Bass / No. 399
Luthier’s contrabass guitar no. 399
The story
First in the World luthier nylon 5/6-string hybrid contrabass classical guitar which introduces the following innovations:
- VI generation ACOUSTIC TUBES inside the guitar neck,
- top with IX generation WAVE type resonator
- back & sides made in III generation HIGH-TECH PRESS
- SIGMOIDAL JOINT of the guitar sides
- IMPEDANCE BRIDGE with STIFFENING WINGS inlaid with natural bone and natural Baltic amber
Specifications
- Double top
- Western Red Cedar (top) / Alpine Spruce from Tirol (bottom)(Master Grade)
- Back & Sides
- Imbuya Burl (Master Grade)
- Scale
- 750 mm
- Neck
- Asymmetric Turkowiak neck made of flamed sycamore maple – Master Grade
- Fingerboard
- Elevated, African Ebony (Master Grade), 16″ compound radius, double dual-action trussrod
- Head
- Plates / Double African Ebony (Master Grade)
- Logo
- Natural Baltic amber
- Soundhole
- Offset, single, binded with African Ebony (Master Grade)
- Heel
- Cap / African Ebony
- Logo
- Natural Baltic amber
- Arm bevel
- Smooth, Ebony, integrated with the guitar body
- Nut
- 44.5 mm, natural bone, hand-shaped and polished
- Saddle
- Natural bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped
- Tuners
- Ebony knobs and black aluminum rollers with bearings and white mother of pearl screw reinforcements, ratio 18:1
- Binding
- African Ebony (Master Grade)
- Fingerboard markers
- Side – natural bone, diameter 1.5 mm at 3, 5, 7, 9, 12 (double), 15, 17, 19, 21, 24 (double) frets
- Frets
- EVO-GOLD (nickel-free)
- Varnish
- Highly-resonant, antistatic (own recipe), hand-polished, high-gloss
- Cutaway
- Venetian (smooth)
- Front fingerboard markers
- natural Baltic amber ⌀ 5 mm at 3 – 5 – 7 – 9 – 12 (double) – 15 – 17 – 19 – 21 – 24 (double) frets
- Tuning
- E-A-D-G-C
- Strings
- Nylon
- Hardcase
- Brand, high-quality
- Warranty
- Life-time