A number of months back, but a nice shot of Nick Cave with his AIRLINE TUXEDO. Cave’s now main instrumentalist – Warren Ellis – has also been working with the manufacturer, canadian Eastwood Guitars, on releasing the Warren Ellis Signature TENOR guitar, coming next month. AIRLINE TUXEDO is designed after the Barney Kessel model from the mid 1950’s and sold under the brands of KAY and AIRLINE. There are some pics, specs and sounds below…

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Eastwood Guitars Airline Tuxedo

-Body: Hollow-body, Maple Top, Back, Mahogany Sides

-Neck: Set Neck, Bound Maple

-Scale Length: 25 1/2″ (648mm)

-Bridge: Trapeze Tail, Tune-O-Matic Bridge

-Hardware: Vintage Style Open Back Tuners

-Pickups: Two Custom “Kleenex Box” Hi-Output P-90’s

-Switching: 3-Way

-Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone

Given the amount of maple used for the neck, top and back, along with 25-1/2″ scale length, the guitar is not as snappy or as bright as one would think, but this shouldn’t be taken as a negative. The guitar has a decent amount of natural sustain and holds its tuning very well. The darker, mid-range focused fundamental tone of the guitar blends well with overdrive, providing a good selection of usable rock and blues tones.

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Tuxedo (Clean & Distorted)

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