Halo Guitar Review: Felton Offard on his SALVUS-6 EverTune

Halo Guitar Review: Felton Offard (below) on his Salvus 6-string guitar with EverTune bridge.

"... the first thing I noticed is that it is stunningly beautiful."

"I happened upon Halo Custom Guitars whilst searching Reverb for "Evertune Tele".  The Salvus model showed up and the first thing I noticed is that it is stunningly beautiful.  Then I noticed the price.  I couldn't believe I could get a custom made axe with Evertune for hundreds less than an Elite Telecaster.  I had some very specific needs for a Tele.  

"I am the guitarist for the Chicago run of Hamilton." 

I am the guitarist for the Chicago run of Hamilton.  In the pit there are drastic temperature and humidity changes which can wreak havoc on the instruments.  Hamilton is through-composed, like an opera.  The only break I get is intermission. So I have very little time to fiddle with tuning.  The problem is that I am constantly switching guitars during and between songs and tuning to drop D quite a few times.  On some nights my tuning would be rock solid.  On other nights, I literally have to tune twice in a song because a string may have gone 5 cents flat or sharp...it's just insane.  

"... the best guitar buying experience ever."

Anyway, when I saw the Salvus I thought, ' this would solve almost all my problems'.  I contacted Halo the next business day.  Jeff Lee answered and he has frankly given me the best guitar buying experience ever.  I wanted to know if the Evertune could be bypassed on the low E string to allow for drop D tuning.  Jeff checked the guitar and called me back in a few minutes and told me it could.  He said he'd never even thought about bypassing one string.  I also needed them to add another push/pull pot so that I could split the pickups individually.  It was a nominal charge.  

The attention to detail on this guitar is just phenomenal.  A couple of my buddies are already on the Halo site designing their guitars.  BTW, the Evertune bridge makes the guitar intonation better across the board.  It is just phenomenal.  Do I have a complaint? No, just a quibble.  I didn't see the radius on the listing and was so excited about the other features that I didn't ask.  This guitar happens to have a 16" radius.  That's really flat to me for a tele.  I have a couple other guitars with a 16"radius but my hands seem to prefer 12" or a compound radius.  However, this guitar is very easy to play and sounds freakin' fantastic!!!!  I am planning on getting another built with 10 or 12" radius.  

"In the final analysis, I am completely over the moon with my guitar..."

P.S.  Even the free tee shirt they included was very nice.  So nice that I found the manufacturer and ordered six shirts from them last night.  Again, attention to every little detail... just an awesome company!" - Felton Offard

To learn more about Felton Offard and his music, visit his links:

(Genre: Christian & Gospel)

@feltonoffard
http://www.feltonoffard.com
https://www.itunes.apple.com/us/artist/felton-offard/id18286496
http://www.feltonoffard.bandcamp.com/