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General specifications for most Standard 12-strings:
12-string solid-body -
basic model price: $5.040
12-string hollow-body -
basic model price: $5,420
(All
instruments ordered directly from me are
"custom orders" even if they fit within basic
specs.)
Any custom guitar ordered using parts and materials from
this white box section should fall within the basic
model price (will not add to the price). Any custom option from the
silver box below
will add to the price by the amount shown.
Materials used on Standard 12-strings
(all basic models):
The Wood Pile
Wood:
Body: Honduras Mahogany, Swamp Ash
Neck: Laminated Honduras
Mahogany and Maple
Body top: S (standard)
Figured Maple. (please check "The Wood Pile" for
examples of available wood)
Fingerboards: Rosewood or Ebony depending on
availability
Hardware:
Tuners: Grover
or Gotoh mini tuners, Hipshot
Classic Open tuners
Bridge: ABM string-thru
body 12-way bridge
Pickups: Amalfitano or Wolfetone Strat pickups, Kent
Armstrong mini humbuckers, Lace Sensor pickups, and GFS
Lipstick tube pickups.
Guitar controls: 1-volume, 1-tone
(CTS or DiMarzio pots), 3-position pickup selector (Switchcraft) or 5-position
Strat-style selector
Neck dimensions:
Scale length: 24 3/4 inches
Width at nut: 1 3/4
inches, width at 22nd fret: 2 1/4 inches.
Neck thickness at first fret: .775 inches to
.850 inches. Thickness at 12th fret: .875 inches
to .950 inches.
General neck shape is reminiscent of a 1961 Gibson SG
(sometimes called a 'blade' neck).
Neck/body joint:
Neck joins body at 18th fret. Heel is cut away to an
unobtrusive but safe minimum.
Standard String gauges used: .009/.009,
.012/.012, .009/.017, .013/.024,
.018/.034, .024/.044
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Upgrades: Additional options for
Custom orders:
Body and neck wood: White Limba
- Add $250, Black Limba - Add $150, Walnut - Add $75
Neck material: 5-ply Curly or Bird's Eye Maple
- Add $100
Body top materials available: UG (upgrade) -
UG+ (upgrade plus), Maple - curly, quilt or Bird's
eye, Redwood burl, Redwood curl, Figured Walnut,
Curly Bubinga, Curly Koa
- Add $125 - $450 (please
check "The Wood Pile" for examples of available wood)
Optional Fingerboards: please call for quote.
Optional fingerboard inlays:
Snowflakes or Mother-of-Pearl blocks - Add $100
Abalone Pearl binding: Guitar fully bound with
multiple laminates and Abalone Pearl - Add $600
For Custom inlays - please call for quote.
Other scale lengths
available: None
For any other custom details - please call or write for
quote
Hardware: For hardware options other than standard,
please call for quote.
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