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.
Blevins Guitar Co.
The Leo
Guitars that play great, sound great and look cool.
A T-style guitar with an aged nitro finish, roasted maple neck and vintage-voiced pickups. Every one is assembled and set up by me, one at a time, to professional standards.
One builder
I build in small runs between gigs, so each Leo is spoken for quickly. The list is the best way to catch the next one.
Meet the Leo
A quick walk-through of the Leo line.
Why a Leo
Pro-level spec, honest price
The kind of detail and spec that usually come from a custom shop, at custom-shop prices. The Leo puts an alder body, roasted neck, nitro finish, real bone nut, full-size brass-shaft pots and traditionally built pickups on a guitar that’s priced for players.
Every guitar is assembled, wired, aged and set up here, by hand, and I measure and write down the setup on every one. When I don’t want to sell them, that’s when they’re ready.
Made to be played.
Leo spec
- Body
- Two- or three-piece alder
- Neck
- Roasted maple, 9.5″ radius. One-piece with stainless steel frets, or rosewood fingerboard with nickel-silver frets
- Finish
- Nitrocellulose on body and neck, aged and checked by hand, with attention to how it feels in your hands
- Nut
- Polished bone
- Hardware
- Nickel plated, aged; ashtray bridge with brass saddles
- Tuners
- Vintage-style split shaft, 15:1
- Pickups
- Vintage-voiced, traditional materials: alnico III and V, wax potted, fiber bobbins, brass baseplate and cotton wrap on the bridge pickup
- Electronics
- Full-size pots with brass shafts (A250k volume, B250k tone, both measured), cloth push-back wire, .022 tone cap, a real three-way switch, cup-socket output jack
- Truss rod
- Adjusts at the heel
- Strings
- D’Addario XL 10–46
- Setup
- Full professional setup, measured and written down
- Includes
- Gig bag. Tweed hard case available
Recent Leos
All past builds
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.
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I’m one guy and a working musician, so only a handful of guitars come off the bench. Leave your email and you’ll hear about each new one before it goes anywhere else. One email per guitar. No spam, ever.
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