Steel / No. 776
Andy McKee Guitar – Opus Virtuoso “Driftfire” (Steel-String GA)
Watch Andy McKeeDriftfire / 3:45SeriesOpus Virtuoso
In the hands of Andy McKee
Driftfire.
In his own words.
Andy introduces and plays his Opus Virtuoso Grand Auditorium.
Original post by Andy McKeeA small correction: Driftfire’s frets are ArcFrets (referred to as True Temperament in the film).
The story
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
Andy McKee Guitar – Opus Virtuoso “Driftfire” is a custom steel-string GA voice built around the percussive, two-handed fingerstyle language associated with Andy McKee: powerful projection, immediate player feedback, a highly figured redwood double-top and extended upper-fret reach through a deep sharp cutaway.
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
- K&K Pure Mini
- Strings
- .012″ Phosphor-Bronze
- Hardcase
- Highest-quality, fitted to the guitar
- Warranty
- Life-time
About this instrument
Which Turkowiak guitar was made for Andy McKee?
The Turkowiak Opus Virtuoso Driftfire is a custom steel-string Grand Auditorium guitar made for Andy McKee, instrument No. 776.
What are the main materials and dimensions?
Driftfire has an old-growth flamed redwood and Alpine spruce double-top, Black California Walnut Burl back and sides, natural Baltic amber details, a 650 mm scale and a 44.5 mm nut width.
Which pickup system is fitted?
Driftfire is fitted with a K&K Pure Mini pickup system.