adorshki
Reverential Member
Yes, absolutely replace the D35 somebody mentioned earlier with the F50, it's at least as iconic as the D55 and in fact has been in production longer.Wouldn't Cordoba need a laminate press to produce the F-50 and F-412? I couldn't see either of those two models going away, and I definitely can't see them changing the design of those maple beauties to flat-back.
Also, to elaborate on Russell's comments a bit, when the D25 was introduced it was the entry level dreadnought and had a flat back, it didn't get the arched back for almost 5 years.
Let me also point out that in '96 the list price for a D25 was $1199.00 (give or take $50.00, I forget) so I think Westerlywood's $1000 "wish price" for a 2014-15 American built instrument just ain't realistic.
We tossed that around recently and although nobody's explicitly confirmed it, I think there must have been interchangeable dies for different back sizes and shapes, since I've only ever seen "THE" (implying just one) press mentioned, yet they produced at least 4 different arched configurations: dreadnought, and 3 big and little "jumbo" sizes (F50/17", F40/16", and F65ce/16" with cutaway) I'm pretty sure I also recall some F30 archbacks which I assume would have been 15" wide.is the dreadnought laminated back made on a different press than the jumbos?
Neal
It's still in NH as Default mentioned and I'd hope it makes it back to the west coast as part of those "assets".
I think archbacks are a significant part of the "brand identity".