This guitar is one of only 15 made. This is the LAST of them. It is literally serial #15. This is Quilted Honduran Mahogany from "THE TREE"! - Honduran Mahogany is becoming increasingly rare. Like other Mahogany’s it has a warm lively tone with clear mids and trebles. Often referred to as having a ”woody” tone it’s low overtone content gives it a crisp strong fundamental that is bright and responsive. Its grain is generally tighter than that of African Mahogany. This particular wood was sourced from a Honduran Mahogany tree that was felled in 1965, which fell into a ravine, where it stayed untouched for 18 years. The tree itself was over 100 feet high and more than 10 in diameter at the base. The first branches STARTED 50 feet up! The log eventually was quarted and then traveled 100 miles through the jungle to a river. The quartered logs were then sawed in half again, then floated 70 miles to a steam-operated sawmill. When finally opened at the mill, the log was revealed to be of the highest figured mahogany, known as Quilted or Blistered Mahogany. As you can see by the photos this is one remarkable guitar.
Adirondack Red Spruce - Some call it the “holy grail” of top woods. It was widely used on pre-war and vintage instruments. Adirondack has a crisp, clear tone with high headroom and a strong fundamental.
Depth at the tail block is 3.5 inches. As on all McPhersons, the depth at the neck block is 4 inches.
All McPherson® guitars include the following unless otherwise specified:
- Scale length: 25 1/2 inches
- Upper bout: 11 1/8 inches
- Waist: 10 1/4 inches
- Lower bout: 16 inches
- Body length: 20 1/8 inches
- Overall length: 41 1/2 inches
- Neck width: Standard 1 3/4 inch @ nut, 2 5/32 inch @ 12th
- Wide 1 7/8 inch @ nut, 2 5/32 inch @ 12th
- String spacing: E to E - 2 3/16 inches
- Offset sound hole.
- Cantilevered neck.
- Truss Rod: Non-adjustable, unidirectional high-modulus carbon fiber
- Ebony bridge
- Ebony bridge pins: Unslotted with mother of pearl dot
- Fingerboard: Ebony with 14 inch radius
- Nut: Natural Bone
- The Buzz Feiten intonation system
- Three custom bone saddles set up for low, med, and tall action
- Binding: Flamed Koa
- Electronics: L.R. Baggs RTS2 system
- Ribbon transducer pick-up, pre-amp and volume control
- Tuners: Schaller M6G Gold Tuning machines
- Gold strap button
- Case: Custom fit Ameritage case with built in humidification system
- Inlay: McPherson® mother of pearl inlay on head cap and mirror image on bridge plate.
- Finish: Lawrence-McFadden UV finish.
- Strings: Elixir Nanoweb medium gauge
