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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