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Steel String Mermaid Deluxe Grand Concert Guitar

Steel String Mermaid Deluxe Grand Concert Guitar

Deluxe : Oxford Dictionary-adj- Luxurious or sumptuous of a superior kind.

Over the Top expensive maybe, but if one had a choice as a guitar player to fulfill the 3 guitar player/owner requirements

1. Awesome Sound. - in every respect.
2. Fantastic Playability and Intonation.
3. Beautiful to look at.

Then this is IT. The Best of the Best, in my 30 years of experience as a player and Luthier.

Every 3 to 4 years I travel to the USA, Europe and the United Kingdom to meet other players, Luthiers, friends and family to hand select wood and accessories for my deluxe range of guitars.I search for master grade plus, aged sitka, englemann, adarondyke and cedar for my tops, carefully tapped and selected for awesome tone, stiffness and visual beauty. The rarest and most gorgeous Brazilian rosewood, maple and others for my backs and sides.

The finest handmade machine heads, the most exotic pearl, abalone, snail shell, diamonds, silver, gold and coloured woods, hand cut and inlayed (no laser or cnc look alikes). These are all combined to provide what I consider necessary, to build the ultimate guitar.

The Deluxe features can be applied as an upgrade to all my guitars. (see the options list.)

Grand Concert

Upperbout =
290mm     11 7/16 inches

Waist =
232mm     9 1/8 inches

Lowerbout =
408mm     16 1/16 inches

Orchestra Model

Upperbout =
288mm     11 5/8 inches

Waist =
232mm     9 1/8 inches

Lowerbout =
392mm     15 7/16 inches

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