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Bass / No. 708

8-string fan fret Octave Acoustic Bass Guitar – Opus Virtuoso – Concorde

The story

First in the world luthier acoustic bass guitar with the following innovations:

  • ‘ACOUSTIC TUBES’ inside the guitar neck with natural Baltic amber outlets
  • Top with ‘S-WAVE’ top construction
  • ARS (Acoustic Resonance System) B&S
  • SIGMOIDAL JOINT of the guitar sides
  • African Ebony pinless BRIDGE with DRILLED HOLES encrusted with natural Baltic amber and mammoth bone
  • Amber HEADLIGHT
  • Amber BACKLIGHT ROSETTE (Concorde style)
  • Amber FLOATING ARMREST

Specifications

Body
Extra large Bass
Frets
14 to the body; 24 total
Double-Top
1954 Cedar of Lebanon (with a certificate of authenticity)(top) / Alpine Spruce from Tirol (bottom)
Back&Sides
Pepperwood Burl with sapwood
Neck
Turkowiak asymmetric made of Mod.Magnolia, two dual-action truss rods
Fingerboard
Elevated, African Ebony, compound radius: 26″
Plates
Natural Baltic amber
Shape
Open (Modern / Hollow)
Logo
Natural mammoth Bone
Soundhole
Single top-offset, bound with Ebony; Concorde-style
Heel
Cup / Natural Baltic amber
Logo
Natural mammoth bone
Nut
Natural mammoth bone, hand-shaped, polished, and semi-scalloped, 45,5 mm width
Saddle
Natural mammoth bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped
Tuners
Highest-quality, Schaller single black mini posts, ratio 1:18
Binding
Ebony (Master Grade)
Fingerboard markers
Side: Natural mammoth bone ø 2 mm at 3, 5, 9, 15, 17, 19 frets and concentric side markers ø 3 mm at 7, 12 (double) inlaid with natural Baltic amber
Frets
EVO-GOLD (nickel-free)
Cutaway
Florentine (sharp)
Scale length
32-34″ (812,8 – 863,6 mm) fanned
Varnish
Highly-resonant, anti-static (own recipe), hand polished, high-gloss with blue burst
Inlay
Concorde style made of natural Baltic amber with white & black mother of pearl, mammoth bone, white amber, and ebony – engraved
Warranty
Life-time
Tuning
Regular, Octave
Hardcase
High-quality