Musically, this guitar bowls over both player and listener alike. Even though it is a small guitar, it is easily one of the largest sounding instruments in the catalog with very strong projection and articulation throughout the range, putting the solid-neck in a class all by its own.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Solid-neck Hawaiian
- Style: Acoustic lap slide guitar
- Scale length: 25 inches
- Depth of body: Standard (2.5 inches), Deep body (3.5 inches) or Laundry basket (4 inches).
- Top: Koa wood
- Back and Sides: Koa
- Bracing: Piano spruce
- Bridge plate: Maple or koa
- Joints: Hide glue, exclusively
- Fret board: Hawaiian koa
- Frets: 19 inlaid maple markers
- Inlay: Extra fancy Green turban position markers
- Bridge: Sugar maple
- Saddle: Aluminum wire
- Nut: Free range cattle bone
- String spacing: Nut: 1 5/8 inches , Bridge: 2 3/8 inches
- Finish: Violin style oil varnish
- Tuning heads: Reverse gear by Alessi
- Pins and buttons: 1920’s style Ivoroid
- Case: Reproduction coffin case (Cedar Creek or Calton by special order)
- Strings: D’Addario or Newtone .015" - .056"
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