WTT Custom built dread

[wildbill]

Howdy everyone, Well as much as it pains me, I am going to put up my Custom built slope shoulder, wedge body with organic multi-scale frets. I know you are asking... why would this guy be wanting to trade off a custom built acoustic, here is your answerer. I hand to have 2 hand surgery,s because of an industrial accident, so I am no longer able to play anything with a 1 3/4 nut. I have tried and tried, but its just to painfull. Okay, on to the acoustic..
Custom built by Glen DeRusha of Green Mountain guitars. Glen is a super guy and a very respected builder and Luther. Fit and finish on this acoustic is wonderful. Tone is very balanced and loud. No adjustment needed for the organic multi-scale frets, you dont even notice the difference, intonation is dead on. Action is low with no buzz and plenty of saddle left. Here is the build specs....
Product Information
Model: Green Mountain Guitar
Product ID:: Slope Shoulder Dreadnought
2009 Green Mountain Guitar Slope Shoulder Dreadnought
This is a beautiful custom built guitar. It features organic multi-scale fretboard, wedge shaped body and sound port. It has a Shaller strap lock on the neck heel, an output jack for an end pin, and it has a 1/8" hole drilled under the saddle for a pick-up. It has only slight pick scratches.
Top-Sitka Spruce
Back and Sides-East Indian Rosewood
Scale lengths-25" and 25 3/4"
Neck width at Nut-1 3/4"
String spacing at the nut-1 14/32"
String spacing at the bridge-2 1/4"
Neck-Honduras Mahogany
Fingerboard- Ebony
Bridge-Ebony
Head cap-Ebony
Nut and saddle-Bone
Tuners-Chrome Shaller Mini's
Inlay-Abalone Mountain Image on Headcap and Abalone Tiara Crown on the 12th fret
Body length-20 3/8"
Width at lower bout-16"
Width at upper bout-11 7/16"
Width at waist-10 7/8"
Body depth at neck-4"
Body depth at butt-4 15/16"
Body depth at drivers side-4 1/4"
Body depth at passenger side-5"
Perfling-Black/White/Black on the top. Ebony on the back.
Binding-Body and Neck Flamed Maple.
Rosette-Ebony with Abalone Inlay
Case-Hardshell case included

Acoustic is in 95% or better condition, might have a couple of pick marks, but no dings, cracks ect. I am going to place trade value around 1700.00
Looking for something with a 1 11/16 nut, open to just about any make or model of acoustic, would even be interested in a nice hollowbody. I can email pics to anyone that is interested.

Thanks in advance
Bill

 

[wildbill]

The "fanning" of the frets results from manipulating the scale length of the bass side of the neck relative to the treble side: the fret spacing is wider for the long scale and closer for the short scale.

Looking inside a grand piano, or at a harp, we see that the string lengths vary with the pitches of the strings. But fretted instruments are traditionally constructed to a single scale length, negating the benefits of scale length relative to pitch. Since there are relatively few strings on most stringed instruments, compromises are made and string gauges are manipulated for workable results. Players, accustomed to the compromises of single scale-length construction, are often pleasantly surprised by the richness and clarity of Fanned-Fret ® instruments. When the fanned-fret concept is applied to the six-string guitar, the resulting instrument has a "focused" sound - clear, articulate and balanced. Some players say "more in tune" or "more accurate."

 

[wildbill]

Good Morning everyone, I would really like to trade this for a nice Hollowbody.

Have a great day
Bill