Dean Gordon had worked many years in the Chelsea NY area of NYC as a repair tech and custom guitar builder. A few years ago he began building T-Style instruments made from reclaimed timbres that are sourced from the famous Chelsea Hotel. As you’re probably aware, the Chelsea Hotel has more historic significance than we can possibly fit into a single guitar description.

The building was built between 1883 and 1885 and opened to the public in 1885. When first built it was the tallest building in NYC. Many of the worlds most famous celebrities and musicians from the likes of Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Andy Warhol and Mark Twain, just to name a few have resided there over the course of their careers.

The body of this particular guitar is made from Civil war era pine sourced from the Chelsea. This LTD Edition Chelsea Hotelecaster in particular has a wonderfully resonant and woody voice full of harmonic complexities that are hard to find in a brand new guitar. It also plays with ease and is of a nice and balanced weight of 7lbs 4oz

This build features a pair of Gemini Pickups. A Suprocaster in the bridge and a Gold Foil in the neck position. They give this guitar a unique voice that’ll stand out from other T-Style instruments you’ve likely played. The bridge is based on the old Supro / Valco guitars lapsteel pickups of the 50’s and early 60’s but in a Tele sized format. This pickup delivers a more aggressive type of Tele tone with a low noise floor and more growl like a P-90 while still having a crystal clear top-end. The neck pickup delivers classic 50’s Gold Foil tone. They are both standard Tele sized pickups for convenience and incase you ever feel like auditioning something different inside of this guitar.

Chelsea Hotelecaster Serial #024 Specs:

Body: 
Civil war era pine sourced from the Chelsea Hotel NYC
Thin satin Shellac finish

Neck:
Michigan silver maple w/ dark Indian Rosewood fingerboard
Vintage Medium C profile .90” - .93”
21 7150 stainless steel frets
25.5" scale length
Compound 9.1/2 - 12" radius
1 11/16th nut width
Clay dot inlays
Dual acting heel adjust truss rod
Bone Nut
thin satin nitro finish

Electronics:
Gemini Suprocaster Bridge pickup
Gemini Goldfoil Neck pickuip
Standard Tele wiring w/ 3-way switch, vol & tone

Hardware:
Standard Tele nickel aged bridge and knobs w/ brass compensated saddles
Gotoh aged staggered vintage tuners

Weight: 7lbs 4oz

Gator protective case, COA & leather strap are included