Leo #0012
Alder body, one-piece roasted maple neck with stainless steel frets, 9.5″ radius, aged nitro finish, nickel hardware, 15:1 split-shaft tuners, A5 vintage-voiced pickups, reverse control plate, bone nut.
Past builds
Out in the world
Guitars that have come off the bench. Want the next one? Get on the list.
The Leo line
T-style, aged nitro, alder and roasted maple. What I build now.
Leo #0011
Pink aged nitro over alder, mint pickguard, the full Leo spec.
Leo #0010
Heavily aged sunburst nitro over alder, one-piece roasted maple neck, stainless medium jumbo frets, aged nickel hardware, reverse T bridge with compensated brass saddles, orange drop cap.
Leo, three-tone sunburst
Alder body, roasted maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, aged nitro finish, Alnico V pickups, aged nickel hardware.
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Leo, the first one offered
Butterscotch nitro, black guard. Measured: neck 7.2kΩ / 2.14H, bridge 7.91kΩ / 4.03H. Set up at 4/64″ at the 12th fret with .010″ relief.
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Hear the Leos
Play-throughs of Leos from the bench, newest first.
Earlier models
Before I narrowed it down: offsets, thinlines, prototypes and a few one-offs.
Boilermaker Custom prototype
Two-piece pine body, poplar neck with red oak fingerboard, 9.5–12″ compound radius, P90 and humbucker, JM-style trem.
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Nephilim Thinline prototype
Semi-hollow pine body with a birch ply top, soft V-to-D neck, rosewood fingerboard, Mastery bridge, Swope Descendant vibrato.
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Nuevo J Slim XL
A lower bout over 15″ wide on a 1.5″ laminated pine body, 7 lb 2 oz. Roasted maple neck, P90s, JM trem, aged thin lacquer.
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Nuevo HB #000
A5 humbuckers, roasted maple neck, medium jumbo frets, locking tuners, Tune-o-matic bridge, distressed metallic copper.
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Nuevo ST
ToneShapers wiring with Blender pot and treble bleed, Fender Vintera ’60s pickups, Duesenberg Les Trem II.
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Nuevo, Duesenberg trem
“When you’re wearing a tux, but there’s still dirt under your fingernails.”
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Nuevo J, salmon heavy relic
Laminated pine body, roasted maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, A2 P90s.
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Nuevo J, Ambrosia maple
Roasted maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, A2 P90s, roller bridge.
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Nuevo J, Ambrosia maple
22-fret roasted maple neck, A2 P90s, locking Kluson-style tuners, JM-style trem, reclaimed wooden pickguard.
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Nuevo T #001
Two-piece poplar slab body, roasted maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, Fender ’62 Custom neck pickup, Seymour Duncan Little ’59 bridge, Wilkinson brass-saddle bridge. Butterscotch, knocked back to feel like a ’52.
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Nuevo and Nephilim XL Slims
Laminated spruce bodies, shou sugi ban, thin lacquer color and a shellac top coat.
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Blevins Mutt #000
An offset mutt from the parts stash: 25.5″ scale, alnico P90s, vintage JM-style bridge and trem, metallic blue, Canadian maple neck with black block inlays.
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