Body shape as the Ashover.
The sound board is of Western Red Cedar with Mahogany back
and sides, the purfling is black/white/black on the front,
and the soundhole rosette is your choice of Kingwood, Ropala
Lacewood, English Plane or Zebrano (as available)
with black/white/black concentric rings.
The neck is Mahogany with an unbound Indian Rosewood fingerboard,
whilst the tuning machines are Chrome plated.
The Mahogany neck has a Rosewood fingerboard with 20 wide
oval frets the scale length being 24.9" (25.4"
scale optional).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, Chrome 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.