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Nylon / No. 786

the Ascent – Soul – Awakening

The classical voice of The Ascent: a Sinker Western Red Cedar double-top guitar with Amboyna Burl, an amber floating armrest and a Soul – Awakening Roots inlay across the fingerboard and rosette, made from mammoth bark and mammoth bone.

SeriesOpus Magnum

The story

Model: Opus Magnum

The classical voice of The Ascent: a Sinker Western Red Cedar double-top guitar with Amboyna Burl, an amber floating armrest and a Soul – Awakening Roots inlay across the fingerboard and rosette, made from mammoth bark and mammoth bone.

First in the World luthier guitar introduces the following innovations:

  • ACOUSTIC TUBES inside the guitar neck with natural Baltic amber outlets
  • X-WAVE RESONATOR double top
  • X-A.R.S. back and sides
  • SIGMOIDAL JOINT of the guitar sides
  • FLAMED AFRICAN EBONY IMPEDANCE BRIDGE with stiffening wings
  • BALTIC AMBER FLOATING ARMREST isolated from the soundboard
  • AMBER HEADLIGHT AND BACKLIGHT
  • ARC FRETS
  • SOUL – AWAKENING ROOTS INLAY in mammoth bark and mammoth bone across the fingerboard and rosette

Specifications

Collection
The Ascent – Soul – Awakening
Model
Opus Magnum
Guitar no.
786
Double top
Sinker Western Red Cedar
Back and sides
Amboyna Burl
Scale
650 mm
Neck
Asymmetric Turkowiak neck made of modified magnolia
Fingerboard
Elevated, flamed African ebony
Soundhole
Central soundhole with a Soul – Awakening Roots inlay made from mammoth bark and mammoth bone
Head
Classic slotted shape with double natural Baltic amber headplates and a white Baltic amber logo
Nut
52 mm, mammoth bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped
Saddle
Mammoth bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped
Bridge
Flamed African ebony impedance bridge with stiffening wings, inlaid with mammoth bone and African ebony
Armrest
Natural Baltic amber floating armrest, fixed and isolated from the soundboard
Tuners
Handmade tuning machines with natural Baltic amber buttons, 18:1 ratio
Binding
African ebony
Purfling
Natural Baltic amber
Fingerboard markers
White Baltic amber: 2 mm at frets 5, 9, 17 and 19; concentric 3 mm at fret 7 and double at fret 12
Frets
EVO-GOLD ArcFret
Artwork
Soul – Awakening Roots inlay across the fingerboard and rosette, made from mammoth bark and mammoth bone, with a matching illuminated rear artwork
Varnish
Highly resonant, antistatic, hand-polished high-gloss finish with gold dust
Strings
Hannabach 1869 24Ct Gold-Plated Pure Silver Carbon Medium-High Tension
Hardcase
Carbon-fibre hardcase fitted to the guitar
Warranty
Life-time