Steel / No. 701
Luthier’s acoustic steel-string OM guitar no. 701
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
- Highly-figured Old-growth Flamed Redwood (top) / Alpine Spruce from Tirol (bottom)
- Back & Sides
- Highly-Figured Black California Walnut Burl
- Scale
- 650 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
- Rosette
- Encrusted with Natural Baltic Amber plates and two natural mammoth bone crown logos
- 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
- 18% Nickel-Silver ArcFret™
- Varnish
- Highly-resonant, antistatic (own recipe), hand-polished, high-gloss
- Sound System
- Carlos VIP Double M (with external battery box)
- Strings
- .012″ Phosphor-Bronze
- Hardcase
- Highest-quality, fitted to the guitar
- Warranty
- Life-time