Mike Sabre McLaughlin Model This guitar is 33 inches long and was conceived in order to travel in plane cockpits to avoid damage during flight transports. It is particularly well balanced, you will find it has more comfort and playability than a regular instrument. It has a standard 24.562” scale length. The neck is made of very old mahogany and is reinforced in its center by a piece of rosewood. Two carbon rods are inserted against a two-way adjustable truss rod. The fretboard, made of ebony, has 22 frets and is radiused from 12 to 16 inches. The peg head is thicker than usual and is reinforced on its front and back faces by a thick veneer of rosewood, with a hill on the back side. It is glued to the body, and bolted with four screws. The base of the body is made of mahogany, and the top is an assemblage of curly maple in the center and rosewood on the sides. The guitar overall is hand carved, arched on the top and curved on the back. It is equipped with a jazz mini humbucker at the neck position, and the tremolo bar is mounted with RMC midi saddles, controlled by a volume and tone for the humbucker, and volume for the midi output. The instrument is sealed and finished with polyurethane. Mike Sabre McLaughlin Model pricing: with vibrato and midi RMC ..........................................$12,000 with vibrato and no midi pickup ................................$10,500 without vibrato and no midi ......................................$10,250 *all prices inclusive of shipping, insurance and duty |