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Ancient Kauri Jumbo
​​A Blend of things Old and Ancient

Specifications
Jumbo Guitar with 645mm Scale Length, 14 frets to the body.
Soundboard fitted with Carbon Fibre reinforced Falcate Bracing out of laminated King Billy Pine
 Double Linings to 'Side to Back' and 'Side to Soundboard' Joints. Fretboard bound and with compound Radius. Fitted with Upperbout Strap Button and Pickup Jack compensate Blocks. Three piece Neck construction with volute and Stacked Heel Fitted with Double action Adjustable steel trussrod.
 Nitrocellulous lacquer with Mirror Finish
Back and Sides........Ancient Kauri
Soundboard.............Adirondack Spruce
Neck ..........Torrified Curly American Maple with Ringed Budgeroo Spine
Rosette,,,,Segments of Bog Oak and Baltic Amber
Bindings and Backstrip..........Ringed Gidgee
Headstock, Fretboard and Bridge...............Ringed Gidgee
Fretwire...................Evo-Gold
​Tuners......................Gotoh 510 Mini Series in Gloss Gold 

No Pickup fitted as yet,  but is pickup ready. 
Ancient Kauri is derived from several prehistoric forests, some more than 50.000 years old.  These forests are on the North Island of New Zealand. Buried under peat swamps before the last ice age, the trees were left lying just beneath the surface of the ground. This underground resting place, sealed from the air, became a perfect balanced cocoon that preserved the timber.
The worlds oldest workable timber.