The HTL
“The HTL, like the Classic and the Legend, honors a great guitar without copying it. As a Luthier, I look at an existing design and think of improvements for increased playing comfort, sustain, durability, and resonance.
To accomplish this on the HTL, I made the body a little smaller and lighter. I angled the neck a 4.5° which makes the guitar easier to play, especially for those used to an LP style guitar. Like the Classic, the neck is bolted tightly into the body and won’t wobble back and forth even if you loosen the neck bolts. This tight coupling between neck and body enhances sustain. Like all my guitars, the HTL has a volute at the back of the headstock, an arched headplate, and the smallest possible truss-rod rout, to make this vulnerable area of the guitar as strong as possible.”
-Chuck Thornton
Starting at $3,150, scroll down for options, specs and details.
2 Piece Quartersawn Rock Maple Neck
Opaque Finish with Flat Top Coat
Lollar Pickups with Blend Pot
Gotoh 2 Post Tremolo Bridge
Chrome Hardware
Gotoh 510 Locking Tuners
1 11/16″ nut
12″ Fingerboard Radius (10″ or 16″ optional)
Deluxe Hardshell Tweed Case
| SSS HTL (3 Single Coils) HSS HTL (Bridge Humbucker & 2 Single Coils) |
$3,150 $3,250 |
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| Finish Colors: Check our HTL Gallery for ideas! |
Sunburst $300 |
| Gloss Finish | $100 |
| Pickguard Colors: Parchment, Vintage Cream, Mint Green, or Black |
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| Knobs and Covers: Parchment, Vintage Cream, Mint Green, or Black |
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| Fingerboard: Rosewood or Birdseye Maple 10″, 12″ or 16″ Fingerboard Radius |
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| Fingerboard Inlays: Deluxe Inlay Name Plaque inlaid at 12th fret Single Abalone/MOP Diamond at 12th fret |
$200 $210 $50 |
Prices and specifications may change without notice.
| Body | Alder or Swamp Ash |
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| Neck | Quartersawn 2 piece Maple |
| Fingerboard | Birdseye Maple or Rosewood |
| Frets | Dunlop 6100 (6105, 6230 optional) |
| Headstock | Birdseye Maple |
| Bridge | Gotoh 2 Post Tremolo |
| Pickups | Lollar Dirty Blackface, Blackface or Vintage Blond Lollar Imperial Bridge Humbucker |
| Tuners | Gotoh 510 Delta Locking |
| Strap Buttons | Oversize |
| Nut Material | Bone |
| Strings | GHS Burnished Nickel 9′s, 10′s, or 11′s |
| Case | Tweed Hard Case |
| Scale Length | 25″ |
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| Headstock Angle | 13° |
| Neck Thickness @ 1st fret | 0.830″ |
| Neck Thickness @ 10th fret | 0.890″ |
| Nut Width | 1 11/16″ |
| String Spacing @ nut | 1.435″ |
| String Spacing @ bridge | 2.125″ |
Sample Guitar and Image Gallery
View a sample HTL below. More pictures can be seen in The HTL gallery.
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