Vault Back: Specifications
My signature model: by far the most comfortable guitar you shall ever play, and my best sounding instrument. Their Vaulted backs aid the elimination of standing waves and project to an almost dreadnought like degree, yet they are controlled and extremely well balanced.
Price from | No longer available |
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Scale Length | 650mm (25.59”) |
Width of neck at nut | 44mm, 45mm 46mm or 48mm |
At 14th Fret | 54mm, 55mm 56mm or 58mm |
Dimensions
Upper Boat | 305mm |
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Lower Boat | 395mm |
Body Length | 495mm |
Depth at deepest point | 120mm |
Over all length | 14th fret model: 1025mm 12th fret model: 995mm |
Body depth at bottom | 95mm |
Body depth at heal | 75mm |
Depth of Neck
At 1st Fret | 20mm, 21mm or 22mm |
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At 9th Fret | 22mm, 23mm, 24mm |
Fingerboard radius | 12” or 16” |
Action
At 12th Fret treble | 1.4mm, 1.6mm or 1.8mm |
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At 12th Fret bass | 2.2mm, 2.4mm or 2.6mm Higher action is best for the more strident player! |
Materials
Nut/Saddle | Bone |
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Back& sides | Solid: Birdseye maple/ Flamed sycamore/ Flamed maple/ Indian rosewood / Walnut/ Service / Cherry / Paduk / Apple / Pear / African blackwood / Cuban mahogany. Other timbers can be used but I am trying to greatly reduce the amount of tropical timbers and replace them with fruit woods indigenous to the UK. |
Top | Solid: Sitka spruce / European white spruce / Englemann spruce/ Western red cedar / curly redwood / Adirondack spruce |
Neck | 12th fret joint or 14th. Brazilian mahogany / Figured maple / or three piece of Paduk Cuban mahogany and Figured Maple |
Finger board & Bridge | Indian rosewood / Indian ebony / Macassar ebony /African blackwood |
Case | Custom Calton or custom carbon fibre Hoffee |
Machine heads | Schaller, Gohto, Waverly or Custom, Handmade Robson |