Welcome to the new Smoke Tree Guitarworks Blog! For our first post we are looking at a classic guitar design that needs no introduction! Even though this guitar wasn't the first officially available solid body electric, it was the first to be mass factory produced. Here is our take on that classic! Re-creating a Classic We started this build with a lightweight and resonant solid 2 piece premium swamp ash body based on the original specifications from the early 50's. The body