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Bass / No. 559

7 string luthier’s classical contrabass-body guitar no. 559 – Galyna

The story

First in the World luthier guitar introduces the following innovations:

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

Specifications

Body
Contrabass style
Double top
Alpine Spruce from Tirol (treble top layer)(Master Grade)/ Western Red Cedar (bass top layer)(Master Earth Grade) / Western Red Cedar (Master Grade)(bottom layer)
Back & Sides
Caribbean Rosewood with sapwood (Master Grade)
Scale
650 mm
Neck
Asymmetric Turkowiak neck made of flamed sycamore maple
Fingerboard
Elevated, African Ebony (Master Grade)
Head
Plates / Alpine Spruce from Tirol / Western Red Cedar (Earth Master Grade), binded with African Ebony
Shape
Custom – guitar body style, with hidden string-through tuning
Inlays
Natural Baltic amber crown logo; water drop made of reconstituted clover-green stone; tuning machines outline made of African Ebony
Rosette
Custom – natural Baltic amber Pectoral (Scythian collar), engraved
Arm bevel
Smooth, Ebony, integrated with the guitar body, 20 mm width
Palm bevel
Smooth, Ebony
Heel
Cap / African Ebony (Master Grade)
Logo
Natural Baltic amber
Nut
61.2 mm, natural bone, hand-shaped and polished
Saddle
Natural bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped
Tuners
Single Gold Rodgers with Snakewood buttons, rollers with bearings, green engravings
Binding
African Ebony (Master Grade)
Fret markers positions
Natural Baltic amber GALYNA at 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 15
Frets
Up to 12th fret; EVO-GOLD (nickel-free)
Varnish
Highly resonant, antistatic (own recipe), hand-polished, high-gloss
Inlay
Fret markers made of reconstituted clover green stone filling and natural bone frame at 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 15, 17, 19 frets
Soundport
Single, elliptical on the side, bound with African Ebony (Master Grade)
Warranty
Life-time
Design
Timur Slavov