Specifications
Completed September 2010
Specification sheet.
Material
Back and sides: Antique Brazilian rosewood. (Wood Blanks from Max Krimell, Nederland, Colorado.)Head & Neck: mortise and tenon 1 piece carved Honduran Mahogany (Wood Blanks purchased from Carlton McLendon, Inc Atlanta, Ga.) with (Brazilian Rosewood on face from Max Krimell)
Top: Rare Bear Claw Adirondack Spruce (Hand selected Artist Grade Wood purchased from John Griffin Old Standard Wood Fulton Mo.) Top is slightly radiused.
Braces: Hand carved Adirondack spruce. (Wood Blanks purchased from Carlton McLendon, Inc Atlanta, Ga.)
Fretboard: Ebony fretboard Hand selected by Randy Allen Purchased from Allen Guitars, Colifax California.
Bridge: Select Ebony with Maple bridge brace (Blank Ebony and Maple Blocks purchased from Carlton McLendon, Inc Atlanta, Ga.)
Pickguard: Select Ebony (Blank Ebony Block purchased from Carlton McLendon, Inc Atlanta, Ga.)
Purfling: Select Tiger Maple and Ebony. (Wood Blanks purchased from Carlton McLendon, Inc Atlanta, Ga.)
Saddle & Nut: Mammoth Ivory (Maury’s Music Coadale, PA)
Bridge Pins: Mammoth Ivory with abalone inlay (Maury’s Music Coadale, PA)
Strap Pins: Russian Mammoth Ivory (Purchased from Ice Age Fossils Tucson AZ) (Lathe Turned by Artist Nick Cook)
Tuners: Russian Hand carved Mammoth Ivory Knobs (Blanks purchased from Ice Age Fossils Tucson AZ) on 16:1 Grover Imperial Tuners from Stewart-MacDonald Luthier Supplies)
Neck top
Fret Markers: Russian Mammoth Ivory(Purchased from Ice Age Fossils Tucson AZ) (Lathe Turned by Artist Nick Cook)Inlay: Abalone and Mother of Pearl (from Australian Mother of Pearl Company, Victoria Australia)
Finish: Nitro Cellulous Lacquer
