#049-2 Adirondack spruce top Talus 5/11/2008
                                                                         
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lMqh3sDZWc

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• back & side:         AAA Honduran Mahogany
• top:         AA Adirondack Spruce
• neck:         One Piece Honduran Mahogany
• fingerboard:         Macasssar Striped Ebony
• backstrip:         Ebony with white laminate
• bridge:         Macasssar Striped Ebony with Bloodwood binding
• binding:         Bloodwood with Maple strip
• low bout:         15"
• depth:         4"1/4
• bracing pattern:         offset X
• bracing wood:         Adirondack Spruce
• neck:
  • One-piece neck
  • angled neck joint
  • Mortise & Tenon bolt-on neck joint
  • (Cumpiano's hardware-based neck joint, Hex Key:(5/32,9/64))
  • Double Graphite Rod neck reinforcement
  • Two-Way Truss Rod(Hex Key:9/64)
• headstock: Macasssar Striped Ebony(top) West African Ebony(back) overlay , Bloodwood narrow binding
• fingerboard:         Macasssar Striped Ebony
• white Side Position Dots
• M.O.P. Snow Flake Position Mark 5, 7. 9. 12. 15 fret
• nut:         unbleached bone
• nut width:         1-3/4"
• slim neck
  • fingerboard width at 12th fret:         2-1/8"
  • string spacing at bridge:         2-1/8"
• rosette ring:         Paua Abalone with BWB trim
• scale:         25.5・
• decal:         Y
• tuner:         Gotoh SS mini
• finish:         Nitrocellulose gloss lacquer
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• top wood inlay:   Japanese maple leaves (cocobolo, padauk and Indian Rosewood)
• offset soundhole

Dan Gabel at Fran's guitar party,  checking Offset Soundhole Talus