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Nylon / No. 283

Luthier’s OM 12-F guitar no. 283 w/2 diagonal soundholes

The story

First in the World luthier acoustic guitar with the following innovations:

  • Acoustic Tubes inside the guitar neck (Patent – European Patent Office no. EP 3340231 (A1) ‘Acoustic Tubes’)
  • Top with an 8th-generation WAVE resonator
  • Back & sides made in 2nd-generation High-Tech Press
  • Bridge with drilled holes

Specifications

Body
OM, 12 frets to the body
Double-Top
Western Red Cedar (top) / Alpine Spruce from Tirol (bottom) (Master Grade)
Back & sides
Black & White Ebony with sapwood (Master Grade)
Neck
Asymmetric made of flamed Sycamore (Master Grade), dual-action double truss rod
Fingerboard
Elevated, Black African Ebony (Master Grade), binded, nut radius: 16″ with compensation
Plates
Ebony (Master Grade)
Logo
Authentic black mother of pearl
Bridge
Ebony with drilled holes (Master Grade), manually shaped, encrusted with natural bone and special inlay made of authentic black mother of pearl
Soundhole
2 x diagonal soundhole (1 x with African Ebony ‘wings’), binded
Heel
Cup / Ebony
Logo
Authentic black mother of pearl
Armrest
Ebony, integrated with the guitar body, width 20 mm
Nut
Natural bone, manually shaped and polished, width 44,5 mm (1 3/4″)
Saddle
Natural bone, manually shaped and polished
Tuners
Single posts, gold, ratio 1:18, with natural mother of pearl screw reinforcements
Binding
Ebony – Master Grade
Dots
White mother of pearl side-dots ø 1.5 at frets 3, 5, 7, 9, 12 (double), 15, 17
Junction of the sides
Encrusted with narrow, natural black mother of pearl
Frets
18% nickel silver
Belt buttons
2 x Ebony encrusted with logos made of natural black mother of pearl
Scale length
25.5” (647,7 mm)
Varnish
Highly resonant, anti-static (own recipe), hand-polished, matt
Pickguard
Transparent
Warranty
Lifetime
Hardcase
Highest-quality brand hardcase