I recently acquired a Nash S-63 and it has immediately become my #1. There is a lot of disinformation about these guitars, a lot of haters, and a lot of folks who simply do not read the information available on the Bill Nash Web site.

I live in Alabama but when I am serious about buying a new guitar a take a pilgrimage to Wolfe Guitars in Florida. I sought out this dealer because he generally stocks some of the best Heritage guitars and is a great guy to deal with. You never know what you'll find on his sale floor loaded with high end instruments. My most recent visit to Wolfe Guitars was to buy a new Heritage 150. I had narrowed my options down to about 3 guitars. However, the more I thought through my options the more I came to the realization that, although 150's are nice, it is doubtful that one of these full size single cuts is going to replace my beloved Heritage 140 2nd Edition I purchased from Wolfe a few years back. This 140 is special because it is the first one made that was not a prototype. This 140 is a very special guitar and regardless of your disposition towards Gibson or Heritage, full size Les Pauls or the lighter models, no one has ever played the 140 and said anything negative. The most common question asked is , "what kind of pickups are in here? The sound great.". My 140 2nd Edition has the stocked HRW's in it and is pretty much the only guitar I never upgraded with Bare Knuckles. Yeah, there is defiantly something special about the Heritage 140 or its Gibson protege', the Les Paul Lite made in the late 1980's. Taking a 1/2" off the body width and adding a belly cut goes a long way in making these guitars very playable and sound just great. It's amusing that these guitars are not more popular given folks are drilling holes into there Les Pauls in order to get the weight down to a manageable level. Heritage doesn't randomly drill holes in their Honduran Mahogany as Gibson does. They do authentic sound chambering which in my opinion is in its infancy as far as what it is going to do for the electric guitar. Warmoth has taken the lead on exploring what all chambering can do for tone. However, perhaps there well never be a substitute for good wood. Even the top of the VOS or whatever Gibby's aren't as nice (as far as tone woods go,as any off the shelf Heritage). Yet, I digress on another topic I love.

On deciding I do not need another Heritage I did think back to the cracked poly finish of my MIJ foto-flame and its dire need for a fret dressing. The Achilles heel of the Fender MIJ early '90s fotoflames are that sever cracking usually occurs over time where the finish gets chipped. I've never seen anything like it on any other poly finished guitar and unlike nitro checking its not at all attractive. The vintage frets on my fotoflame needs dressing and I have been putting off this expensive repair. Since I was at Wolfe's to buy a new guitar I decided that I needed another strat. I immediate went to the G&L's. I have always wanted one as they are great guitars. There were also some used Fender starts to choose from but nothing with a real nitro finish. A current Fender sratocaster with an upgraded thin-kin nitro finish is pretty much just for ascetics and does little for tone or resonance since the grain filler is still polyurethane based. All that thin skin marketing is just about as truthful as any other type of propaganda, hyperbole, or sales hype. I waned my next srat to have a real nitro finish. These guitars are only offered by niche' builders and are expensive. I have been wanting to do my own strat parts caster buy, I like the nitro finsish and 60's colors but I'm not very good with shooting on the paint or the finishing. Build a few part-casters from mostly unfinished wood like from ALlparts and you gain respect for how the ultimate feel of your strat comes from all that sanding done prior to putting on the paint.

With all these biases clouding my mind and protecting my money I noticed one pink strat in the corner. A nice looking shell pink. "Ohh, that's the only Nash we have in the store right now, we sale them faster than we can keep them and we have seven more coming in next week." I remembered what little I knew about Nash guitars, the guy who builds part casters and sells them for a good price. While my buddy went outside to have a smoke and research the guitar on his I Phone I plugged into a amp and gave it a test run. My very first impression was that the guitar was exceptionally light and felt a lot like the Warmoth guitars my buddy out in the parking lot builds. He put one together in particular that I like. Again I thought about all that sanding. The mild relic job was ok. I have seen better I guess but I'm not too into the relic phenomenon. I thought it was really dumb at first, I like to put wear on my own guitars. But the marketing has taken its toll on me over the years and I have gotten used to the look. My favorite strat of all time was a 1960 closet classic from 1998. I loved that guitar but never really cared for some of the relic appointments. I do not baby my guitars by the way. I couldn't play a guitar and keep it mint if I tried (with my Gibson and Heritage guitars I do try).

Anyway I want to make the point that at first this guitar did not feel like a worn in strat that had been played for years. It felt like a freshly assembled guitar that needed to be broken in like all new guitars. I do not know how this should taken because frankly I have little experience with relic guitars and whether they feel "broken in" off the shelf although they do look heavily used. This guitar however played like a dream. It growled and sang and had more sustain than most strats have. I was very impressed. The more I played the guitar the more I loved it. I asked...TO BE CONTINUED

New Custom CTS 280K Pots



Following on from the success of our custom CTS 550K pots for humbuckers it was a logical step to do the same for suitable pots for Strats and Teles. Using the same custom taper and tighter tolerance of +/- 10% we are now able to offer custom CTS 280K standard shaft pots with a smoother torque designed specifically for single coil equipped guitars.


New Jensen/BKP Paper in Oil Capacitors

For over 60 years Jensen have been making hi-end capacitors. Today, they are made using a special purified mineral oil and the unique production process ensures not only a high quality capacitor but a long lasting one. Furthermore, Jensen have their own soldering process which provides minimum inductance and excellent internal electrical connection. To complement both our 550K and 280K pots we have had Jensen make Bare Knuckle paper in oil capacitors in both 0.015ufd and 0.022ufd to complete the ultimate wiring upgrade.

Peerless Tone only offers what we feel like are the best oroducts in the respected areas. We do a massive amount of research in order to actuallt determine who is the best of the best. You will not find multiple manufactures all peddling the same warez here. We stress that the products below are the best of the best.

BARE KNUCKLE PICKUPS BY TIM MILLS.

EVIDENCE AUDIO CUSTOM SHOP.

ROTOSOUND STRINGS.

GODLYKE DISTRUBUTING (MAXON, GUYATONE PEDALS).

TONE PROS HARDWARE.

ELECTRONICS.

CONTACT US To place an order. All orders are done via email because communication is key. We prefer to think of you as clients not customers. Think of us as your all knowing guitar tech and not a sales clerk.

Evidence Audio The Monorail™

Back in stock at a cheaper price.

Peerless Tone is currently offering Monorail instrument/patch cable by Evidence Audio. This is the best patch cable available for both conventional or solderless cables. Purchase lengths by the foot or have us build the individual patch cables for you.

Peerless Tone is an Evidence Audio Custom Shop. CONTACT US to order Monorail by the foot, individual patches with connectors or for more information.

Peerless Tone is an Evidence Audio Custom Shop. CONTACT US to order your own Melody cable, any length you want.

CHECK OUT THIS INTERVIEW WITH TONY OF EVIDENCE AUDIO ABOUT GILMOURS CABLES --COOL STUFF FROM A GREAT PAGE http://www.gilmourish.com/?p=170

Peerless Tone is now proud to announce that we are an Evidence Audio Custom Shop.

Custom length Monorail patch cables.

Melody instrument and patch cables

All featuring the highest quality Neutrik and Amphenol connectors.

The Evidence Audio Melody Instrument Cable.

Evidence Audio Melody signal cable is for the stage, studio, pedal-board, and rack/backline wiring. The Melody is built by designer Tony Farinella to be what he calls a "coax cable done right".

Check out the interview with Steve Stevens in Premier Guitar using Bare Knuckle and Evidence Audio! It’s further down about halfway.

Steve Stevens Interview: His Solo Album and His Gear

"I have recorded my new album Memory Crash with 15 different guitars, 10 different Amplifiers, 30 efx pedals, and 1 guitar cable, the Evidence Audio Lyric HG. Honestly there is no better guitar cable available. It's all about translating the true tone of your guitar and pickups. Evidence Audio does so accurately and in the most musical way possible"
-Steve Stevens

Read the interview for more. He discusses Bare Knuckle in some detail.