The archive example
No. 315 is a twelve-string Grand Auditorium with twelve frets to the body and a 25.5-inch scale.
Steel / Instrument family
12-string GA
Grand Auditorium proportions with a paired-course voice.
The playing brief
What makes this direction different?
For a twelve-string brief that begins with the GA body. Your tuning, string gauges and preferred feel establish the setup rather than a universal twelve-string prescription.
Course spacing
Both the distance between each pair and the space from course to course affect the right hand. They are considered alongside the nut width.
An individual soundboard
Body, top, bridge and string load are developed together. The photographed guitar is a completed commission with its own wood and hardware choices.
Completed instruments
The work, in detail.
These photographs, measurements and films belong to the numbered guitars. They are reference instruments, not a fixed specification or a statement of current availability.
No. 315 /
Luthier’s GA 12-string 12-F acoustic guitar no. 315
- Body
- Grand Auditorium, 12-strings, 12-frets to the body
- Type
- Modern (Open)
- Nut
- Hand-shaped and polished bone, 46 mm (1 13/16″) width
- Scale length
- 25.5” (647,7 mm)
Before you choose
A few useful answers.
Will the extra strings make the neck difficult to play?
Nut width, spacing between courses, spacing within each pair and action all affect the feel. We discuss those measurements explicitly rather than scaling up a six-string neck.
Can I tune below standard pitch?
A lower tuning can be part of the brief. Specify the intended pitches and preferred gauges before the scale and setup are finalised.
Made for your playing
Your 12-string GA.
Tell us what you play, what feels right on your current instrument and what you would change. The specification, price and anticipated timing are agreed before the build begins.
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