Steel / No. 438
no. 438 – Black Diamond
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
- pinless bridge WITH DRILLED HOLESencrusted with natural mammoth bone – made of African Ebony (Master Grade)
Specifications
- Double top
- Alpine Spruce from Tirol (Master Grade)(top) / Western Red Cedar (Master Grade)(bottom)
- Back & Sides
- Cocobolo with sapwood (Master Grade)
- Scale
- 25.5″ (647,7 mm)
- Neck
- Asymmetric Turkowiak neck made of flamed sycamore maple (Master Grade), dual-action double truss rod
- Fingerboard
- Elevated, African Ebony (Master Grade), compound radius 16″ (at the nut)
- Head
- Plates / Natural Baltic amber
- Shape
- Open (Modern / Hollow)
- Logo
- Natural mammoth bone encrusted with three natural black diamonds
- Rosette
- Natural Baltic amber encrusted with two crown logos made of natural mammoth bone
- Heel
- Cap / African Ebony (Master Grade)
- Logo
- Natural Baltic amber
- Nut
- 44.5 mm (1 ¾”), natural mammoth bone, hand-shaped and polished
- Saddle
- Natural mammoth bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped
- Arm bevel
- Smooth, Ebony, integrated with the guitar body, 20 mm width
- Palm bevel
- Smooth, Ebony, integrated with the guitar body
- Rib bevel
- Smooth, Ebony, integrated with the guitar body
- Tuners
- Gold plated single tuning keys, with mother of pearl screw reinforcements. Ratio 1:18
- Binding
- African Ebony (Master Grade)
- Fingerboard markers
- Natural mammoth bone ø 1.5 mm at 3, 5, 7, 9, 12 (double), 15 frets
- Frets
- EVO-GOLD (nickel-free)
- Varnish
- Highly-resonant, antistatic (own recipe), hand-polished, high-gloss
- Inlay
- Single crown logo made of natural Baltic amber at 12th fret
- Pickguard
- Cocobolo (Master Grade)
- Strap buttons
- African Ebony (Master Grade) with crown logo natural Baltic amber inlay
- Hardcase
- Brand, fitted to the guitar
- Warranty
- Life-time