Nash Guitars Telecaster

Big Fat Neck!...HUMBUCKER in neck...LF in bridge..SMOKES!!!
SUPER RESONANT, Stays in tune better than any fender I have ever owned!

Most versatile guitar one could possibly own. Rock,ROOTS,Country,Jazz.
It can do it all and does it all very very well. Creamy neck..PUP is Fat! Bridge Rips and the middle is a perfect blend. I love this guitar it is my favorite!! I play this through a fender Tweeed!!!
ROCK & ROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sent Bill a picture of what I wanted and he nailed it! This gent is a true artist. Everything I asked for was done. It is the coolest thing in the world picking the best of everthing you could ask for and having it put together perfect. Neck size, Frets, PUPS!!
Great JOB BILL!!

NO BACKUP!
SOLID AS STONE!
BUILT LIKE A TANK!
I Play this old BOY HARD!!!
No Problems ever!!!

This is the most down to earth, REAL person I have ever dealt with.
My guitar was an adventure...too long to get into. Bill will take care of you! SPAIN!!! Laugh Bill!!! It really is funny now!!!

I LOVE THIS GUITAR!!!
I quite simply couln't ask for any more!
Do you folks really understand what that type of satisfaction is worth?
If so, Call Bill and get it done!

So, earlier this year I tried a Florence Tele belonging to Richard from the band Spacehog. It was a relic type with a massive neck and weighed next to nothing (around 6lbs). Unplugged it sounded almost like an acoustic, I wanted one. It really made my USA 90s tele seem very ordinary and bland. Unfortunately a Florance costs 2 grand or so, i decided to find something similar for less. After trawling through the web I found Nash guitars and asked Bill to make one to these specs:
* As light as possible ash body, white with tortie scratchplate
* Tinted v shaped (boatneck according to Warmoth, where Bill orders them form) neck, 7 1/4 inch radius rosewood fretboard with thin vintage frets.
* All finished in nitro-cellulose lacquer. This was important to me.
* Rio Grande tallboy pickups
* All vintage style hardware: 3 piece compensated brass saddles, kluson repro tuners etc.
* Black "Gator" case which is flimsy and poorly put together. I saw one other which reinforced this opinion.
The point is that Bill can make a Fen*er type guitar to any specs you can think up, probably limited only by what wood and hardware he can buy. He makes a mean Relic too, mine is not Reliced, it seems like cheating somehow...

I love telecasters and this is a good one. Fundamentally it sounds like a tele - not surprisingly, though there is a an easily appreciable difference between this and the standard Fender offering. The nash sounds bouncier, more alive, warmer and deeper, with slightly higher output and greater difference between pickup selections. You could easily play jazz through ten neck unit. Sustains very well. The bridge pickup does the usual sprangy stuff. Sounds great.

The action when received was very low for a vintage profile fretboard, I think weather conditions and general settling in accounted for the buzzing which stared to occur around the 10th fret on the top 4 strings. I upped the bridge saddles a little and problem solved, the action is still pretty low.
The top E is maybe a little close to the treble side of the board, other than that it feels very slick.
Being picky the neck has some tiny spots of paint under the lacquer. I see this as unimportant though I know some people don't. The body also has tiny yellow stain near the neck pocket. Generally it's well finished and looks beautiful in my lovingly gazing eyes. Perhaps the yellow stain is from me drooling?
The nut has some tooling marks. It's well cut.
The only thing that bothers me is the weight - 7 1/2 lbs. It's certainly not heavy but I was dissapointed as the 3 other Nashes I've encountered weighed a fair bit less. The lesson to learned here is to be very definite when specifying what you want.

Well, this section is a bit redundant as we all know what telecasters are like don't we? The only part I don't trust entirely is the jack socket which has a tendency to try to work itself loose, as on all teles.

Small companies such as this one need to give great support as they drum up business through word of mouth, Bill seems to be no exception. He's a friendly guy and fine to deal with, happy to talk on the phone etc. He answers emails at like 5 in the morning!

I've been playing for 19 years and use a little cornell rambler (basically a half power Matchless SC30 made by Dennis Cornell in England www.dc-developments.com )amp. I've got rid of most of my gear that was lying around unused, my old tele paid for half of this guitar. I'm happy I sold that one and bought this one.
Comparing to a Fender Custom shop guitar, this one is totally nitro finished, you get the exact neck shape, colour, pickups, woods etc that you want, you get personalised customer service and it costs less. Maybe it loses out on resale value, I don't know, though why would you want to sell a guitar that has been made for you?
To justify this acquisition I thought "You only live once" so why not get one really nice guitar. It should last a lifetime, afterall.

HAND MADE TELE FLAME KOA CAP AND MAHOGANY BODY BIRDSEYE MAPLE
WARMOTH NECK ,FRAILIN PICKUPS ,GOLD HARDWARE AND HIGH GLOSS FINISH
TWEAD CASE

SOUND WAS OUTSTANDING BRIGHT AND CRISP NO HUM BASIC TELE SOUNDS

THE ACTION IS WERE NASH GUITARS REALLY SHINES IT IS THE BEST PLAYING
GUITAR I OWN FRETS WERE DRESSED PERFECTLY INTONATION IS DEAD ON
AND THE NITRO FINISH WAS FLAWLESS

DONT PLAY LIVE BUT WITH PROPER CARE GUITAR SHOULD LAST A LIFETIME
ONLY HAD GUITAR FOR TWO WEEKS CANT REALLY ANSER THIS

OUTSTANDING BILL NASH WAS GREAT TO DEAL WITH I AM PLANING TO DO
MORE PROJECTS TWO YEAR WARRANTY

GUITAR WAS A BIT BETTER THAN I EXPECTED THIS MARKS THE END OF PRODUCTION BUILT GUITARS FOR ME. FOR THE PRICE I PAID FOR THIS
GUITAR AND THE FEATURES I GOT ITS A NO BRAINER. THIS GUITAR
WAS ONLY ABOUT 250.00 MORE THAN A FENDER TELE WITH ASH BODY
AND HAS TWICE THE LOOKS AND TEN TIMES THE PLAYABILITY