"So you guys seem to really like these Lentz guitars. Are they as good as I've heard? Consistent from guitar to guitar? Are they really worth it?" The answer is always, unflinchingly, yes.

The Reserve line from Lentz guitars utilize cabinet aged woods (25+ years is typical), lightweight one piece bodies, flame maple necks (with an optional Brazilian rosewood fingerboard), pickups wound specifically for each guitar, nitrate guards, and the electronics are carefully matched in order to achieve the best tones possible - no detail is left untouched.

Longtime TME customers know we're huge Lentz fans and have been for over a decade. During this time, we've been trying to understand exactly what it is about these guitars that we love so much. Tone? Definitely. Feel? Yes. Looks? Check. Resonance and sustain? Here in spades.

But...why does a Lentz feel and sound so different from say, a Fender Custom Shop, Grosh, Suhr, etc...all incredible guitar makers in their own right.

Our conclusion? Two things (to speak broadly of course) - a Lentz, vibe and tone wise, is like the best Fender you've played crossed with aspects of the best Gibson you've played. There's more muscle tonally than your traditional Telecaster. It's almost like a Fender with a Gibson's personality, if that makes sense.

Second? The necks. They're incredibly stable and solid feeling. Like a great vintage guitar, these necks just do not move. It's rare that we've tweaked the truss rod on our personal Lentz guitars. They're also no doubt a big part of why these guys sound so good.

We can't overstate the importance of the "Lentz feel" and their tone(s) - it's everything with these guitars and impossible to pinpoint, but it's addictive, and one of the reasons these guitars as so highly regarded by so many. They're balanced, responsive, open...again, very alive instruments.