Missouri
Traveling from Montana to where it joins the Mississippi near St. Louis, the Missouri is the longest river in the US. The Missouri defined the American frontier in the 19th century and its name now defines my new line of dreadnought guitars. Big, bold, beautiful instruments that redefine the powerful sound of this genre of guitars with amazing tonal balance and rapid response to all playing styles unlike anything you’ve played before.
If you love the warmth of mahogany for fingerpicking styles but don’t want to sacrifice the full bodied sound of rosewood Ovangkol is for you. I started using Ovangkol around 1980. Warm balance and a softer attack than rosewood, it has more bite and brilliance than you can expect from mahogany back and sides. Beautiful tonal balance in an attractive exotic wood. The Levinson table voicing and ellipse bridge accentuates the tonal beauty of this wood.
LD-35 Specs
MODEL: | LD-35 |
BODY STYLE: | Dreadnought |
TOP: | Voiced Solid Sitka Spruce |
TOP BRACING PATTERN: | Scalloped ''X'' |
BACK & SIDES MATERIAL: | Solid Ovangkol |
BACK CENTER STRIPE: | Vintage Checkboard |
ENDPIN INSERT: | Vertical Grained Wood |
BINDING AND HEEL CAP: | Striped Ivoroid |
NECK MATERIAL: | Mahogany |
NECK SHAPE: | Low Profile Comfort |
HEADPLATE: | Ebony |
MACHINEHEAD: | Butter Bean Vintage Style |
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: | East Indian Rosewood |
FINGERBOARD INLAY: | Pearloid Dots |
NUT MATERIAL: | Bone |
NUT WIDTH: | 43 mm |
BRIDGE MATERIAL: | East Indian Rosewood |
BRIDGE SADDLE: | Compensated Bone |
SCALE LENGTH: | 650 mm, 25.6'' |
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