What else to adorn a Madagascar rosewood guitar but the African island nation's indigenous lemur! Don't let this guitar's unique inlay distract you -- this guitar sings with all-around clarity and projection and looks & sounds pretty darn similar to Brazilian rosewood. Includes hard-shell case.
$5,000
Material & Specifications
- Madagascar rosewood sides & back
- master-grade Sitka spruce top
- mahogany neck
- Spanish heel
- French polish (shellac) finish
- solid boxwood lining
- ebony fingerboard, bridge, & peghead overlay
- boxwood top & back binding, and back center strip
- Waverly tuners
- hand-cut "Lemur" inlay: curly abalone & gold mother-of-pearl lemur climbing a curly koa tree
- hand-cut abalone flower fingerboard inlay
- mother-of-pearl side dot fret markers
- hand-cut bone nut & saddle
- tortoiseshell pickguard
- 25" string length
- 1-13/16" nut width
- 14-1/4" lower bout width
- 14" radiused fingerboard
- voiced modified x-bracing (Sitka spruce)
- D'Addario Custom Light gauge (0.011-0.052") 80/20 bronze strings