Post by Admin on Apr 16, 2013 5:40:51 GMT -5
The Guild Custom Shop presents the beautifully crafted and rich-sounding Orpheum series "Slope 14" dreadnought acoustic. U.S.-built by the talented luthiers of the Guild Custom Shop in scenic New Hartford, Conn., Orpheum series models are designed to stylishly evoke the bygone 1930s-era golden age of U.S. acoustic guitar design and construction. Indeed, you could say that Orpheum models are finely crafted Guild guitars that never were but could have been.
The Slope 14 offers a distinctive difference for the discerning player--sloping shoulders that gracefully curve away from the neck in marked contrast to conventional straight-shoulder dreadnought design. Further, its three-piece mahogany/rosewood/mahogany neck joins the body at the 14th fret, contributing to a punchy yet warm and well-balanced tone that makes it great as both a lead and rhythm instrument.
Premium features also include an Adirondack red spruce top with scalloped red spruce bracing, solid rosewood back and sides, traditional hot hide-glue construction, 20-fret ebony fingerboard with pearl-dot inlays and 12” radius, bone nut, elegant cream neck and body binding, and a nitrocellulose lacquer neck finish. Other features include a tortoiseshell pickguard, pyramid-style ebony bridge with bone saddle and pins, Guild-logo Gotoh® SE-700 open-back tuners with cream buttons, and deluxe hard-shell case.
MSRP - $4999.99
General
Model Name: Orpheum® Slope Shoulder 14-Fret Rosewood Dreadnought
Series: Orpheum® Series
Color / Part #: Orpheum® Slope Shoulder 14-Fret Rosewood Dreadnought, Ebony Fingerboard, "Hide Glue" Construction, with Deluxe Case, Natural
387-3500-821
Body
Body Material: Rosewood
Body Shape: Dreadnought
Body Back: Rosewood
Body Sides: Rosewood
Body Top: Solid Adirondack Red Spruce
Body Finish: 3873500821
Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Bracing: Red Spruce Attached with Hide Glue
Neck
Number of Frets: 20
Position Inlays: Pearl Dot
Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)
Fretboard: Ebony
Neck Material: 3-Piece Mahogany/Walnut/Mahogany
Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Scale Length: 24.75" (628 mm)
Hardware
Hardware Finish: Gold
Bridge: Pyramid-Style Ebony Bridge with Compensated Bone Saddle
Bridge Pins: Bone
Tuning Machines: Gotoh® SE700-05M Vintage Style Open-Back with Cream Buttons
String Nut: Bone
Pickguard: Tortoiseshell
Miscellaneous
Strings: D'Addario® Phosphor Bronze Medium Gauge
Accessories
Case Gig Bags: Custom Hardshell