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

  • 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

  • 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

  • TKL Deluxe Hardshell

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