Princess Isabella Limited Edition "CO" Baritone guitar
Models overview // Princess Isabella CO Baritone
The Princess Isabella Baritone Guitar Concept was conceived during a conversation with Rudy Pensa (the well-known guitar collector from New York). He asked how I might design and create a "jazz guitar" using my established style and techniques of instrument making. In my mind, the challenge was to create an instrument that would have similar sustain, attack and basic sound characteristics of a traditional "hollowbody" jazz guitar, but with a solid body. After 4 years of continual design, research and development, the Princess Isabella Baritone Guitar Concept was finished.
CO Baritone FEATURES
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Body ThicknessThe body is unusually thin, measuring approximately one inch in thickness
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String AttachmentThe backside attached string bows function as an "attack delay" mechanism
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Semi-Floating BridgeInstead of using a traditional "floating" bridge or attaching the bridge with studs into the body, the hand cast bridge foot is "mounted" into a small hollowed area carved into the body that exactly matches the contour of the bridge foot.
The bridge foot is held in place by a "friction setting" and only makes contact with a 2mm thin elliptical contour ridge along the hollow area. Thus, most of the surface area on the interior side of the bridge foot and the bridge studs "float" in the hollow area -
The combination of these exclusive features create a "hollowbody" resonance, which results in a warm and open tone, typically found only in a hollowbody guitar
MATERIALS, HARDWARE & ELECTRONICS
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BodyVery light Swamp Ash
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NeckSwitenia Mahogany
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FingerboardBavarian Maple
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FretsGolden custom made "Hard-Alloy" frets
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Scale27"
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TunersGotoh SGL HAP-A 510
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NutRendered Cow Bone
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Bridge footRitter Handcast Brass Foot, 24kt Gold Finish
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String AttachmentRitter Handcast Brass Bows, 24kt Gold Finish
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ElectronicsVolume & Tone
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BackplateBrass, 24kt Gold Finish / Laser engraved
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PickupsHaeussel Custom Fat-Jazz / Direct out
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Every instrument comes with a custom laser cut flight case, all required tools and a book with the certification of authenticity and electronics information. There's a lifetime limited guarantee on each instrument.