsessed, and I still am. Having to resort to fabricating my own parts over the years when I couldn’t find them elsewhere, I decided to start “TK Smith” guitars and accessories. 

I've always been heavily influenced by Inventor/Craftsman Paul A. Bigsby. For the last few years I've been offering custom pickguard inlay for musicians who want block, or any style of lettering for their own guitar/instrument. All inlay is done by hand in our shop using vintage American made tools. 

We're fabricating custom guitars, necks, vibratos, doing a lot of modifications and continuing to expand our line of guitar accessories.   Our specialized pickups and other products are appropriate for any guitarist, but especially those into a more traditional type of Jazz, Swing, Country, Blues or Rockabilly. You can see, feel and hear the difference.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Headstock with Logo and Fancy Inlays

Lightly Aged Nickel Hardware

Kluson Deluxe Tuners

1 3/4” Bone Nut

Soft V Profile Flamed Maple & Walnut Neck with 25” Scale Length

Neck Thickness .975" at First Fret and 1.00" at Twelfth Fret

Bound Rosewood Fingerboard with Dot Inlays

21 Medium Tall Frets in Excellent Condition

Two TK Smith Hand-Wound Single Coil Pickups

TK Smith Hand-Crafted Aluminum Bridge and Engraved Tailpiece

Pine Body* with Sunburst Finish

TK Smith Hand-Crafted Lucite Pickguard with Multi-Colored Vintage Bakelite Feather Inlays

Weight 7 lb 0 oz

Original Custom Hard Shell Case

No Serial Number

*Body Made with Wood from a House Built by TK's Grandfather