Hollow body guitar

This guitar was designed by my customer to closely resemble one of the instruments played by the guitarist in a popular band. The top and back are carved from solid blocks, the body is completely hollow and the neck attaches to the body the way it does on a jazz guitar. With the inclusion of a floating bridge and ebony tailpiece, this is really just an archtop guitar of a different shape, but I thought it would fit better in this part of my website.

• Flamed maple top
• Padauk back and sides
• 2 piece flamed maple neck, 1 3⁄4" wide at the nut, 22 frets clear of the body
• Ebony fretboard, 25 1⁄2" scale with a 12" radius
• Schaller tuning machines
• The floating ebony bridge has 2 pieces of brass for the saddle.
• The width is approximately 13 1⁄4" across the widest parts of the lower bout
• Depth at the edges:   2 1⁄8"