Gold Standard 17-inch Archtop

Serial No. 355 -Built in 2003

The Gold Standard model combines traditional archtop construction with innovative styling. A major element of the design is a 14 carat gold wire running intermittently from the peghead to the tailpiece. The wire forms a border between black ebony and Macassar ebony, creating an image of a wave running vertically through the guitar. The body is bound in curly maple and has a violin color under high gloss nitrocellulose lacquer. The combination of German spruce with German maple results in a very warm, open sound.

Features:

• 14 carat gold wire inlay
• 17-inch wide body
• German spruce top
• Red spruce tone bars, X braced
• German maple back, sides, and neck
• Eastern hard maple neck
• Macassar ebony pickguard
• 25.4-inch scale
• 1 11/16-inch nut