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Baritone Ukulele - Extended Neck
Spanish heel construction, black acacia top, back, and sides. Mahogany neck and heel. 20 inch scale, extended neck with 14 frets clear of the body. Amazon rosewood neck, bridge, and headstock overlay. Headstock with volute, black acacia underlayment and Gotoh UPT 4:1 ratio tuners. Port Orford Cedar linings, tentelones top attachment, HHG construction, waterbased lacquer finish. Includes soft shell case.
Octave Mandolin, “A” Style
This Octave mandolin has an “A” style body with an oval soundhold, reminiscent of the early mandolins built by Gibson. It differs in that it is a flattop construction, has a pinned bridge, a 21 inch scale, a K&K Twin Spot pickup, and double action truss rod.
The top is Port Orford Cedar, the back and sides are laminated from figured Black Acacia. The neck is Honduran mahogany with a bound Macassar Ebony fingerboard. The bridge, headstock overlay, and bindings are also Macassar Ebony with figured maple perflings. The top is latticed braced with Port Orford cedar, which is also used in the “X” braced back. HHG was used on all acousticlly active parts, with tentelones used to attache the top to the sides. The tuners are gold finish open back Gotohs; the finish is brushed oil varnish top with dark (garnet) shellac fill.
Parlor “Size 1” Guitar
This Parlor is based on a Martin style Size 1 body. It has a 24.5 inch scale with 12 frets clear. Top is Sitka spruce with Honduran mahogany back, sides, and neck. Fingerboard, bridge, bindings and headstock overlay are Gaboon ebony. This instrument has a slotted headstock with a “diamond” volute on the back of the neck, and a traditional dovetail joint. The tuners are Gotoh’s with nickle butterbean knobs, there is also a double action truss rod. Port Orford Cedar was used for the linings and bracing, seventy two individually glued in “tentelones” secure the top to the sides, with hot hide glue used on all acoustically relevent joints. The finish is lacquer.
The turtle and lightening bolt inlays were designed and installed by Inlay artist extrodinare Larry Robinson.
0M-14 Guitar
This OM style guitar has a Martin style 00 (“double oh”) body with a 25.4 inch scale. This is a relatively small bodied guitar that is comfortable to play but characterized by good tonal balance from bass to treble. It has a traditional dovetail joint joining the Honduran mahogany neck to the body. The top is Sinker Redwood with Zircote back and sides. The bound fingerboard, bridge and headstock overay are matching Macassar ebony. The braces and linings are Port Orford Cedar, with individual tentelones anchoring the top to the sides. It has a double action truss rod, and a K&K Pure Mini pickup. A traditional dovetail joins the neck to the body, hot hide glue was used on all acoustically relevent joints. The tuners are Waverly traditional open back tuners with Ebony knobs. The finish is brushed varnish.
The T-Rex inlay on the headstock and rising sun inlays on the fingerboard were designed and installed by Inlay artist extraordinaire Larry Robinson.