Fairbanks De Luxe
ABOUT THIS MODEL
A reproduction of a one-off guitar built and branded for the owner of the Kalamazoo Musical Instrument Company, Charles Martelle, in1935, this instrument shares the same body size and all-over sunburst as the F-35 1934 Jumbo. Notable upgrades include:
-Figured maple back and sides
-Pearloid celluloid fingerboard and headstock veneer
-Rickard Cyclone banjo tuners
-L-5 style raised pickguard in ivoroid, tortoise, or black celluloid
-1/4” fingerboard marker dots inlaid with mother of pearl snowflakes
-Ivoroid body binding with contrasting tortoise fingerboard binding
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TOP: Sitka Spruce
BRACING: Tapered X, scalloped tone bars
BACK & SIDES: Figured Maple
NECK: Mahogany
FINGERBOARD: Vintage pearloid celluloid over maple substrate
BRIDGE: Madagascar Rosewood
NUT & SADDLE: Bone
TUNERS: Rickard Cyclone Banjo
CONSTRUCTION: Hide Glue
FINISH: Seagrave Lacquer with Shellac Sealer
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Carve: Vintage easy V
Nut Width: 1 3/4"
String Spacing: 2.2”
Scale Length: 24.75"
Depth at 1ST .8620"
Depth at 9TH: .950"
Truss Rod: Adjustable
Inlays: inlaid dots
Headstock: Fairbanks De Luxe
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