Hill Country Guitars '58 Tele Relic

meatandpotatas · June 1st, 2008, 09:56 PM

Has anyone had a chance to play the one-off '58 relics that Hill Country is bringing in? Any feedback would be great. Sounds like they have the '58 soft-V profile, plus vintage frets/radius - all essentials on my wish list. Looks like they're doing a conservative relic job, and the price is much more reasonable than most of the CS Tele's.

Thanks,
James

Ed Bickert · June 1st, 2008, 10:01 PM

If it's a "one-off" then there's only one of them made. Maybe they requested a limited run for their store?

Telehackster · June 1st, 2008, 10:09 PM

HCG's guitars are excellent. I got my NOS '58 there, and it's a wonderful instrument. I love the Soft-V profile, which really is my favorite. Hill Country Guitars is a nice store with high quality instruments. The owner, Kevin, is a good guy as well. He is also quite meticulous, it seems, about his stock.

The Custom Shop guitars tend to be from specs that he has chosen, and I think he prides himself on not having guitars that you could find at a Guitar Center.

Although I haven't played one of the relic models he's had in the store, my experience with Kevin tells me that they would be fine instruments. I would have no problem buying from there without playing it first; then again, since I live in Texas I'd just drive down there so I wouldn't have to wait on UPS!

TDPRI · June 1st, 2008, 11:58 PM

The guys there will be really straight with you. Just ask them about it and if it was me I'd trust their description.

June 1st, 2008, 09:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
meatandpotatas NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: WA Posts: 8	Hill Country Guitars '58 Tele Relic Has anyone had a chance to play the one-off '58 relics that Hill Country is bringing in? Any feedback would be great. Sounds like they have the '58 soft-V profile, plus vintage frets/radius - all essentials on my wish list. Looks like they're doing a conservative relic job, and the price is much more reasonable than most of the CS Tele's. Thanks, James

June 1st, 2008, 10:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ed Bickert Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cape Cod, MA Age: 40 Posts: 946	If it's a "one-off" then there's only one of them made. Maybe they requested a limited run for their store? __________________ Sorry, not the real Ed Bickert. Just a fan.

June 1st, 2008, 10:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
Telehackster Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas, USA Age: 42 Posts: 1,031	HCG's guitars are excellent. I got my NOS '58 there, and it's a wonderful instrument. I love the Soft-V profile, which really is my favorite. Hill Country Guitars is a nice store with high quality instruments. The owner, Kevin, is a good guy as well. He is also quite meticulous, it seems, about his stock. The Custom Shop guitars tend to be from specs that he has chosen, and I think he prides himself on not having guitars that you could find at a Guitar Center. Although I haven't played one of the relic models he's had in the store, my experience with Kevin tells me that they would be fine instruments. I would have no problem buying from there without playing it first; then again, since I live in Texas I'd just drive down there so I wouldn't have to wait on UPS!

June 1st, 2008, 11:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
TDPRI Administrator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: TDPRILAND Posts: 5,578 36 Photos	The guys there will be really straight with you. Just ask them about it and if it was me I'd trust their description.