GUITAR- HUTCHINS Shade II ...a Brit guitar maker tries to reinvent the LP Jr.

 HUTCHINS SHADE II 

$500.00 USD

A Brit guitar company with many models from a few hundred
to a few thousand.
They focus on guitars with a retro look but spec to modern standards.
They sell direct to Brit and Europe but not otherwise. A few Brit retail
stores export so they are available.
There entry level guitar is what grabbed me. Their thinking was why not use the Gibson LP Jr. and lately even the Gibson Melody Maker as a guide line for a new guitar. Both guitars were not intended and were never expected to be turned into Pro guitars ...but they have. 
So Hutchins came up with the Shade II. 
A small alder body with a fixed maple neck. Entry level pro hardware and a single but great sounding PU. throw on some dirt and this sucker can shred!
Yes I get it. Entry level guitar? Yes, but entry level pro guitar.


CONCLUSION
Well you can get a lot of 'currently cool' guitars in this price range.
But in a few years they will be yesterday's news and if you sell you will have to dump them. But an odd but cool Brit guitar like this is cool now and will always will be. Especially when if you plug it into a serious dirt sound and remove the back wall out of your next club gig! It can be a second backup guitar for life. A permanent keeper ...so when you buy that dream guitar ...then sell it for the next dream guitar the Shade II is always right there on a stand behind you ready for action when or if you need it!
I see it as a very affordable investment. A valuable useful tool that over time will improve with age and years from now you will always get your original money back.

It comes in 
Seafoam Green or Black.
Me? Oh!  Seafoam Green I love colours.
But it looks very different in black because
the pickguard and truss rod cover are black,