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Steel / No. 703

Steel-string Acoustic GA guitar – Opus Virtuoso

SeriesOpus Virtuoso

The story

Model: Opus Virtuoso

First in the World luthier guitar introduces the following innovations:

  • IX generation ACOUSTIC TUBES inside the guitar neck,
  • top with XI generation S-WAVE type resonator
  • back & sides made in VII generation HIGH-TECH PRESS
  • SIGMOIDAL JOINT of the guitar sides
  • II generation BRIDGE with DRILLED HOLES encrusted with natural mammoth bone and natural Baltic amber – made of African Ebony
  • Amber HEADLIGHT
  • Amber BACKLIGHT ROSETTE

Specifications

Double top
1954 Cedar of Lebanon (with a certificate of authenticity)(top) / Alpine Spruce from Tirol (bottom)
Back & Sides
Amboyna Burl with sapwood
Scale
25.5″ (647,7 mm)
Neck
Asymmetric Turkowiak neck made of Mod.Magnolia with double dual-action truss-rod
Fingerboard
Elevated, African Ebony with 14″ compound radius
Head
Plates / Natural Baltic Amber
Shape
Standard, Slotted
Logo
Natural Mammoth Bone
Soundhole
Single offset encrusted with natural Baltic Amber
Heel
Cap / Natural Baltic amber
Logo
Natural Baltic amber
Comfort
Arm-bevel integrated with the guitar body
Comfort
Rib-bevel integrated with the guitar body
Comfort
Palm-bevel integrated with the guitar body
Nut
44.5 mm (1 3/4″), natural mammoth bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped
Saddle
Natural mammoth bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped
Tuners
Highest-quality, handmade Gold ARTuners Turkowiak tuning machines with ebony buttons, black wood screw inlay, ratio 18:1, with engravings
Binding
African Ebony (Master Grade)
Fingerboard markers
Natural mammoth bone side dots diameter 2 mm at 5, 9, 17, 19 frets and concentric 3 mm at 7, 12 (double) frets inlaid with natural Baltic amber
Frets
EVO-GOLD (nickel-free)
Varnish
Highly-resonant, antistatic (own recipe), hand-polished, high-gloss
Strings
.012″ Phosphor-Bronze
Hardcase
Highest-quality, fitted to the guitar
Warranty
Life-time