Sunday, October 16, 2016

Madagascar Rosewood 00

What else to adorn a Madagascar rosewood guitar but the African island nation's indigenous lemur! Don't let this guitar's unique inlay distract you -- this guitar sings with all-around clarity and projection and looks & sounds pretty darn similar to Brazilian rosewood. $5000, includes hard case. 






Material & Specifications
  • Madagascar rosewood sides & back
  • master-grade Sitka spruce top
  • mahogany neck
  • Spanish heel
  • solid boxwood lining
  • ebony fingerboard, bridge, & peghead overlay
  • boxwood top & back binding, and back center strip
  • Waverly tuners
  • hand-cut "Lemur" inlay: curly abalone & gold mother-of-pearl lemur climbing a curly koa tree
  • hand-cut abalone flower fingerboard inlay
  • mother-of-pearl side dot fret markers
  • hand-cut bone nut & saddle 
  • tortoiseshell pickguard
  • 25" string length
  • 1-13/16" nut width
  • 14-1/4" lower bout width
  • 14" radiused fingerboard
  • voiced modified x-bracing (Sitka spruce)
  • D'Addario Custom Light gauge (0.011-0.052") 80/20 bronze strings