The largest of our model offerings at 17”wide, the Fairbanks F-50 tips its hat to the 1940s era ‘King of the Flattops’: the J200. Braced in similar fashion to the rest of the Fairbanks line, it avoids the trait that earned some of the originals the nickname ‘whispering giant,’ and very nearly vibrates off one’s lap with rumbling insistence in its own superiority over any lesser guitar within earshot.

A full body sunburst adorns the fancy maple back, sides, and 3-ply neck, while the unique split rectangle fingerboard inlay and Super 400 style, ivoroid-bound headstock indicate, in crystal clear fashion, that you have, in fact, arrived with some hard-drinking and truth-telling songs to sing. Saddle up.