TRINITY BY RELISH

PRICE: €1,614 (inc gigbag)

ORIGIN: Indonesia

TYPE: Single-cutaway solidbody electric

BODY: Basswood

NECK: Maple bolt-on, modern ‘C’ shape

SCALE LENGTH: 650mm (25.59”)

NUT/WIDTH: Graphite/41.8mm

FINGERBOARD: Laurel, pearloid dot markers, 254mm (10”) radius

FRETS: 24, medium jumbo stainless steel

HARDWARE: Hard-tail six-saddle bridge w/ through-body stringing, enclosed tuners – chrome-plated

STRING SPACING, BRIDGE: 52mm

ELECTRICS: 2x Relish XV humbuckers (as reviewed), 3-way lever pickup selector, master volume and tone. Additional pickup sets tested: Relish Single Coil, Seymour Duncan Alnico II HB Pro

WEIGHT (kg/lb): 3.86/8.5

OPTIONS: Various pickup sets from Relish, Bare Knuckle and Seymour Duncan are available from €299. NB: “The pre-order Trinity comes with a standard set of swappable Relish XX pickups, a well-balanced and punchy humbucker duo,” says Relish.“Also included is a duo of Relish P-90 single-coil pickups that will be shipped along with the guitar”

RANGE OPTIONS: The Swiss-made models also feature the pickup-swap concept: Jane (€6,349), Mary (€5,512) and Mary One (€4,868). Custom one-off Platinum instruments also available (POA)

LEFT-HANDERS: Not currently

FINISHES: Metallic red (as reviewed), blue and black only. High-gloss body, natural satin neck

Relish https://relish.swiss

PROS Perfectly competent build; streamlined modern design; very good player; the unique instant pickup swapping is the real attraction

CONS For its origin and style it’s a little expensive; buying additional pickups involves quite an outlay