The modern semi-hollow Talman! It has a very "open" and lively sound compared to standard solid body Talmans.
Model: TM302HM
Finish: Tri Fade Burst (TFB)
Serial: 4L160500518
Built: May 2016
Made in China
Body: Maple/Mahogany semi-hollow body
Total weight: 6lb 15.8 oz
These are somewhat hard to find. They come up for sale much less often than other TM302 models. This guitar is unmodified (but makes a great platform to modify)! There's very minimal fret wear! No major damage, see outline of blemishes below.
Comes with a soft gig bag!
Setup:
- clean and polish hardware
- polish frets
- clean and oil fretboard (Nomad F-ONE, safe for maple)
- Nomad TUNE-IT lubricant on nut and saddles
- D'Addario 10-46 strings
- original (bone) nut, slot depths are OK
- adjusted truss rod, neck relief to .011" (.279mm)
- deoxidize all electronics
- string height and pickup heights adjusted
- intonation adjusted
- carnauba wax on body
String heights @12th (hold 1st):
- E 1.75
- A 2mm
- D 2.25mm
- G 2.25mm
- B 2mm
- e 1.6mm
Pickup heights:
- Neck: low side 2mm, high side 1.6mm
- Bridge: low side 2.5mm, high side 2.5mm
Blemishes:
- The pickguard has slightly yellowed and you can see a white circle on the left side where the QC inspection sticker was originally. This is a common problem you will find on pretty much all TM302 white pickguards. Some are worse than others, this one is not that bad.
- The chrome hardware has some discoloration, pitting, and surface wear. (Jack plate, bridge, saddles, neck pickup cover, neck plate). In person it will look like the chrome has smudges on it, but they don't wipe off. I tried hand polishing everything and it helped a lot, but it's not back to it's original luster.
- Neck plate has a small dent or chip in the finish
- Some tarnishing on pickguard screws
- Light surface wear on fretboard, upper frets on the treble side
- Misc light surface scratches and swirls (only visible in reflected light)
- Some edge wear on top of headstock
- On the back side of the neck (treble side) near the 4th fret and nut there is some glue or something (likely from the factory)
Note, I'm just being thorough here. Overall I'd still rate this guitar very good condition!