Ryo Ryosuke Kobayashi Steel String, 2012

Comments	Here is a wonderful flat-top steel string guitar from Ryo Ryosuke Kobayashi, built during 2012. Ryo Ryosuke Kobayashi apprenticed to Sergei de Jonge at his shop in Chelsea, Quebec. This impressive instrument feaetures a somewhat oversize classical shaped body and an elegant contoured cutaway. The top is bound and the purfling follows the line of the cutaway very nicely.
Serial Number	332812, built during 2012 in Chelsea, Quebec.
Pricing	$3999 CAD with case.
Neck	Mahogany neck with rosewood-bound ebony fingerboard. 645mm scale length, 44.5mm nut width.
Frets	12 frets to the body, a total of 20 to the tag extending over the soundhole.
Body	Oversize ‘classical’ shape body with contoured cutaway; German spruce top with Indian rosewood sides and back.
Finish	Gloss lacquer finish.
Hardware/electronics	Gotoh 18:1 tuners, bone nut and saddle.
Playability/Action	This guitar plays wonderfully.
Case	Tweed, hardshell, archtop case included.