An Incredible 2002 Lentz 'Black-Guard' Telecaster

This featherwight beauty weighs just 6.50 lbs. and has a nut width of just over 1 5/8 inches inches and a scale length of 25 1/2 inches. One-piece solid 'grained' ash body. One piece lightly grained maple neck with a wonderful thick profile. Maple-cap fretboard with 21 medium (6105) frets and black dot position markers. Single "round" string tree. Headstock signed "Lentz" with metallic silver marker. Individual Kluson Deluxe style tuners with oval metal buttons. Single round string-tree. One plain metal-cover Lentz custom hand-wound Alnico 5 Telecaster style pickup (at neck) with an output of 7.99k, and one Lentz custom-handwound Alnico ll B'Kaster pickup with flat pole-pieces (angled in bridgeplate) and an output of 9.92k. Single layer black plastic pickguard with five screws. Two controls (one volume, one tone) plus three-way pickup selector switch with black plastic "barrel-like" tip, all on metal plate adjoining pickguard. Tele style chrome knobs with pronounced domes and heavily knurled sides. Telecaster style combined bridge/tailpiece with three flat bottomed brass saddles. All screws are of the 'slot-head' type. This guitar is in mint (9.50) condition. Housed in the original G & G cream Tolex hardshell case with black leatherette ends and burgundy plush lining (9.25).

This is 2002 guitar that was specially made for a European client. The end of the neck is signed by Scott Lentz in pencil "M. Aufrichtig 465 7/29/02 S.L." There is a minimal amount of fret wear which is confined to the first three frets. This guitar is the perfect weight, is perfectly balanced and sounds absolutely amazing… these guitars very seldom surface to the market - a really great opportunity!

Lentz Guitar is an American company established in 1975 – drawing from the unique American traditions of innovation in design, melding of ethnicities and cultures, creative entrepreneurialism, strong work ethic, and a passion and love for the American musical heritage that is the blues, jazz, and rock and roll. At the same time, Lentz Guitar is a cosmopolitan and a forward-thinking company receptive to new ideas and experiences from every corner of our shrinking globe. The guitars they build are proudly played by dedicated artists’ of diverse backgrounds and influences all around the world.