An honest review of my Nash T-52 Heavy Relic Mary Kaye I 3 Question Review 

To me it’s a player’s guitar that sits in a place that prevents litigation, is affordable yet professional, and is built for the rigours of gigging. It sounds better and like nothing else in its price range, and at the end of the day that’s what really matters. I think Bill Nash has the working musician in mind with these, and for that reason I hope he continues to provide great guitars like these for years to come. 👍

I've played one of these Nash guitars and I'm convinced each one has a soul. They sound great to me because they have that old soul feel and playability. I love them and plan on buying one within the next year.

Nash was the first Tele I ever had a bond with

The lesson I take from this is to never play any really old, custom shop or higher-end boutique guitars because it’s just going to take the joy out of other guitars. I’m watching lightly relic’d Nash T63’s and S63’s on Reverb and I don’t care what kind of screws are in them.

I have the shell pink Telemaster and love it. Prior I was just looking at gibson and fender......I played a 6k 335 and was not impressed at all. When I saw the Nash at my local shop there was also a new gold relic telecaster for 4800. Sat down with both of them and rolled off the tone on both of them and the Nash had tripple the tone......also I didn't like the small neck on the telecaster ..... I felt perfectly happy walking out of a shop with a pink guitar I never heard of........its been 2 months and I haven't had to tune it yet.

Thanks!! Really helps one get an real good idea of what they’re getting into with these. Very very helpful. Subscribed and off to watch more. Thx

The Nash offers a flatter radius that doesn’t come on vintage correct Fenders.

That's not a Mary Kaye. It's blonde. Mary Kaye was a 1950s pop singer. In the 1950s, translucent blonde was the standard finish on the Telecaster, and Sunburst was the standard finish on the Stratocaster. Fender would occasionally make blonde (ash bodied) Stratocasters, and vice versa. On rare occasions, Fender would also add gold-plated hardware to a guitar. Mary Kaye was photographed with a blonde Stratocaster with gold hardware in the 1950s. She didn't even own the guitar, it was loaned by Fender Sales president Don Randall. Back in the era before reference materials and books existed, collectors were at least familiar with the photos of Mary Kaye and began to refer to the blonde Stratocasters with gold hardware as "Mary Kaye models". Interestingly enough, this did come full circle as Fender did reach an agreement with Mrs. Kaye in the 2000s and did license her name to officially make a "Mary Kaye" model (in 2007 IIRC). But it was never an official model, just a description of a particular combination of features - a 1950s, maple neck, translucent blonde Stratocaster with gold hardware. Of course, one can refer to the color as "Mary Kaye blonde", but it's redundant, as "Blonde" is the translucent finish. An opaque white guitar (Olympic White or a custom color) is not blonde. A blonde strat is ...a blonde strat. In the same way that a blonde 1950s Tele is a blonde Tele. That's the name of the translucent finish. Not that I'm still salty, but this leads me to one of the single dumbest things anyone has ever said to me in an online guitar forum, in this case in the early 1990s. I think this even pre-dated the Internet and was on FIDOnet. Some genius aggressively argued that the term "Mary Kaye" meant ... pink. Yes, pink. Because ... you guessed it. Mary Kay. The cosmetics / MLM tycoon. At first I thought he was joking but ... you know how some people just figure something out on their own, and simply can't be budged with ... facts ... once they've made up their minds? Yep, he was one of those. And this was during an era when sending a photo meant using a scanner, and dial up and ... some people just aren't worth correcting. All this is to point out that, for heaven's sake, for the love of all that is holy, it's "Mary KAYE", not "Mary Kay". One was a musician/artist. One was a cosmetician. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. Up next, we will discuss the difference between a "maple neck", and a "maple neck with maple fingerboard".

Given the time put into building one of these the price is fair. If I buy all the parts and do the work myself it would cost half as much. When I add the labor I am right at the same price.

I'm not man enough to pull of red pants. I bow down sir.

Danocaster makes the best vintage correct guitars. I've owned and played many Fender custom shops, Nash, and original '50s and '60s Fenders and Danocaster guitars are spot on with the vintage Fenders. Of course, they cost over 2x as much as a Nash, so you decide if it's worth it.

Nash's have sort of a cult following in Nashville (where I play). Best guitars under $3.5K IMO. Sold my Fender AVRI & CS tele's.

Today I played three or four fender custom shop guitars including tellys. The Necks were fat the look was nice. Then I went to this boutique shop and I played a Nash and I was like wow this thing is really nice the Lawler pickups are just bitching compared to the custom shop fender stuff.

To me Nash guitars are kind of “what if” or “fantasy” type guitars that give people the option of owning an excellent instrument that replicates many elements of extremely expensive vintage guitars at a reasonable price. The liberties taken with them re: color, etc, make them fun and provide an element of fantasy… I don’t they’re trying to fool anyone.

Dude this is a guitar for players not for collectors. I tried lots of Nashes that killed CS guitars. There, you got my view and I helped with your sale...

Great sounding Tele!

I never thought to use my RU-vid channel to sell any of my guitars...that's a good idea. I am always super careful when I do a demo/review on a guitar, because I am not a salesman. I would have kept the acoustics though, lol! That Breedlove was nice. I've been wanting to try one of their smaller bodied guitars; I have only played the concert size Breedlove, and I like them a lot. 🐰❤️🎸🎵✨🤝✌️

Я сам тащусь от Nash (у меня Т63 candy apple red heavy relic). Но также рекомендую обратить внимание Fano alt de facto sp6, это офигенный инструмент. Bill Nash и Denis Fano умеют делать офигительные инструменты!!!

You’re comparing a $2200 guitar new to a $4500 guitar new. I love your video, but your dislikes are kind of nitpicking small stuff.

The original ‘52 Tele I had did have knurled knobs.

The color looks like some early 50s Teles I have seen Jeff Beck show from his collection.

I bought a Nash copy of David Gilmore's #1 strat. I didnt like it much. Sold it after about a month

That hardware will function better than old rusty hardware.

Hard to tell the sound with all the effects

Sorry for the noob question, but what effect are you playing through on the outro? Sounds like the music from Friday Night Lights.

Just buy the 70th anniversary fender broadcaster, at least the pedigree is correct and it’s a nice instrument that purists can relate to. And they will hold their value as well.

I never see custom shops for 2k

How do these compare to the American Vintage series?

Killer tone

I have a Fender Custom Shop relic and a Nash relic, there is zero comparison. My CS is better is literally every way. My nash is literally my "it'll do" strat for travel and stage. I dropped it, didn't care. I like it, but it feels like I was ripped off for the price.

I also don’t get why people don’t just buy the real deal fender or a whitfill? I have an original series blackguard it’s really great guitar and is aging naturally.

The thing is though. He has to be really careful about what he does. He has already been sued once by fender. My Bill Nash has not scene the light of day since they tried to buy it back. I am lucky enough to be one of the people who have the full fender decaled Nash guitars.

It looks like the machine heads have been changed,it has black strap buttons which is odd. Think it may have been messed with a little.

Whats the Heinz musictronics sticker?

What type of amp are u playing through

When will it be for sale..

Seems to hold dadgad well

Other than Fender Custom Shop's pickups and relic believability, it's by far the most overrated and overpriced offering on the high end market. They're more "art" than instrument, though I do agree relic guitars have the beauty of holding onto massive value for resale... Bc added dings and light pick scratches in the finish won't devalue the guitar (at all). As cringe as Gibson's marketing may be, at least set-necks are more difficult and time consuming to construct, thus "slightly justifying" a higher price tag. Fenders are literally assembly line instruments; Ford motor style guitars. Designed to be made in the most cost effective fashion. Fender needs to stop making 8 consumer levels of Strats and actually start making super strats that other companies have been doing for decades: ie) responding to inherent design flaws held up by nostalgia

That Breedlove still for sale?? :)

Long time guitar player, a relic'ed guitar just screams poser. Having played many Nash guitars, they are ok, prob a good vintage copy.

i owned that exact guitar! sold it because after playing several Nashs they lean on the brighter side...all of them! Great guitar for the money and amazing necks and Lollar pups but lacks the fullness unfortunately

Personally don’t like relic guitars...but I love honest wear especially done by me. Only way to break in a guitar is to play the heck out of it. Great video...love the red pants!

Jeremy, it's all very impressive how you go as a "guitar hunter" and acquire used OR older guitars at bargain prices. But you have not told us ever how to get the quality confirmed! For example, a cracked back OR a dropped guitar???

I’ll stick with my partscasters. It’s too easy to build what you want these days without breaking the bank

Wish I was an electric player

I had a Fender '52 Tele anniversary model. It was made in the '90s. I HATED that guitar! Way too heavy and cumbersome. The guitar just wouldn't stay in tune and I didn't like the sound. American made guitar by a legendary guitar company yet I couldn't dump it fast enough.

55 for the white blonde.

The finishes are great because you couldn’t get them in the 50’s or 60’s. Now you can!

It’s just a parts Caster.

Что делает Дацик с гитарой???:-))))

This review is absurd. Nobody who can play cares anything about the exact specifications of the knobs or little things like the finish being slightly off. The custom shops are not exact to the early teles either. They all have some modern appointments. I purchased a $5k custom shop tele that was great. But a few days later I picked up a Nash in a guitar shop. The Nash was supior in every way. The pickups. The neck. The feel of it. The attention to detail of how this guitar was put together - not vs other guitars - was impeccable. These Nashes are $2k-$2.5k not because they're low quality vs a 6k, 7k, or 8k custom shop. They're less expansive because Nash, who's a very unique guy, wants it that way. You're lucky you can even find something like this. Bill Frisell thinks so. Cold Play thinks so. Tons of other great players think so.

Not sure I’ve ever seen someone sitting so uncomfortably. I’ll attribute that to tight pants, donuts and bad taste.

I only gave you a dislike because it looks like you're wearing a onesie with leggings. I swear I sent my daughter off to daycare in the same outfit this morning. Greyish top, red leggings. Very odd choice for a dude.

The issue with any relic'd guitar is they are not a real relic, so if you are looking for a real relic, don't buy a relic'd guitar. I think what you are playing is a great guitar, relic'd or not.

This is a fake fluff