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Canyon 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.

The first time I listened to Doc Watson, the seminal flatpicker, I thought “great attack but smoother tone than most other players.” What was the secret? Doc was playing a mahogany backed guitar and extracted every bit of tone from the wonderful warmth of this wood. Long appreciated for its warmth for fingerstyle playing, it has a round presence for flatpicking styles that is unequaled. The Levinson voiced table brings the true tone of sapele mahogany to the forefront.

LD-223 Specs

MODEL:

LD-223

BODY STYLE:

Dreadnought

TOP:

Voiced Solid Sitka Spruce

TOP BRACING PATTERN:

Scalloped ''X''

BACK & SIDES MATERIAL:

Mahogany

BACK CENTER STRIPE:

ENDPIN INSERT:

BINDING AND HEEL CAP:

White

NECK MATERIAL:

Mahogany

NECK SHAPE:

Low Profile Comfort

HEADPLATE:

Ebony

MACHINEHEAD:

Butter Bean Vintage Style

FINGERBOARD MATERIAL:

Rosewood

FINGERBOARD INLAY:

Pearloid Dots

NUT MATERIAL:

Tusk

NUT WIDTH:

43 mm

BRIDGE MATERIAL:

Rosewood

BRIDGE SADDLE:

Compensated Tusk

SCALE LENGTH:

650 mm, 25.6''

FINISH:

Satin

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