Print E-mail

Ribbecke Guitar Corp. Halfling™ Pin Bridge Guitar

“A striking, retro-styled body with a voice like no other guitar I've heard. It's the guitar equivalent of a stallion - powerful and robust with a fierce and untamed beauty. The Halfling Pin Bridge is certainly a new breed and it's not for the faint-of-heart.” -Gayla Drake Paul, Premier Guitar Magazine

Ribbecke has applied their revolutionary Halfling™ technology to the world of the Steel String! With their characteristic sustain and energy storage in the top as well as enhanced dimensional acoustics this is the Steel String guitar for the discriminating player.

"Playing the guitar, I was particularly impressed by the way that notes appeared to continue their dynamic development even after my fingers had left the string. Combined with the rich bass, great clarity, and expansive volume, the guitar offered a sonic experience quite unlike any other instrument I've had the pleasure to make music with." -Teja Gerken, Acoustic Guitar Magazine

What is a Halfling™?
It's Ribbecke Guitar corporation's revolutionary design of guitar or bass in which the soundboard is flat on the bass side & arched on the treble side. The Halflings™ are capable of large, full fundamental bass response with the ability to hear and distinguish all the notes of a complex chord when ringing together. By combining the flat topped Steel String guitar with an Archtop Ribbecke has combined the best of both worlds!

SPECIFICATIONS
- Body Size: 17” Lower Bout
- Body Depth: 4.5”
- Back and Sides: Indian Rosewood
- Top: Sitka Spruce
- Bracing: Spruce X Bracing
- Binding: Black and White Purfling
- Neck: Mahogany
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Width at Nut: 1.75"
- Width at 14th Fret: 2.125"
- Scale: 25”
- Nut: Bone
- Frets: 22
- Strings: D'Addario 12 - 53 Phosphor Bronze
- Hardware: Ebony
- Pickup: B-Band
- Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Case: Cedar Creek Hard Case

Price: $6,500

RIBBECKE HALFLING AUDIO SAMPLES:

Paul Asbell:
- Autumn Leaves
- If I were A Bell
- My Favorite Things
- Summertime

Mark Guest:
- Bus Stop
- Emily

Lance Keltner:
- Halfling Blues
- Halfling Flat
- Halfling Strummed
- Halfling Sunshine

Mark Kleinhaut:
- Dock Sea
- My One And Only Love
- Smorpheus
- Softly Rise
- Street Light
- The OC Jam

Pete Snell:
- All The Things You Are
- Bossa
- Fingers
- Wings