Tom Bills Nautra Deluxe

Natura Deluxe $12,500.00

Classy. Refined. Understatedly elegant.

A complex artistic vision, masterfully executed with passion and finesse. Well seasoned Flamed Big Leaf Maple surrounds the Lacewood and Maple accents in a landscape of sculpted contours.

The Natura Deluxe is an Archtop guitar that is free from limits. It goes far beyond the typical Archtop Jazz sound and is a true acoustic instrument. It has a sparkling, clean, liquid treble quality and adds a fat, punchy bass to bring a dynamic balance with power on demand and excellent sustain. The lightest touch or the heaviest attack is met with balanced sensitivity, clarity, and responsive power.

The Natura's top uses a unique asymmetrical X bracing in conjunction with a dynamic sound board graduation technique that evolved from Tom's work with acoustic physics and asymmetrical soundboards. The neck is extremely comfortable and the action is fast and easy to play wile maintaining exceptional acoustic tone and volume.

The tailpiece shape balances string tension and is fully height adjustable to apply just the right amount of downward pressure on the bridge. The attachment of the tailpiece is achieved in such a way as to allow it to move freely and avoid any inhibiting of the bridge motion as it drives the top plate. This results in long even sustain and dynamic tonal bandwidth.

- Top: Master Grade Spruce
- Sides/Back: Master Grade Flamed or Quilted Big Leaf Maple
- Neck: Laminated Flamed Maple with double action truss rod and double carbon fiber reinforcement.
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Scale: 25"
- Width at nut: 1 ¾"
- String spacing at bridge: 2 ¼"
- Machines: Gotoh 510
- Lower bought width: 16" or 17"
- Body Depth: 3"
- Cutaway: Standard
- Pickup: (Optional) Tom Bills signature by Kent Armstrong with hidden controls
- Binding: Fully bound body neck, headstock, and Sound holes. Body and F holes bound in Flamed maple. Neck, Headstock, Tailpiece, and Pick Guard bound in Ebony
- Sound holes: F style, bound or unbound
- Color: Vintage Blond
- Inlay: Optional - Single leaf at 12 th fret or any place you would like it (within reason)
- Case: Custom fit Calton

Natura Deluxe Special - $15,000.00

Includes all Natura Deluxe options plus;

Ivory or fossil walrus ivory falling leaf inlay and nut. Brazilian Rosewood; fingerboard, bridge, pick guard, tailpiece, headstock veneer and binding. As well as Cello burst color.

Archtop Options:

- Binding woods: Koa or Ebony - $300
- Inlay: - Falling leaf (Koa, Bloodwood, or pearl)
- Fingerboard - 300
- Pick guard and tailpiece - 300
- Finish Color: Cello Sunburst - $500