"Adirondack Red Spruce was plentiful in our country before the war and was used on many of the great pre-war guitars.  Eastern red spruce, also known as Adirondack or Appalachian spruce, was the primary topwood used by American manufacturers before World War II. Its use was all but discontinued due to over-harvesting of the resource but has recently been reintroduced thanks to 50 years of regeneration and to the legendary status that this traditional tonewood has attained. The small size of most logs and a shortage of wood conforming to market preference for even color and regularity of grain conspire to keep the price of red spruce extremely high." 

    "Red spruce is relatively heavy, has a high velocity of sound, and has the highest stiffness across and along the grain of all the topwoods. Like Sitka, it has strong fundamentals, but it also exhibits a more complex overtone content. Tops made out of red spruce have the highest volume ceiling of any species, yet they also have a rich fullness of tone that retains clarity at all dynamic levels."

     I just have to add my own personal comment to this review as well ... and that is to say that this particular instrument is one of the most appealing guitars that I have ever experienced in my forty years of playing.  The neck shape,  string spacing,  scale length,  intonation and string tension make this guitar a joy to play.   The rich-but-understated overall look,  fits my own visual sensibility perfectly ... and the sound ... good grief!   This instrument just launches layer upon layer of powerful, well balanced,  well defined note fundamentals and partials that I could get lost in for years! 

*  1 3/4" polished bone nut
*  Madagascar rosewood peghead overlay
*  gold plated Waverly tuners with Snakewood buttons
*  one piece tropical mahogany neck
*  dart peghead volute
*  soft-V neck profile
*  short pattern Certified Fossil ivory diamonds and squares inlay pattern
*  radiused ebony fingerboard
*  Adirondack top with Bearclaw figure
*  premium Madagascar rosewood back and sides
*  flamed Hawaiian koa body binding
*  custom top marquetry
*  premium beveled and polished tortoiseshell pickguard
*  burnished ebony pyramid bridge
*  intonation compensated polished bone saddle
*  bone bridge pins
*  low friction matte neck finish
*  gloss body finish
*  deluxe arched top hardshell case
 

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MSRP:  $4795.00 U.S. dollars 
Note:  The "Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price" (MSRP) or "list price" is rarely if ever the actual sell price of an item.  Typically a store would discount between 10% and 40% off this figure depending on the wholesale structure. 

Discounted Sell Price: $4315.00 US$ (approx.$4999.Can$) including hardshell case
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We ship internationally & domestically on a daily basis.  Please email us at sales@12fret.com for a shipping rate. 

We fully set up our instruments to your specifications with your brand & gauge of strings before shipping. 

If shipping within Canada but outside of Ontario,  only 5% GST applies.

When shipping outside of Canada,  no taxes are charged by us.

Shipping to the U.S.A.  :  There are no taxes charged and no duty at the border for North American made products 

Current as of April 2009
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