Thorell Grand Custom Arch

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The Thorell Grand Custom Arch is a totally custom one of a kind guitar built for the Montreal Guitar Show. The entire guitar was designed around the gorgeous woods that are used here. The soundboard is carved from a single piece of gorgeous Lutz spruce (a newly discovered hybrid between Sitka and Engelmann some of which has measured out to have the best strength to weight ratio of any spruce). The billet was three inches thick at one end! This afforded a wonderful opportunity  to use that extra material to carve in a cascading armrest on the bass side, which also increased the lower bouts' foot print. It is a fairly drastic curve that makes the otherwise deep guitar very comfortable. The back is carved from a gorgeous full inch and a quarter thick book matched piece of figured Maccassar Ebony. The back was carved down very thin to reduce weight and then braced with  thin lateral braces similar to a flat top, yet it still retains an arched back's graduation. The effect is a back that kind of hybridizes flat back and arch back designs. The neck is Birds-Eye Maple. It is cut from a veneer grade log that was hand split for high end pool cues and Thorell guitars. The sound is large, full and dynamic. Ergonomically the guitar is extremely comfortable with easy action.

Specs:
- Lower bout 16 1/2"
- Body depth 3 3/8" with lower bout contour bringing the bass side depth to 2 3/8"
- Scale 25 1/2"
- Nut Width 1 11/16"
- String Spacing at bridge 2 1/8"
- Soundboard: One piece Lutz Spruce
- Back and Sides: Maccassar Ebony
- Neck: Birds Eye Maple
- Appointments: Maccassar Ebony
- Custom Cedar Creek black hardshell case

Price: $10,000

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