Features

Acoustic Guitars

  • side-ports
    • petit bouche sound-hole w/X-ray rosette
    • *side-door adjustable aperture
  • armrest, backrest bevel
  • cutaway –florentine (pointed) or venetian (rounded), conforms to heel profile
  • 14-fret neck, shortened upper bout, centered bridge
  • *Tear-drop neck profile
  • adjustable 2-way truss rod w/ double carbon-fibre thru-head reenforcement
  • *Platform rim– triple-laminated sides
  • *Radial back bracing

Nylon String Guitars

mostly the same as acoustic guitars except for:

  • Raised fingerboard– exaggerated negative (oblique) neck angle
  • compensated nut and saddle
  • *frequency-compensated bridge
  • triple carbon-fibre rod reenforced neck shaft (static)
  • arm-and back-rest bevel
  • *Under-cut 19th fret cutaway (w/ thumb-rest)
  • *Platform rim
  • 7-strut top w/open tone-bars
  • radial back-braces
  • *adjustable neck angle on F models
  • side-ports w/side-door

Harp Guitars

  • 7 sub-basses w/ sharping levers
  • side-ports, side-door
  • *carbon-fibre stretcher tube– end-to-end inner reenforcement
  • adjustable neck truss-rod w/dual carbon thru-rods
  • armrest, backrest
  • *platform rim

Electric Guitars

  • carved arch-top– maple or spruce
  • *solid chambered back or bent rim/back w/ center mounting block
  • *thru-back pickup mounts
  • *Bigsby lifting postsor cast brass hard tailpiece
  • *lateral adjustment (wedge saddle) bridge
  • set neck

Electric Banjo

  • *center-stick neck post mount
  • wood or synthetic head skin
  • 5th fret tuner or 5 string to nut
  • dual humbucker pickup

Mandolins

  • oval sound-hole w/ tri-ports, or edge-ports
  • hybrid-x or tone-bar bracing
  • arch top and back or arch-top w/raised overlay and flat-back
  • scroll with double arch
  • cast brass tailpiece
  • height-adjustable bridge

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