#02 Blackguard
The Quint Guitars #02 Blackguard is a faithful recreation of the iconic 1952 T-style guitar. Built with carefully selected premium components and finished with a beautiful relic butterscotch blonde nitro by MJT, this guitar delivers authentic vintage tones with exceptional playability.
Premium Tonewoods
The guitar features a lightweight ash body that provides excellent resonance and sustain. The maple neck has a comfortable vintage C profile and is finished with tung oil and wax for a smooth, natural feel. The combination results in a responsive instrument that weighs in at just 7lbs 4oz.
Vintage-Correct Electronics
The guitar is equipped with a Fralin Vintage Hot Tele pickup set, offering authentic early-50s tones:
- Bridge pickup delivers classic twang with rich harmonics
- Neck pickup provides warm, full tones perfect for jazz and blues
- Premium electronics including CTS pots and paper-in-oil capacitor
- High-quality cloth wiring throughout
Classic Hardware
- Gotoh vintage-style chrome tuning machines
- Vintage-style bridge with brass saddles
- Single-ply black pickguard
- Vintage-style knurled chrome knobs
- Period-correct nickel/chrome hardware
Specifications
- body
- 2 piece swamp ash with MJT Relic Butterscotch Blonde Nitro finish
- bridge
- Gotoh in-tune with brass saddles
- electronics
- CTS Pots, cloth wiring, paper-in-oil capacitor
- hardware
- Nickel/Chrome
- knobs
- Vintage-style knurled chrome
- neck
- Maple with vintage C profile
- neck finish
- Tung oil and wax
- pickguard
- Single-ply black
- pickups
- Fralin Vintage Hot Tele set
- tuners
- Gotoh vintage-style chrome
- weight
- 7lbs 4oz