Do any of you have information on the Nelsonic Starliner LP which I understand was designed by and produced by Bill Nelson. The info I have says they were a better build at a more cost friendly price than the Gibson and I couldn't agree more. Gibson sued and shut the production down. I am the proud owner of one that I play daily. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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The Astroluxe Cadet is still available from Eastwood with two different trem options:
https://eastwoodguitars.com/collections/artist-series
Anyone who managed to get a Bill Nelson signature Eastwood 'Astroluxe Cadet' guitar, got a truly wonderful instrument, so for one, Kevin Kerr (above), who's a lucky boy then?..
Here's an official Eastwood Guitars video, featuring RJ Ronquillo demoing this guitar...he's a really great player, so listen to how fantastic the guitar sounds in his hands, I think he really does it justice in this short 8 minutes...and then drool at how absolutely gorgeous it looks..it simply oozes quality and style.
Found this many years ago, i think before Bill's signature models had appeared. A guy in the US called apparently Greg Nelson and his company 'Nelsonic' selling Korean made guitars. This is the Bill De Ville model, even uses the atom symbol logo on the headstock. Small world as they say.
http://www.everythingsg.com/threads/nelsonic-starliner.23308/
Don't know anything about a 'Nelsonica Starliner' I'm afraid. It has absolutely zero personal input and nothing whatsoever to do with me. Sounds as if it might have been one of those illicit Chinese knock offs. I know John Backlund has suffered from some unauthorised Chinese copies of his instruments and that they were really cheaply made and not good at all. 🤔 The only authentic signature guitars I've authorised are the Campbell Nelsonic Transitone and the two Eastwood made 'Astroluxe' models. Anything else is just a con. Don't get fooled.
Jeff, I could not resist temptation and am now the proud owner of the Astroluxe Cadet...all thanks to your post (and, of course, Bill's involvement)!
hmmm, I think the only connection with Bill Nelson is purely coincidental.
To my knowledge the only guitars with design input from Bill and that bear his name are :-
a) Campbell American Nelsonic Transitone (limited edition of 100)
http://www.campbellamerican.com/models/nelsonic_transitone
b) Eastwood Guitars Bill Nelson Astroluxe (limited edition only 24 made, so pretty rare)
https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/sneak-peek-eastwood-astroluxe-bill-nelson-signature
c) Eastwood Guitars Astroluxe Cadet
https://eastwoodguitars.com/products/bill-nelson-astroluxe-cadet
I'm fortunate to own copies of a) and c)
Some discussion about the Nelsonic LP guitar here I think
http://www.everythingsg.com/threads/nelsonic-starliner.23308/