Nash Guitars Custom

S- 57style Nash,= the '57 strat. Reliced almost to the road kill degree. Vintage bridge, worn maple slight V neck, Loller picups, 22 med-jumbo frets, sold alder body and finished in a nasty mint green. The hardwear is aged and rusty. The guitar by normal standards is not beautiful, but to the relic lover it's a dream come true. Came with a fender gig bag.

The sound of this guitar with the Loller pick-ups is more classic strat sounding than any strat I have played or heard, except the classic strat recordings. Is glassy, is crisp, its percussive, and smooth jazz when tone turned down. I perfer this guitar over my Masterbuilt and custom shop strats.

Ibought the guitar used, but the guy had it briefly, and the setup is perfect when I got it.

The guitar is allready beat up, so durability is proven, I would take it any where

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Been playing 20 + years, own 19 guitars, 20 now with the Nash, cost wise its the least expensive guitar I own, but the best sounding, the best playing and most comfortable. Its my go to guitar, I want another because I travel between 2 cities and I want one at both of my homes.

Nash needs to spend more studying an actual aged finish if that is the niche he is looking for. I have yet to see a properly aged new guitar that could begin to fool anyone that has spent much time around vintage guitars. MOJO cannot be made in a day, so do not fool yourself and think a new aged finish will buy you any credibilty. The big question is why would anyone want to buy a phony new/old overpriced instrument in the first place? We all know Fender will do anything for a buck, so why not others? Hmmm, how about personal integrity.

A lot of great reviews for this guy. It should be pointed out that these are assembled guitars from outside parts sources. If anything it tells how exceptional a guitar can be that you can assemble yourself,(kudos to Warmouth). It really is very rewarding to build your own custom guitar that you can add you own custom brand waterslide to the headstock. All you need is a few tools and little space in your basement next to the washer and dryer.

I am writing a quick review to describe my experiences with Bill Nash and my custom Nash guitar.

In late 2003 I contacted Bill and speced out a guitar that was very outside of the box when it comes to "S-type" guitars. The only thing that was conventional about it was the 22 fret bolt-on neck, three pickups, vintage trem, and body. Everything else about it was different, which is what I was looking for. No one, outside of possibly a well known guitar company's "custom shop," would have been able to build the guitar I had in mind.

Bill approached everything with a professional demeanor and an open mind. Even my wild ideas didn't cause him to miss a step. During the instrument's construction Bill provided me with digital photographs, and he allowed me to give my input which made building it a long-distance interactive process (I was able to tweak the finish a bit and pickup/pickguard selection.) The building process is not "opaque" compared to other boutique builders.

The guitar eventually arrived after a couple of months. It felt like it was "literally off the rack" because the lacquer finish was still soft to the touch (as Bill warned. It eventually hardened after a month or so!) In all ways it exceeded my expectations... a fantastic instrument.

There was only one "gotcha" with the guitar. Because of my strange requests the guitar was constructed with a thicker than usual pickguard. What happened is that the guard was creating too much pressure against the 22 fret "lip" on the neck, and this caused the fretboard to bend towards the strings, causing massive playability problems. This problem clearly developed in transit and didn't exist when it was in Bill's possession. After asking Bill for assistance, we decided that I should take the guitar to a local shop to have it serviced (we guessed it would be faster and cheaper to do this than to ship back to him, etc.) The shop ended up cutting the pickguard such that it did not go under the fretboard's overhang. They also performed (another) full setup and fret dressing. In all, the service cost nearly $200 and Bill provided a refund that covered some of this work.

While the guitar was in the shop, the guys there accidentially chipped away one of the letters (my initials) that Bill placed on the fretboard.

At this point I've had the guitar for about a year. I've logged dozens of hours on it. In that time I've replaced the stock vintage saddles with graphite models, and I installed an EMG DG-20 pickup set (I am not a single coil guy.) It is cool to hear how the guitar has changed during the time--as the finish hardened the guitar became more resonant and boomy.

In September I had an opportunity to play on stage for the first time in 13 years, and out of my entire collection I used the Nash. It performed flawlessly, as expected.

Since then, the guitar has become my primary player, and I've literally sold all my other instruments (including a custom Suhr, Parker, Andersons, Gibsons, etc.) I am very happy with owning this one guitar. I guess this is to be expected when you order a guitar and have so much control over every detail.. with the right materials and workmanship, you're bound to develop an instrument that you will easily bond with.

Bill is a class act and IMO his guitars are incredible values. I highly recommend his services,.