Description
The PRINCESS ISABELLA Jazz Guitar Concept was conceived during a conversation with Rudy Pensa (the well known guitar collector from New York). He asked how I might design and create a « jazz guitar » using my established style and techniques of instrument making. In my mind, the challenge was to create an instrument that would have similar sustain, attack and basic sound characteristics of a traditional « hollowbody » jazz guitar, but with a solid body.
After 4 years of continual design, research and development, the PRINCESS ISABELLA Jazz Guitar Concept is finished.
After 4 years of continual design, research and development, the PRINCESS ISABELLA Jazz Guitar Concept is finished.
| SPECIAL PRINCESS ISABELLA FEATURES | |
| Body Thickness | The body is unusually thin, measuring approximately one inch in thickness. |
| String Attachment | The backside attached string bows function as an « attack delay » mechanism. |
| « Semi-Floating » Bridge | Instead of using a traditional « floating » bridge or attaching the bridge with studs into the body, the hand cast bridge foot is « mounted » into a small hollowed area carved into the body that exactly matches the contour of the bridge foot. The bridge foot is held in place by a « friction setting » and only makes contact with a 2mm thin elliptical contour ridge along the hollow area. Thus, most of the surface area on the interior side of the bridge foot and the bridge studs « float » in the hollow area. |
| The combination of these exclusive features create a « hollowbody » resonance, which results in a warm and open tone, typically found only in a hollowbody guitar. | |
| MATERIALS, HARDWARE & ELECTRONICS | |
| Body | Very light Swamp Ash |
| Neck | Switenia Mahogany |
| Fingerboard | Bavarian Maple |
| Frets | 22 Golden custom made « Hard-Alloy » frets |
| Scale | 27″ |
| Tuners | Gotoh SGL HAP-A 510 |
| Bridge | Schaller GTM Custom |
| Bridge Foot | Ritter Handcast Brass Foot, 24kt Gold Finish |
| String Attachment | RITTER Handcast Brass Bows, 24kt Gold Finish |
| Backplate | Brass, 24kt Gold Finish / Laser engraved |
| Nut | Rendered Cow Bone |
| Pickup | Haeussel Custom Fat-Jazz / direct out |
| Comes with a Handmade Custom Case, tools and certification of authenticity. | |
