In case you love twangy guitars from the ’60s, you realize about Mosrites – the immortal slabs of The Ventures and Ramones. Twenty years in the past, Eastwood Guitars made its personal variation and referred to as it the Sidejack. To mark the mannequin’s birthday, the corporate launched a particular version dubbed the DLX twentieth LTD, and VG obtained its keen mitts on one.

Like these planks of yore, the Sidejack has the daring, outsized horns and notched headstock paying homage to the unique. The physique is sure basswood with a set maple neck and a sure rosewood fretboard with dot markers; {hardware} features a Mosrite-styled vibrato, and scale is 24.75″. Electronics are two Eastwood of Canada M-90 pickups, a three-way selector, and controls for Tone and Quantity. Particulars embody Eastwood-branded knobs and the twentieth Anniversary Eastwood of Canada emblem on the headstock. The entire shebang is available in at a stable however snug 7.6 kilos.

Making the experience extra gratifying, the Sidejack DLX has a tapered neck profile and easy-to-grab heel. In hand, the axe performs effectively, with a fast setup, medium-feel frets, and light-weight strings. Sonically, the M-90 pickups – a P-90 design – ship a wide range of tones, from clear ’n glassy or twang to soiled overdrive with the fitting pedal or amp settings. There are even jazz-tinged flavors due to the mix of that wildly tilted neck pickup and basswood physique. The vibrato and curler bridge add to the enjoyable, the bar set near the strings for extra wiggle than whammy.

What’s actually shocking is the quantity of twang the DLX gives for the cash. And whereas there are fairly a couple of Sidejack fashions to select from with various pickup and bridge choices, this one brings an array of swank end choices, a traditional offset physique, and people large, large horns!

This text initially appeared in VG’s November 2023 challenge. All copyrights are by the writer and Classic Guitar journal. Unauthorized replication or use is strictly prohibited.