As promised, high-quality photos of the four new guitars!
Above: Mystery Rosewood 00
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Please continue reading for more photos and specifications, and feel free to contact Dart Instruments for pricing, availability, and custom orders.
Mystery Rosewood 00
This understated beauty features a smooth, well-balanced voice, a master-grade Sitka spruce top, a wide variety of coloration in its rosewood sides & back, and a hand-cut abalone rose inlay on an ebony peghead overlay. $4500, includes hard case
Material & Specifications
- mystery rosewood sides & back
- master-grade Sitka spruce top
- mahogany neck
- Spanish heel
- solid boxwood lining
- ebony fingerboard, bridge, top & back binding, peghead overlay, and back center strip
- Waverly tuners
- hand-cut abalone rose inlay, Dart logo, and diamond fingerboard inlay
- mother-of-pearl side dot fret markers
- hand-cut bone nut & saddle
- clear pickguard
- 25" string length
- 1-3/4" nut width
- 14-1/4" lower bout width
- 14" radiused fingerboard
- voiced Sitka spruce modified x-bracing
- D'Addario Custom Light gauge (0.011-0.052") 80/20 bronze strings
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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
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Koa OM (Orchestra Model)
This guitar is as comfortable finger-picked solo as it is punching out open chords in a group setting! Its mellow koa back & sides feature golden-brown striation with a gentle cross-grain curl. $4500, includes hard case
Material & Specifications
- koa sides & back
- master-grade Sitka spruce top
- mahogany neck
- Spanish heel
- solid boxwood lining
- ebony fingerboard, bridge, top & back binding, peghead overlay, and back center strip
- Waverly tuners
- hand-cut abalone hummingbird inlay, Dart logo, and diamond fingerboard inlay
- mother-of-pearl side dot fret markers
- hand-cut bone nut & saddle
- clear pickguard
- 25" string length
- 1-13/16" nut width
- 15" lower bout width
- 14" radiused fingerboard
- voiced modified x-bracing (Sitka spruce)
- D'Addario Light gauge (0.012-0.053") 80/20 bronze strings
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Cocobolo Small Jumbo - SOLD
This small jumbo is perfect for that big dreadnought-esque sound without the boominess -- its tight waist allows for articulate finger-picking and lead runs. Check out the slotted snake's-head
Material & Specifications
- cocobolo sides & back
- master-grade Sitka spruce top
- mahogany neck
- Spanish heel
- solid boxwood lining
- ebony fingerboard and bridge
- cocobolo peghead overlay
- boxwood back center strip, top & back binding
- Waverly tuners
- hand-cut abalone diamond fingerboard inlay
- mother-of-pearl side dot fret markers
- hand-cut bone nut & saddle
- 25" string length
- 1-13/16" nut width
- 16-1/4" lower bout width
- 14" radiused fingerboard
- voiced modified x-bracing (Sitka spruce)
- D'Addario Light gauge (0.012-0.053") 80/20 bronze strings
