Steel / No. 734
Al Di Meola Guitar — Opus Virtuoso “Ember” (Steel-String OM)
Played by the Al Di Meola since October 2025
SeriesOpus Virtuoso
The story
Played by the Al Di Meola since October 2025
Model: Opus Virtuoso
First in the World guitar introduces the following innovations:
- ACOUSTIC TUBES inside the guitar neck,
- S-WAVE top construction
- ARS back & sides
- SIGMOIDAL JOINT of the guitar sides
- African Ebony BRIDGE with DRILLED HOLES encrusted with natural mammoth bone and natural Baltic amber
- Amber HEADLIGHT
- Amber BACKLIGHT ROSETTE
Since October 2025 Al Di Meola has been performing on a custom steel-string OM built in our Polish workshop: the Turkowiak Opus Virtuoso “Ember.” It features a curly redwood/Alpine-spruce double-top with S-WAVE resonator, ARS walnut-burl back and sides, and signature Baltic-amber details. This page is the official listing of Al’s guitar.
Looking for the exact sound and feel? Order a sister build of the Opus Virtuoso “Ember”.
Specifications
- Double top
- Highly-figured Old-growth Flamed Redwood (top) / Alpine Spruce from Tirol (bottom)
- Back & Sides
- Highly-Figured Black California Walnut Burl
- Scale
- 650 mm
- Neck
- Asymmetric Turkowiak nylon-steel hybrid neck profile, made of Mod.Magnolia with double dual-action truss-rod
- Fingerboard
- Elevated, African Ebony with 14″ compound radius inlaid with natural Baltic amber
- Head
- Plates / Natural Baltic Amber
- Shape
- Standard, Slotted
- Logo
- Natural Mammoth Bone
- Rosette
- Encrusted with Natural Baltic Amber plates and two natural mammoth bone crown logos
- Heel
- Cap / Natural Baltic amber
- Logo
- Natural Baltic amber
- Comfort
- Arm-bevel integrated with the guitar body
- Comfort
- Rib-bevel integrated with the guitar body
- Cutaway
- Deep-Florentine (Sharp)
- Nut
- 44.5 mm (1 3/4″), natural mammoth bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped
- Saddle
- RMC Acoustic Gold Tall Deluxe High-profile
- Tuners
- Highest-quality, handmade Turkowiak Gold ARTuners with ebony buttons, black wood screw inlay, ratio 18:1, with engravings
- Binding
- African Ebony
- Fingerboard markers
- Natural mammoth bone side dots diameter 2 mm at 5, 9, 15, 17, 19 frets and concentric 3 mm at 7, 12 (double) frets inlaid with natural Baltic amber
- Frets
- up to C# (21 frets); EVO-GOLD ArcFret™
- Varnish
- Highly-resonant, antistatic (own recipe), hand-polished, high-gloss
- Sound System
- RMC PolyDrive II
- Strings
- .012″ Phosphor-Bronze
- Hardcase
- Highest-quality, fitted to the guitar
- Warranty
- Life-time
About this instrument
Which Turkowiak guitar does Al Di Meola play?
Al Di Meola plays the Turkowiak Opus Virtuoso Ember, a custom steel-string OM guitar, No. 734, handmade in Poland. He has been performing on this instrument since October 2025.
What are the main materials?
Ember has an old-growth flamed redwood and Alpine spruce double-top, Black California Walnut Burl back and sides, and natural Baltic amber details.
Is this exact guitar for sale?
This is Al Di Meola's personal instrument, documented in the Museum. Contact the workshop to discuss a related commission.
Which pickup system is fitted?
Ember is fitted with the RMC PolyDrive II system.