Figured curly redwood top
Parallel tone bar bracing, Nouveau f-holes
1.25” block depth, voicing based on #27
Wenge back
5-piece figured maple and wenge neck
Highly figured quartered Bigleaf maple sides
Compound radius Gabon ebony fretboard w/ small dot markers on front and side of fretboard.
1 1/8″ nut width, standard rounded neck profile
.080″ x .040″ frets (“Banjo frets”)
Peaked wenge headstock with curly maple script inlay (as used on #22)
Modern thin gloss varnish finish
There is no plastic binding — the maple and fumed eucalyptus (used in black stripes) sides act as binding, and the fretboard feels just like a bound neck (undercut fret tangs, and the fret slots do not extend to the edge)
Jacobson ebony bridge, ebony saddle compensated for D’Addario J73’s or J74’s
Jacobson engraved aluminum tailpiece with wenge frame
Simple gloss nickel Rubner tuning machines with Teflon bearings
Basic Guardian hardshell case