YEAR: 2015
S/N: none
ABOUT THE GUITAR:
Tony Nobles has been building guitars for over thirty years. He has built custom guitars for many A-list players, including Joe Walsh, Alejandro Escovedo, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and more. At the outset of his career Nobles worked for Austin luthier Mark Erlewine, doing warranty work for Martin, Fender, Gibson, and Guild, and also making custom guitars for Billy Gibbons and Johnny Winter.
THE BODY:
Book matched Maple; blue top; Ivory color back
Nitrocellulose lacquer finish
Musikraft neck, maple, with rosewood fretboard made from salvaged wood from the actual Coney Island Boardwalk
25.5" Scale
• Width at the Nut: 1-11/16"
Width at the Heel: 2-3/16 (55.56mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Type: Medium 6105
Finger Board Radius: 10"
Back of neck: natural, no finish
Front of headstock, blue to match body
Bridge: Schaller, imported from Germany, chrome
Tuners: 6 satin chrome Sperzel Trimlok locking guitar tuners
Volume and tone knobs: brushed satin chrome
Pickups: Harmonic Design "54 special" for the bridge pickup
Harmonic Design "MiniStrat" for the neck pickup