Our
most popular design, which has a unique body shape, designed
to produce the power and projection of a Dreadnought sized
guitar, but with much greater clarity and a delicacy of
sound not normally associated with larger guitars, without
sacrificing the ability to drive hard when placed in a group
situation. This makes it a very versatile instrument and
capable of fulfilling a wide variety of roles. It will also
handle a wide variety of alternative tunings without complaint,
making it ideal for Celtic and other styles of music where
non-standard tunings abound.
It has a Spruce sound board on Rosewood back and sides.
The body is bound in natural wood, with a Boxwood or Maple
line and has black/white/black purfling on the. The soundhole
rosette is Abalone with black/white/black concentric rings.
The Cedar or Mahogany neck has an Ebony fingerboard with
20 wide oval frets and is bound with Ebony, the scale length
being 25" .There are mother-of-pearl dot markers both
on the face and sides of the neck. The head stock has an
ornamental hardwood facing, with the Northworthy logo in
Abalone, and is scarfe jointed to the neck for extra strength.
The fingerboard nut is Bone, and the tuning machines are
high quality enclosed types, Gold plated.
The bridge is Rosewood, has a compensated Bone saddle and
Brass bridge pins, and is machined ready to accept a standard
under saddle Piezo transducer.
The instrument is finished in a highly flexible polyurethane
lacquer which is kept as thin as is practically possible,
(a gloss finish is available as a no cost option). A variety
of cases are available, and prices can be made available
on request.
The Cedar or Mahogany neck has an Ebony fingerboard with
20 wide oval frets and is bound with Ebony, the scale length
being 25". There are mother-of-pearl dot markers both
on the face and sides of the neck. The head stock has an
ornamental hardwood facing, with the Northworthy logo in
Abalone, and is scarfe jointed to the neck for extra strength.
The fingerboard nut is Bone, and the tuning machines are
high quality enclosed types, Gold plated.
The bridge is Rosewood, has a compensated Bone saddle and
Brass bridge pins, and is machined ready to accept a standard
under saddle Piezo transducer.
The instrument is finished in a highly flexible polyurethane
lacquer which is kept as thin as is practically possible,
(a gloss finish is available as a no cost option). A variety
of cases are available, and prices can be made available
on request.
Please note that due to the uncertainty of
materials supply and cost, it may be necessary to alter
some cosmetic items. It is also our policy to continually
develop our instruments, and to use the best materials available
at the time, so variations in specification do occur, though
any significant changes are discussed with our customers
prior to building.