Playability and feel shine bright here, capturing great vintage sensibility without some of the clunkiness we sometimes run into with older instruments.

Why We Love This

Thomas brings this early model design back to the forefront, adding a level of build quality that we quite honestly think few can rival. Using a combination of lightweight tonewoods, excellent pickups and hardware, and precision fit and finish, this Crestwood-style Buxton model is without question the best modern version of this guitar we've come across.

Thomas's eye for design is well documented in this model as well- Gibson/Epiphone purists might notice a nod to the old Epiphone "bikini" headstock badge used on many of Epiphone's instruments from the late 1930s through Gibson's first few years of ownership. Instead of using a metal badge, Thomas inlays a beautiful piece of quilted maple into the headstock in the shape of the original badge, with an overlay of the Rodriguez insignia elegantly placed atop it. Sure, it might seem like a minor detail, but Rodriguez doesn't overlook details, big or small, on his builds.