Museum

Bass / No. 224

no. 224

The story

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

  • 3rd generation ‘ACOUSTIC TUBES’ inside the guitar neck (patent no. P.419826 ‘Acoustic Tubes’),
  • Top with a 6th generation ‘WAVE’ resonator,
  • B&S made in ‘HIGH-TECH PRESS’,
  • Bridge with drilled holes.
The Queen of Guitars

Specifications

Frets amount
15 to body; 22 total
Double-Top
Alpine Spruce from Tirol – Master Grade
Back&Sides
Pau Ferro with sapwood – Master Grade
Neck
Asymmetric made of flamed sycamore – Master Grade, double-action truss rod
Fingerboard
Elevated, Ebony – Master Grade, binded, nut radius: 16″ with compensation
Plates
Ebony – Master Grade
Logo
Black mother of pearl
Bridge
Ebony with drilled holes – Master Grade, manually shaped, encrusted with natural bone
Rosette
Encrusted with black mother of pearl and ebony
Heel
Cup / Ebony
Logo
Natural black mother of pearl
Armrest
Ebony, integrated with the guitar body, width 20 mm
Nut
Natural bone, manually shaped and polished, width 43 mm
Saddle
Natural bone, manually shaped and polished
Tuners
Single, precise
Binding
Ebony – Master Grade
Dots
Side, natural white mother of pearl at 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 15, 17
Junction of the sides
Encrusted with narrow, natural white mother of pearl
Frets
18% Nickel-Silver
Cutaway
Venetian
Scale length
32” (812,8 mm)
Varnish
Highly-resonance, anti-static (own recipe), hand polished, high-gloss
Pickguard
Pau Ferro
Warranty
Life-time
Hardcase
High-quality