Encounter™ Prestige (CE501) Spalted Maple Top

Description

Our design of the CE501 was based on a stunning overhaul of an all time favourite, with a level of Artistry that, we believe, no-one else has achieved at this price point.

Our new Encounter™ range includes a range of Colour variations in addition to our Essential, Signature and Prestige Models.

From the Solid body with Spalted Maple Top, Set Neck with a chunky Vintage C profile, Rosewood Fretboard adorned with real Pearl / Abalone “Tree of Knowledge” Inlays, and Multiply binding to the Body, Fretboard and Headstock, the first sight of this guitar will take your breath away.

We’ve added quality Gold hardware and Pickups from our Europa Humbucker range which will take you from smooth Jazz through dirty Blues to singing Rock legato at the turn of the speed Dial Volume knobs. The Prestige range adds quality Jinho 18:1 Locking Tuners and Coil Taps to both Tone Controls.

All of our guitars are designed, inspected and setup in our UK workshop for optimum playability immediately before despatch, so you are guaranteed to be able to play this one out of the box.

We are very pleased to support a number of Charities from our Guitar Sales.

We recognise the cost to the environment of our Timber sourcing, Guitar Production and Transportation methods and we are keen to pay our dues, so we decided that the best way to do this was to Partner with Just One Tree from August 2025. We have already planted 250 Trees to reflect Sales since 2013, and we have committed to plant an additional Tree for every Guitar sold in the future.

In addition in Honour of my late Brother Steve Cassidy we named our Encounter™ series after his School in Porto and we are committed to making a donation of £10 from each Encounter™ Guitar sold to the Alzheimer’s Society. We made an initial contribution in August 2025 and will make further contributions on an Annual basis in relation to the number of Encounter™ Guitars sold.