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Nylon / No. 491

Luthier’s left-handed crossover guitar no. 491

The story

First in the World luthier guitar introduces the following innovations:

  • VII generation ACOUSTIC TUBES inside the guitar neck,
  • top with X generation WAVE type resonator
  • back & sides made in IV generation HIGH-TECH PRESS
  • SIGMOIDAL JOINT of the guitar sides
  • II generation IMPEDANCE BRIDGE with STIFFENING WINGS encrusted with natural bone and natural Baltic amber and green Baltic amber – made of African Ebony (Master Grade)

Specifications

Solid top
Western Red Cedar (Master Grade)
Back & Sides
Macassar Ebony (Master Grade)
Scale
647,7 mm (25.5″)
Neck
Asymmetric Turkowiak neck made of flamed sycamore maple (Master Grade)
Fingerboard
Elevated, African Ebony (Master Grade) with natural Baltic amber and green Baltic amber inlay
Head
Plates / African Ebony (Master Grade)
Shape
Custom – Turkowiak rounded and more spiky, Open
Logo
Natural Baltic amber with green Baltic amber inlay around
Soundhole
Single offset, binded with Ebony
Arm bevel
Smooth, Ebony, integrated with the guitar body, 20 mm width
Heel
Cap / African Ebony (Master Grade)
Logo
Natural Baltic amber
Nut
46 mm, natural bone, hand-shaped and polished
Saddle
Natural bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped
Tuners
Highest-quality, with ebony buttons, black aluminum rollers with bearings and white mother of pearl screw reinforcements, ratio 18:1
Binding
African Ebony (Master Grade)
Cutaway
Florentine
Frets
EVO-GOLD (nickel-free)
Varnish
Highly-resonant, antistatic (own recipe), hand-polished, high-gloss
Pickguard
Transparent
Hardcase
Brand, fitted to the guitar
Sound-system
D-TAR Wavelength Multi-Source Nylon
Warranty
Life-time