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Steel / No. 618

Luthier’s OM 12-F acoustic guitar no. 618

The story

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 bone and natural Baltic amber – made of African Ebony (Master Grade)

Specifications

Body
12-F Orchestra Model (OM) Florentine (Sharp) Cutaway
Double top
Alpine Spruce from Tirol (Master Grade)(top) / Western Red Cedar (Master Grade)(bottom)
Back & Sides
Bolivian Rosewood with sapwood (Master Grade)
Scale
647.7 mm (25.5″)
Neck
Asymmetric Turkowiak neck made of flamed Sycamore Maple (Master Grade)
Fingerboard
Elevated, African Ebony (Master Grade)
Head
Plates / African Ebony (Master Grade)
Shape
Open
Logo
Natural Baltic Amber
Soundhole
Central, African Ebony (Master Grade) rosette with two natural Baltic amber crown logos
Heel
Cap / African Ebony (Master Grade)
Logo
Natural Baltic amber
Comfort
Integrated arm bevel
Nut
44.5 mm (1 3/4″), natural bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped
Saddle
Natural bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped
Tuners
High-quality, single-post Gold tuning machines, ratio 18:1
Binding
African Ebony (Master Grade)
Fingerboard markers
Natural bone side dots diameter 2 mm at 3, 5, 9, 15, 17 frets and concentric diameter 3 mm at 7, 12 (double) frets inlaid with natural Baltic amber
Frets
18% Nickel-Silver
Varnish
Highly-resonant, antistatic (own recipe), hand-polished, high-gloss
Pickguard
Transparent
Strings
Elixir Nanoweb Light Phosphor-Bronze 12-53
Hardcase
Brand, fitted to the guitar
Warranty
Life-time