Name: Tuttle Carve Top Standard Ice Tea (USED, 2017)
Brand: Tuttle
SKU: ES24155
Price: 4200.0 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Tuttle Carve Top Standard Ice Tea (USED, 2017)

Used

Weight

7.7 lbs

Neck Profile

.85" C

Pickups

Tuttle "PD"

Case

Hardshell

On Consignment

Shipping Calculated At Checkout

Far from being 'just' a LP replica, the Carve Top finds Michael Tuttle showcasing his own ideas about what this style of guitar can be.

Michael Tuttle's background includes stints with Valley Arts and Don Grosh Guitars, where, among other things, he gained a reputation for his fretwork. As a guitar player for the last 30 years, the transition from a professional musician to guitar builder has been a valuable asset to his company, which was founded in 2003.

While he's primarily associated with his S and T style builds, Michael knows a thing or two about building a great LP style guitar as evidenced by this gorgeous 2017 Carve Top Standard.

In hand, the guitar's satin, subtly open-pore, finish on both the back of the body and neck create a comfortable feel and playing experience, furthered by the excellent balance when seated, the LP Junior-esq neck profile (which we love), and Michael's aforementioned fretwork. Think effortless when it comes to playability. We also really like that only the top sports a gloss finish w/exposed maple "binding" - it really helps the beautiful flame maple top pop.

One thing that really grabbed us? The impression that this might just be the perfect LP-style guitar for diehard Fender fans. A lot of players, ourselves included, feel like the tone of the 'perfect' LP is akin to a great Telecaster. A Tele on steroids, if you will.

This guitar has that type of LP tone in spades via a musical, clear (twangy even?) top end coupled with the punch and girth you'd expect from a setneck, mahogany body/neck, twin humbucker guitar. We were gleefully doing our best Dickey Betts impersonation while exploring what this guitar has to offer. While tone is certainly subjective to some degree, this guitar gets damned close to those iconic Live At The Fillmore tones (our playing on the other hand...).

Intrigued? We hope so. Michael is a brilliant builder who has found a way to modernize the iconic designs we all know and love without losing what made those guitars great to begin with.

Specs

Model

Carve Top Standard

Serial #

Year

2017

Weight

7.7 lbs

Color/Finish

Ice Tea

Body Wood

Mahogany

Top Wood

Eastern Flame Maple

Neck Wood

Mahogany

Fingerboard

Indian Rosewood

Neck Back Shape

.850-C

Fingerboard Radius

12"

Nut

Bone

Frets

.104 x .047 Stainless

Bridge

Tune-O-Matic

Nut Width

1.687"

Tuners

Grover Kluson

Electronics

3-Way Toggle / Volume / Tone / Volume / Tone

Pickups

"PD" Humbuckers

Other Options

Oil Finish Neck

Case

G&G Hardshell

Other

Condition

One small indentation by the output jack / one small indentation on the corner of the body between the strap button and jack / a few stray surface marks on the body (being a satin finished back & neck this is inevitable and very very minor) / a small glossy patch on the control plate cover / a small mark near the upper strap button / no fret wear (stainless). A very well cared for instrument!