Jamming on a Roadhouse Guitar Works Guitar

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I remember seeing adverts for Roadhouse Guitar Works based out North Carolina around 2016 or so. Basically I liked the idea of the guy using "reclaimed" wood for the bodies of the instruments he built. I looked at many examples and found a body that I thought looked very good. I wasn't sure of the necks but he assured me they were similar to the feel of the one I had on my Esquire. He quoted me a pretty cheap price of about $480. It was just a basic Esquire tele. One pickup, my fave reversed harness wiring. Simple. It was delayed a while and I had to keep pushing the guy. He offered a load of excuses for the delays but it was ultimately shipped to me. It was nicely done although I had to give it a fret leveling. Although I enjoyed it, I ended up trading it at some ports towards a PRS. Here's a clip of me jamming on it for the short time I had it.

Here's the Roadhouse. Click on it to play.

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I remember seeing adverts for Roadhouse Guitar Works based out North Carolina around 2016 or so. Basically I liked the idea of the guy using "reclaimed" wood for the bodies of the instruments he built. I looked at many examples and found a body that I thought looked very good. I wasn't sure of the necks but he assured me they were similar to the feel of the one I had on my Esquire. He quoted me a pretty cheap price of about $480. It was just a basic Esquire tele. One pickup, my fave reversed harness wiring. Simple. It was delayed a while and I had to keep pushing the guy. He offered a load of excuses for the delays but it was ultimately shipped to me. It was nicely done although I had to give it a fret leveling. Although I enjoyed it, I ended up trading it at some ports towards a PRS. Here's a clip of me jamming on it for the short time I had it.

Here's the Roadhouse. Click on it to play.

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Very unique and cool guitar, interesting story, at least you got a clip of it.
 

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Man, that sounded pretty fantastic to me. 🤘 Great playing and tone. Really unique guitar. My guitar style preferences always lean towards the organic. I really prefer seeing a lot of wood grain versus a slick paint job or bright colors. The more a guitar looks like someone took a slab of wood and whittled it into a guitar, the more I like it. 😝 So, this guitar seems pretty cool to me. 👍 I'm surprised you parted ways with it? Though I, too, desire a PRS, so I guess I understand a little bit. 😊
 
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Man, that sounded pretty fantastic to me. 🤘 Great playing and tone. Really unique guitar. My guitar style preferences always lean towards the organic. I really prefer seeing a lot of wood grain versus a slick paint job or bright colors. The more a guitar looks like someone took a slab of wood and whittled it into a guitar, the more I like it. 😝 So, this guitar seems pretty cool to me. 👍 I'm surprised you parted ways with it? Though I, too, desire a PRS, so I guess I understand a little bit. 😊
In hindsight, I should have kept it. It was a real player.
 

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I remember this clip and the status updates on the Roadhouse at the time. Lovely sounding guitar for sure and nice playing champ. I wasn't sold on the look at the time but this just looks cool AF now. I tend to keep all my guitars but I sometimes worry them by looking at a trade for one of these.
 

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I remember this clip and the status updates on the Roadhouse at the time. Lovely sounding guitar for sure and nice playing champ. I wasn't sold on the look at the time but this just looks cool AF now. I tend to keep all my guitars but I sometimes worry them by looking at a trade for one of these.
The tele shape is my favorite for a guitar. I've only sold two guitars I regretted - my custom shop Schecter Pete Townshend (PT) Tele and my Kramer Pacer Imperial, which I managed to get back.
 
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