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Bass / No. 606

Luthier’s baritone fan fret acoustic contrabass-body guitar no. 606

The story

First in the world luthier acoustic bass guitar with the following innovations:

  • VIII generation ‘ACOUSTIC TUBES’ inside the guitar neck with African Ebony (Master Grade) outlets
  • Top with X generation ‘WAVE’ resonator
  • B&S made in VII generation ‘HIGH-TECH PRESS’
  • SIGMOIDAL JOINT of the guitar sides
  • African Ebony (Master Grade) fan-fret II generation BRIDGE with DRILLED HOLES encrusted with natural Baltic amber and bone

Specifications

Body
Contrabass (large)
Frets to the body
12
Double-Top
Western Red Cedar (Master Grade)(top&bottom)
Back&Sides
Caribbean Rosewood with sapwood (Master Grade)
Neck
Turkowiak asymmetric made of flamed sycamore maple (Master Grade), dual-action double truss rod
Fingerboard
Elevated, African Ebony (Master Grade), bound, compound radius: 16″
Plates
African Ebony (Master Grade)
Shape
Open (Modern / Hollow)
Logo
Natural Baltic amber
Soundhole
Central with African Ebony (Master Grade) rosette plates and two natural Baltic amber crown logos
Heel
Cup / Ebony
Logo
Natural Baltic amber
Armrest
Ebony, integrated with the guitar body
Nut
Natural bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped, 45 mm width (1 3/4″)
Saddle
Natural bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped
Tuners
Highest-quality single gold posts, ratio 1:18
Binding
Ebony (Master Grade)
Fingerboard markers
Side: Natural bone ø 2 mm at 3, 5, 7, 9, 12 (double), 15, 17 frets
Frets
18% nickel-silver
Cutaway
No; Full-body version
Scale length
700-740 mm (27.56″-29.13″)
Varnish
Highly-resonant, anti-static (own recipe), hand polished, high-gloss
Inlay
Symbol – Glyph – made of natural Baltic amber
Warranty
Life-time
Sound system
D-TAR Wavelength Multi-Source Steel-String
Hardcase
High-quality