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Steel / No. 261

Luthier’s OM 12-string12-F acoustic guitar no. 261

The story

First in the world luthier acoustic guitar with following innovations:

  • 5th generation ‘ACOUSTIC TUBES’ inside the guitar neck (patent no. P.419826 ‘Acoustic Tubes’),
  • Top with a 8th generation ‘WAVE’ resonator,
  • B&S made in 2nd generation ‘HIGH-TECH PRESS’,
  • ‘Bridge with drilled holes’ (pinless).

Specifications

Body
OM, 12-strings, 12-frets to body
Double-Top
Alpine Spruce from Tirol with ‘bearclaw’ effect – Master Grade
Back&Sides
Padauk – Master Grade
Neck
Asymmetric made of Flamed Sycamore – Master Grade, double-action truss rod
Fingerboard
Elevated, Ebony – Master Grade, binded, nut radius: 16″ with compensation
Plates
Ebony – Master Grade
Logo
Black mother of pearl
Bridge
Ebony with drilled holes – Master Grade, manually shaped, encrusted with natural bone
Rosette
Encrusted with black mother of pearl and ebony
Heel
Cup / Ebony
Logo
Natural black mother of pearl
Armrest
Ebony, integrated with the guitar body, width 20 mm
Nut
Natural bone, manually shaped and polished, width 47 mm
Saddle
Natural bone, manually shaped and polished
Tuners
Single posts, gold, with bearings, ratio 1:18, with natural mother of pearl screw reinforcements
Binding
Ebony – Master Grade
Markers
White mother-of-pearl side-dots fi 1.5 mm at 3, 5, 9, 15 frets, and fi 3 mm at 7, 12 (double) frets
Junction of the sides
Encrusted with narrow, natural black mother of pearl
Frets
18% Nickel-Silver
Belt buttons
2 x Ebony encrusted with logos made of natural black mother of pearl
Scale length
25.5” (647,7 mm)
Varnish
Highly-resonance, antistatic (own recipe), hand polished, matt
Pickguard
Padauk – Master Grade
Warranty
Life-time
Hardcase
Highest-quality, brand hardcase