Bass / No. 457
Luthier’s contrabass guitar no. 457 – Sunburst
The story
First in the World luthier nylon 5-string contrabass classical guitar which 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
Specifications
- Double top
- Western Red Cedar (Earth Master Grade)(top) / Old-growth Redwood (bottom)(Master Grade)
- Back & Sides
- Imbuya Burl (Master Grade)
- Scale
- 750 mm
- Bridge
- custom, African Ebony (Master Grade), hand-shaped, inlaid with natural bone and natural Baltic amber
- Neck
- Asymmetric Turkowiak neck made of flamed sycamore maple (Master Grade) and Ancient Kauri (about 40.000 years old with a certificate of authenticity)(Master Grade) – reinforced with African Ebony strip (Master Grade)
- Fingerboard
- Elevated, African Ebony with sapwood (Master Grade), 16″ compound radius, double dual-action trussrod
- Head
- Plates / Front: Natural Baltic amber; Back: African Ebony (Master Grade)
- Logo
- Natural mammoth bone
- Soundhole
- Central single soundhole with custom ‘Sunburst’ rosette + offset single soundport with African Ebony with sapwood (Master Grade) directional bracing, binded with African Ebony (Master Grade)
- Heel
- Cap / African Ebony (Master Grade)
- Logo
- Natural Baltic amber
- Arm bevel
- Smooth, Ebony, integrated with the guitar body
- Nut
- 43 mm, natural bone, hand-shaped and polished
- Saddle
- Natural bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped, string spacing: 68 mm
- Tuners
- Ebony knobs and black aluminum rollers with bearings and white mother of pearl screw reinforcements, ratio 18:1
- Binding
- African Ebony (Master Grade)
- Fingerboard markers
- Side – natural bone, diameter 1.5 mm at 3, 5, 7, 9, 12 (double), 15, 17 frets
- Frets
- EVO-GOLD (nickel-free)
- Varnish
- Highly-resonant, antistatic (own recipe), hand-polished, high-gloss
- Cutaway
- Florentine (sharp)
- Inlay
- Fingerboard sunbursts at 3, 5, 7, 9, 11-12-13, 15, 17-18-19 frets made of natural Baltic amber
- Tuning
- Standard: ADGBE
- Pickguard
- Custom shape, Imbuya Burl (Master Grade)
- Strings
- Nylon
- Hardcase
- Brand, high-quality
- Warranty
- Life-time