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Nylon / No. 530

no. 530 – Tori

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 VII generation HIGH-TECH PRESS
  • SIGMOIDAL JOINT of the guitar sides
  • II generation IMPEDANCE BRIDGE with STIFFENING WINGS encrusted with natural mammoth bone and natural Baltic amber – made of African Ebony (Master Grade)

Specifications

Solid top
Alpine Spruce from Tirol with ‘bearclaw’ effect (Master Grade) – chemically&thermally modified
Back & Sides
Amboyna Burl with sapwood (Master Grade)
Scale
650 mm
Neck
Asymmetric Turkowiak neck made of flamed sycamore maple (Master Grade) with African Ebony (Master Grade) inlay 忽 因 畫 師 手 (Suddenly, through the painting of the Taoist’s hand)
Fingerboard
Elevated, African Ebony (Master Grade)
Head
Plates / Natural Baltic amber, with African Ebony (Master Grade) hand-shaped shingle, central pillar, and foundation; hand-shaped modified blue Baltic amber as water waves
Shape
Tori Gate
Logo
Natural white Baltic amber
Inlay
Pillar engraved with poem: 虎 (Tiger) 子 (teacher honorific) 得 (obtains) 全 (Pure) 提 (Enlightenment)
Soundhole
Single offset, encrusted with natural Baltic amber rosette, with directional wing-bracing made of African Ebony (Master Grade)
Arm bevel
Smooth, Ebony, integrated with the guitar body
Heel
Cap / African Ebony (Master Grade)
Inlay
Squid – modified blue Baltic amber
Nut
52 mm, natural mammoth bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped
Saddle
Natural mammoth bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped
Tuners
Handmade AR Turkowiak Gold highest-quality, with ebony buttons, black aluminum rollers with bearings, black wood screw inlay, ratio 18:1, with engravings
Binding
African Ebony (Master Grade)
Fingerboard markers
Natural mammoth bone side dots diameter 1,5 mm at 5, 10 frets and concentric 4 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
Inlay
Tiger & butterfly; engraved; natural, white & modified blue Baltic amber
Hardcase
Brand, fitted to the guitar
Warranty
Life-time