Nylon / No. 767
Opus Magnum – Emerald Tiger
SeriesOpus Magnum
The story
Model: Opus Magnum
A bespoke nylon-string crossover built around Flamed Old-growth Redwood, Ancient Kauri and a one-off Emerald Tiger composition. The translucent artwork on the back replaces the standard Amber BackLight Rosette and was created to the client’s design.
First in the World luthier guitar introduces the following innovations:
- ACOUSTIC TUBES inside the guitar neck with mammoth bone 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
- EMERALD TIGER BACKLIGHT – a custom translucent rear artwork made instead of the standard backlight rosette
- AMBER HEADLIGHT
- ARC FRETS
Specifications
- Model
- Opus Magnum
- Type
- Crossover (nylon-string)
- Guitar no.
- 767
- Double top
- Flamed Old-growth Redwood / Ancient Kauri, approximately 50,000 years old
- Back and sides
- Ancient Kauri, approximately 50,000 years old
- Scale
- 650 mm
- Neck
- Asymmetric Turkowiak neck made of Ancient Kauri
- Fingerboard
- Elevated, flamed African ebony, 16-inch compound radius
- Soundhole
- Central soundhole with a natural Baltic amber rosette, mammoth bone frame and two mammoth molar crown logos
- Head
- Open shape with double natural Baltic amber headplates and a mammoth bone logo
- Nut
- 49 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 natural Baltic amber
- Armrest and rib bevel
- African ebony
- Tuners
- Handmade Turkowiak tuning machines with natural Baltic amber buttons, 18:1 ratio
- Binding
- African ebony
- Purfling
- Natural Baltic amber
- Fingerboard markers
- Mammoth bone and 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
- Cutaway
- Venetian, rounded
- Signature artwork
- Full fingerboard Emerald Tiger composition in mammoth bone and Baltic amber, with an emerald-green eye
- Rear light feature
- Custom translucent Emerald Tiger artwork made to the client’s design, replacing the standard Amber BackLight Rosette
- Sound system
- Carlos VIP DM
- Varnish
- Highly resonant, antistatic, hand-polished high-gloss finish with gold dust
- Hardcase
- Brand hardcase fitted to the guitar
- Warranty
- Life-time