It's not every day you encounter a 12-string guitar designed to deliver jazz! But while Kenny Burrell is rarely associated with either 12-string or even acoustic guitars, this unique instrument was designed specifically to his painstaking specifications.
Like his namesake companion Versoul 6-string, this instrument offers a sharp cutaway to access the fingerboard's highest frets, lending it a distinctive look. That's a feature deeply enhanced by the striking blue sunburst spruce top, complemented by back and sides of the finest East Indian rosewood. The choice woods and Versoul's trademark top tier craftsmanship bring out the absolute sonic best in this instrument. The other essential quality, playability, is no less present, thanks to a comfortable body size, sleek neck and a fingerboard with adequate string spacing. This could add a bold new color to the jazz guitar palette. Natural sounding amplification is offered by a Schertler Lydia transducer and pre-amp.
- Top: fine quality European spruce
- Bracing: maple & spruce scalloped
- Back & sides: selected East Indian rosewood
- Bindings: all wood, rosewood/maple/black and natural purfling
- Bridge: East Indian rosewood
- Bridge pins: East Indian rosewood with green abalone shell dots
- Saddle/nut: moose shinbone
- Neck: aspen/curly maple/aspen, two-way adjustable truss rod
- Neck joint: Versoul bolt-on, 13 frets to body
- Fingerboard: East Indian rosewood (16" radius)
- Frets: 20 / Dunlop 6130
- Tuners: Gotoh SE700 gold plated
- Pickguard: clear plastic
- Electronics: Schertler Lydia transducer + preamp, volume control on sound hole
- Colors: natural back/sides, special blue sunburst top, dark brown sunburst neck
- Finish: nitrocellulose lacquer
- Rosette: gold leaf with wood mosaic purfling
- Label: 23 carat gold leaf
- Peghead veneer: visa birch
- Dot inlays: green abalone shell
- Plate: white mother of pearl with "Kenny Burrell Jazz Model" engraved
- Cutaway: florentine (sharp)
- Neck width at nut: 48 mm
- Scale length: 25 3/4" (654 mm)
- Lower bout: 413 mm
- Upper bout: 302 mm
- Overall length: 1100 mm