Venetian Archtop Details
Top: European or Sitka Spruce; hand-carved & tap tuned; parallel or X bracing; traditional F-soundholes with 2 ply binding
Back: Big Leaf Maple, European Maple, Birch, Walnut or Mahogany; hand carved & tap tuned
Sides: wood matching back
Box: 17” lower bout; 12 1/8 upper bout; 3” sides, venetian cutaway on treble side; 2 ply binding throughout
Scale: 25 1/2 ” long
Neck: Wood matching back or Mahogany; set with dovetail to body; trussrod, shaped to preference
Fretboard: 12” radius, 1 13/16 at nut; Ebony, Macassar Ebony, Bois de Rose, Bubinga or Rosewood 2 ply binding; side dot markers; dot position markers on face inlaid in MOP
Headstock: traditional style; 2 ply bound, face veneer matching fretboard; veneer on back
Frets: Jumbo size
Tailpiece: DMT style; hinged; machine & hand carved wood matching fretboard
Bridge: adjustable, compensated, machine & hand carved, wood matching fretboard
Pick guard: bound, wood matching fretboard
Floating pickup: optional, Kent Armstrong off pickguard
Pickguard: tone & volume controls on pickguard
Tuning machines: Grover Sta-Tite or Schaller M-6 Mini or prefered brand
Finish: Nitrocellulose lacquer (French polished top optional - extra $300.00)
Price: $4900; add $130 for Maple, add $330 for European Maple, add $250 for European Spruce, add $215 for floating pickup, add $200 for TKL, Canadian made Hardsmen case.