Description
2013 LENTZ® Custom Order HSL Black T type with L-90 PU (neck) and B’Kaster PU (bridge)
Tele T-style Guitar Electric Guitar with Original G&G Deluxe Blonde Hard-Shell Case with Red-orange Plush Interior.
This guitar is preowned in Mint minus 96% condition
She weighs 6 pounds 11.2 ounces
see photos* or inquire to discuss.
*Photos demonstrate many reflections and are not part of the guitar as is common when taking Black finish guitar photos in the bright sun.
Our price is $3,599.00 = priced to sell
By Lentz® Guitars
The Hybrid Scott Lentz (HSL) design grew out of Lentz® Guitar’s extensive experience with vintage T style guitars. However, the HSL was designed to be more versatile, with a three-way toggle switch for the pickup selector that sits forward of the tone and volume knobs, allowing easier access while playing. The HSL has a master tone, but Lentz® Guitar has added a second volume knob, that each pick up’s volume may be individually controlled. With a L90 style pickup in the neck, and a T style bridge pick up, this guitar can cover every kind of music from country chicken pickin’ to traditional Jazz tones. This is perhaps our most versatile guitar, making it especially attractive to studio players.
The guitar resonates acoustically… like a Lentz Reserve! You can feel the balance of the tone in your body, and the overtones give the guitar a particularly singing quality. It goes without saying that a great sounding solid body electric guitar begins with great acoustics. In other words you can’t fix a poor sounding guitar with pickups, and this guitar has a very strong acoustic voice as a platform for amplification.
From previous owner/dealer/orderer: “Scott Lentz and Scott Lentz Jr. are the father and son team behind Lentz Guitars, and together have more than 60 years’ experience making electric guitars. But it is not just their experience that matters, it is the passion and meticulousness of these master luthiers (to wit: the obsession) that has forged their well-deserved reputation for building world class instruments. They made their name creating some of the best S and T style guitars ever produced, but it should not be surprising that over the years they would develop some of their own ideas. The HSL is one of those ideas, and a particularly stellar one.
We have been carrying the Lentz Reserve instruments almost since we opened, which are S and T guitars made with the finest materials and hardware they have, including woods that have been carefully aged in the Lentz shop for more than 25 years.
In 2012 I asked the Lentz team to make a personal guitar for me, an HSL with the same premium woods and hardware used on the JR Reserve guitars—basically a Reserve style HSL. The idea began with my vision of a black body and maple neck. Black is a difficult finish to pull off well, but I had complete confidence because of the legendary finishes of Lentz Guitars. Too, for many years they have been the go-to shop for refinishing highly valuable vintage instruments. So I wasn’t surprised when my HSL arrived and the finish had the black depth of the ocean at night. If you have even been out in a boat in the middle of a dark night and stared into the depths, then you know what this finish is like. A silver pick guard completes the aesthetics of the body, like a shimmering light reflected in the blackness.
The guitar resonates acoustically… like a Lentz Reserve! You can feel the balance of the tone in your body, and the overtones give the guitar a particularly singing quality. It goes without saying that a great sounding solid body electric guitar begins with great acoustics. In other words, you can’t fix a poor sounding guitar with pickups, and this guitar has a very strong acoustic voice as a platform for amplification.
The pickups were wound specifically for this guitar and include an L90 in the neck position and a B’Kaster in the bridge. This is an excellent combination that gives the guitar a tremendous range and versatility, having no trouble covering jazz, country, blues or rock music. Rather than the typical volume and tone controls found on a T style guitar, the HSL has a master tone, and a volume for each of the pickups, giving you the ability to blend the two pickups when the toggle switch is in the middle position (both pickups on). I love this feature, which really expands the tonal nuances and range of the instrument. Moreover, the volume can be set for each pick up so that you can have a rhythm tone, say, with the neck pickup, and then flip to the bridge pickup for lead tone that adds a boost from the guitar. This works especially well with an amp that is slightly overdriven.
The neck is classic Lentz, beautifully accomplished and fantastically playable. A full soft V profile, almost a C, but not clunky at all. It simply feels like your hand has come home with the first chord. I continue to be amazed at the consistency of Lentz necks (and guitars!). The Lentz attention to detail is astonishing, and with this guitar in your hands you can truly follow your muse to any musical landscape.
This wonderful guitar has remained largely in its case and is essentially a new instrument, nearly in the exact condition as when I first opened the case. Seems like it is time for a new home, so I am offering this rare instrument to our customers.”
Mint minus Condition 96%
She weighs 6 pounds 11.2 ounces
This guitar has no marks, dings, etc.
see photos or inquire to discuss.
Our price is $3,599.00 = priced to sell
By Lentz Guitars©
SPECIFICATIONS FOR THIS exact 2013 LENTZ® Custom Order HSL Black T Guitar:
Specifications and features:
Specifications: Handmade Guitar
Body: Ash – One piece
Color: Lamp Black
Neck: Cap neck / One Piece Cabinet Aged Flame Maple / 50’S Style Soft V / 0.880 at the first fret / 9.5” Radius 1.655 at the nut
Frets: 6105
Bridge: Traditional T-Style Bridge
Custom Saddles: Brass with Nickel
Pickups: Lentz L-90 Front Alnico-5 7.12k – Rear Alnico-5 8.25k
Pickguard: Custom Silver
Electronics: Upgraded with matching potentiometers and Paper + Oil Capacitor
Hard Case: G&G high quality case
BODY Cabinet aged light weight ash
NECK Cap neck soft-V profile, cabinet aged flame maple
RADIUS 9.5″
NUT WIDTH 1.665” .90 at the first fret
NUT Bone
FINISH Nitrocellulose lacquer
PICKUPS custom Lentz low-output, neck: L90, bridge: B’Kaster
ELECTRONICS 3 way switch, volume, volume, tone, precision matched potentiometers, paper + oil caps
HARDWARE Gotoh tuners, Callaham neck plate, pick guard shield
BRIDGE Callaham vintage T model
CASE G&G high quality case
WEIGHT 6.11.2 lbs
Please email with questions and we will provide answers and photos of any guitar site requested.
USPS Priority OR Priority EXPRESS Shipping plus Full Insurance for this guitar.
All shipping is exact cost from USPS and/or DHL International. We will determine after close exact USPS cost – we do not add any “fees”.
Many Countries have enforced strict size limits on USPS shipping sizes.
Please provide us with your complete shipping address and we will provide the least expensive shipping cost
We use DHL for International shipping for those countries that have USPS “size restrictions” on guitar size parcels.
Will ship in securely packaged Guitar BOX to avoid damage during shipping.
Buyer adds Shipping and Insurance costs determined by calculated amount per shipping address = USPS Priority shipping = for ground delivery by USPS anywhere in 48 states – AK and HI will be determined. Guitars can be shipped USPS Priority or USPS Priority EXPRESS delivery if selected – additional shipping cost may be added. Close-up photos of any site on the guitar can be emailed upon request. Payment by PayPal. SHIPPED In GUITAR Shipping Box. Let us know if you have any questions. We professionally package your collectibles (guitars) for shipment. This ensures your collectibles arrive in the condition stated in our descriptions.
We will ship out of the US, but you must let us know before sending your payment to access amount – between Canada = Amount dependent on Calculated address / Location or International (outside North America) = Amount dependent on Calculated address / Location – all depending on type of delivery required and desired.
INTERNATIONAL Orders = Must be shipped via a “trackable” method; i.e., Due to “Size restrictions” some Guitars can be shipped USPS Priority International or USPS Priority EXPRESS International delivery if selected – additional shipping cost may be added, if NOT USPS (least cost)
We will ship out of the US, but you must let us know before sending your payment to access amount – between Canada = Amount dependent on Calculated address / Location or International (outside North America) = Amount dependent on Calculated address / Location – all depending on type of delivery required and desired.
ACHTUNG!
Some countries have size restrictions and we cannot ship USPS Priority
or Priority EXPRESS International and we must ship DHL Express,
therefore, please contact us with your complete International shipping address and we will provide the cost and carrier. All International guitar shipments must be approved for shipment.
($125.00 is provided as a guideline for across country destinations with USPS Priority with Full Insurance and Signature Delivery Confirmation.)
International shipping will be determined by sending your complete shipping address to us. International shipping MUST be authorized for USPS to determine any shipping “size restrictions”.
Request ACTUAL Ship COST by providing Complete International Address
If guitar has Rosewood Fretboard, you may need to obtain an Import CITES Permit – before shipping – We have Export CITES Permits
We have our Export CITES Permit we can provide for you to obtain your Import CITES Permit, after payment is completed. = NOT Necessary for this guitar
Every Country has different shipping specifications that we use DHL Express International shipping but will need a complete shipping address. – if interested, please provide complete shipping address and we will provide an exact quote.
California Residents add 8.75% Sales Tax
Thanks for your understanding and patience.
We use DHL International for this guitar International shipping!
U.S. and Canadian orders – CAN ship USPS to addresses in US and CANADA.
Please – Contact us with any questions. Thank you for considering Pert Neubees’ one-of-a-kind offerings.
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