Curly Blonde Jumbo
The back on this Guitar has to be seen, especially when its in the sun, just fantastic eye popping Figure
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Curly Blonde- Movingui Jumbo
This is our full-size Jumbo Guitar model, scale length of 645mm. Neck to body joint at the 14th Fret. It has 100 degree ‘X’ Bracing. A big Guitar with a big sound and deep rich bass, suitable for all genres, especially Country Music.
Back and Sides - Movingui (Distemonanthus benthamianus)
A rare African wood, Movingui has tonal characteristics falling between Koa and Honduran Mahogany. A resistant, durable, wood that can have stunning figure in rich golden colours. Movingui is an African wood with a lustrous surface, fine texture, and bright lemony-gold to orange-brown color. It has a fine, even texture and produces a variety of figures including fiddleback, mottle, and bee’s wing.
Sound Board – Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmannii)
Engelmann is valued for its colour, tight grain, and light weight. Rarer than Sitka Spruce and often used in high end instruments.
Soundboard Bracing - ‘X’ Bracing
C. F. Martin Sr. invented what is known as X-bracing sometime around 1845, which revolutionized guitar making. It consists of a main X brace surrounded by various smaller braces called tone bars. Although the guitars of the day were quite small by modern standards and built to use gut strings like the nylon strings seen on modern classical and flamenco guitars, Martin’s X-bracing proved to be perfect for larger guitars. This Style of Bracing has become the industry standard and would be used in 99% commercially built guitars.
Bindings, Headstock, Bridge, Fretboard - Ringed Gidgee (Acacia cambagei)
Gidgee is perhaps Australia's hardest wood.
“Ringed” Gidgee is the curly form and is considerably rarer.
Neck - American Curly Maple (Acer spp.)
Quilted and Curly Maple are different figure types of the same species, it is an imported wood, and one of the most popular woods for stringed instruments. It is very stable and can be visually stunning.
Tuners - Gotoh mini-510, in Gold
Exceptional High-quality tuners, consistently ranked at the top of the industry by musical instrument makers. Manufactured in Japan and distributed worldwide GOTOH GUT Co., Ltd. began manufacturing stringed instrument parts in 1960. The SG510 series Tuners have become one of their Flagship models. These high tech, precision cut, Sealed Gear type tuners are lubricated for life and with an 18:1 ratio give the player a positive confident feel.
Rosette – Open Composite Design.
A composite rosette made up of segments of rich brown Ringed Gidgee heartwood and Butter Yellow Ringed Gidgee Sapwood, Ebony, African Sneezewood with Paua Shell and fine dyed maple accent lines.
Nut and Saddle - Northern Territory Water Buffalo Horn (Syncerus caffer)
The Nut and Saddle are handmade and fitted into their respective locations. The 6mm saddle is a firm fit into the Bridge but can be removed if needed. It has a line scribed along the soundhole face; this indicates the orientation of the saddle in the bridge. The instruments intonation has been set using the saddle, so it’s important that the saddle goes back with the correct orientation. The Nut has been slotted to suit the as fitted Strings. The Nut is also a firm fit; a small amount of CA glue has been put under it to hold it in place while changing strings.
Fretwire – Jescar Evo-Gold
‘EVO Gold’ wire is a harder material than standard nickel silver though not as hard as stainless steel. It has excellent working properties and provides the player with increased fret life.
Strings – Elixir ‘Custom Light’ 11-52
Strings are an important part of any instruments sound structure. We have tested numerous different string types and found Elixir perform best on our Instrument.
Finish - Hand Polished High Gloss Nitro Cellulous Lacquer
A hardwearing lacquer that is chemical resistant and easily repaired. Approximately 20 coats of Lacquer are applied over a 10-day period, after a week curing time, the lacquer is hand levelled using wet/dry sandpaper, micromesh pads and finally buffed to a mirror finish.
This is our full-size Jumbo Guitar model, scale length of 645mm. Neck to body joint at the 14th Fret. It has 100 degree ‘X’ Bracing. A big Guitar with a big sound and deep rich bass, suitable for all genres, especially Country Music.
Back and Sides - Movingui (Distemonanthus benthamianus)
A rare African wood, Movingui has tonal characteristics falling between Koa and Honduran Mahogany. A resistant, durable, wood that can have stunning figure in rich golden colours. Movingui is an African wood with a lustrous surface, fine texture, and bright lemony-gold to orange-brown color. It has a fine, even texture and produces a variety of figures including fiddleback, mottle, and bee’s wing.
Sound Board – Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmannii)
Engelmann is valued for its colour, tight grain, and light weight. Rarer than Sitka Spruce and often used in high end instruments.
Soundboard Bracing - ‘X’ Bracing
C. F. Martin Sr. invented what is known as X-bracing sometime around 1845, which revolutionized guitar making. It consists of a main X brace surrounded by various smaller braces called tone bars. Although the guitars of the day were quite small by modern standards and built to use gut strings like the nylon strings seen on modern classical and flamenco guitars, Martin’s X-bracing proved to be perfect for larger guitars. This Style of Bracing has become the industry standard and would be used in 99% commercially built guitars.
Bindings, Headstock, Bridge, Fretboard - Ringed Gidgee (Acacia cambagei)
Gidgee is perhaps Australia's hardest wood.
“Ringed” Gidgee is the curly form and is considerably rarer.
Neck - American Curly Maple (Acer spp.)
Quilted and Curly Maple are different figure types of the same species, it is an imported wood, and one of the most popular woods for stringed instruments. It is very stable and can be visually stunning.
Tuners - Gotoh mini-510, in Gold
Exceptional High-quality tuners, consistently ranked at the top of the industry by musical instrument makers. Manufactured in Japan and distributed worldwide GOTOH GUT Co., Ltd. began manufacturing stringed instrument parts in 1960. The SG510 series Tuners have become one of their Flagship models. These high tech, precision cut, Sealed Gear type tuners are lubricated for life and with an 18:1 ratio give the player a positive confident feel.
Rosette – Open Composite Design.
A composite rosette made up of segments of rich brown Ringed Gidgee heartwood and Butter Yellow Ringed Gidgee Sapwood, Ebony, African Sneezewood with Paua Shell and fine dyed maple accent lines.
Nut and Saddle - Northern Territory Water Buffalo Horn (Syncerus caffer)
The Nut and Saddle are handmade and fitted into their respective locations. The 6mm saddle is a firm fit into the Bridge but can be removed if needed. It has a line scribed along the soundhole face; this indicates the orientation of the saddle in the bridge. The instruments intonation has been set using the saddle, so it’s important that the saddle goes back with the correct orientation. The Nut has been slotted to suit the as fitted Strings. The Nut is also a firm fit; a small amount of CA glue has been put under it to hold it in place while changing strings.
Fretwire – Jescar Evo-Gold
‘EVO Gold’ wire is a harder material than standard nickel silver though not as hard as stainless steel. It has excellent working properties and provides the player with increased fret life.
Strings – Elixir ‘Custom Light’ 11-52
Strings are an important part of any instruments sound structure. We have tested numerous different string types and found Elixir perform best on our Instrument.
Finish - Hand Polished High Gloss Nitro Cellulous Lacquer
A hardwearing lacquer that is chemical resistant and easily repaired. Approximately 20 coats of Lacquer are applied over a 10-day period, after a week curing time, the lacquer is hand levelled using wet/dry sandpaper, micromesh pads and finally buffed to a mirror finish.