Ebony and Black Burst Model E
Beautiful, straight, richly colored Madagascar rosewood back and sides.
A tonal MONSTER.
Demo Clip HERE
Beautiful Black Ebony
Master German Spruce Top
Ebony bindings and bevel
Black, White purfling
Micro bevel at the cutaway
Black Mother of Pearl Jimmi rosette
15" lower bout
25.4" scale length
Nut: 1 25/32"
String Spacing: 2 5/16"
Cosmo Black with Ebonoid buttons Gotoh 510s
Flight Case (Call)
PRICE: $20,200
This guitar features small sound ports in the top of the guitar. Now, before you worry about whether the girl knows what she's doing, or not, I do. Where they are positioned, they have zero effect on the structure of the guitar.
As for the tone, this is exciting! With all ports open, it sounds like a ported guitar, but much more refined. Ports make tone more "coarse" to my ears, which is my main objection to them in general. This placement gives a little boost to the treble and diminution of compression that people seem to like about ports. You can hear the difference from the player's position, but it does not boost the volume to the same extent to the player's ear. I don't find that to be a problem, I prefer to know what people are hearing from the other side of the guitar is close to what I'm hearing.
The amazing and generous Pete Bradshaw did something like 20 recordings with various combinations of open and closed ports. We used corks to do it. (Some attendees of previous Healdsburg Guitar Festivals my remember the experiment by Alan Carruth with corks and ports all on the side of the guitar.)
What the recordings showed is that, kind of obviously, there was the most difference between completely blocked ports and completely open ports. My favorite in the recording is to leave one port open, but not the largest one.
You will be able to continue the experiment if desired, or I will veneer the back of the ports that I choose. If you take the guitar and find that you have a definite favorite, and you want it made permanent, I can make the change at any time.
The beautiful black burst is by Addam Stark, and I do believe he does the most tasteful bursts in the community. It shimmers in black with purple and blue and brown in the changing light. The ebony is very black with some lighter grain lines that popped with the studio light, but are hard to see in normal light. This guitar has my usual neck with a relaxed right hand and modified oval neck carve. The German spruce top has the warmth and bloom that we expect of a good German top.
Beautiful, straight, richly colored Madagascar rosewood back and sides.
A tonal MONSTER.
This guitar features small sound ports in the top of the guitar. Now, before you worry about whether the girl knows what she's doing, or not, I do. Where they are positioned, they have zero effect on the structure of the guitar.
As for the tone, this is exciting! With all ports open, it sounds like a ported guitar, but much more refined. Ports make tone more "coarse" to my ears, which is my main objection to them in general. This placement gives a little boost to the treble and diminution of compression that people seem to like about ports. You can hear the difference from the player's position, but it does not boost the volume to the same extent to the player's ear. I don't find that to be a problem, I prefer to know what people are hearing from the other side of the guitar is close to what I'm hearing.
The amazing and generous Pete Bradshaw did something like 20 recordings with various combinations of open and closed ports. We used corks to do it. (Some attendees of previous Healdsburg Guitar Festivals my remember the experiment by Alan Carruth with corks and ports all on the side of the guitar.)
What the recordings showed is that, kind of obviously, there was the most difference between completely blocked ports and completely open ports. My favorite in the recording is to leave one port open, but not the largest one.
You will be able to continue the experiment if desired, or I will veneer the back of the ports that I choose. If you take the guitar and find that you have a definite favorite, and you want it made permanent, I can make the change at any time.
The beautiful black burst is by Addam Stark, and I do believe he does the most tasteful bursts in the community. It shimmers in black with purple and blue and brown in the changing light. The ebony is very black with some lighter grain lines that popped with the studio light, but are hard to see in normal light. This guitar has my usual neck with a relaxed right hand and modified oval neck carve. The German spruce top has the warmth and bloom that we expect of a good German top.
