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2003 Oskar Graf Brazilian Cut-Away
Constructed of richly hued quarter-sawn Brazilian rosewood, and the finestavailable European spruce, with in intricately joined flush cut-away, Graf'sattention to every aspect of the guitar's design is clearly evident. Theinstrument's purflings are flawlessly mitered and bordered by curly maplebindings on all edges. The rosette is in the classical style, a handconstructed mosaic of tiny multicoloured squares, and the backstrip ismulticolored herringbone, mitered perfectly with the edge purflings. Theheadstock is veneered on the front and back with Brazilian Rosewood thatmatches the sides and back. The guitar is finished off with black Schallertuners with ebony buttons, finely carved bone nut and saddle, andhand-turned ebony bridge-pins with pearl and gold inlays.
At the heart of Graf's steel string guitar is an innovative bracing systemthat he developed in the early 80's and refined over many generations ofguitars. It incorporates an additional curved bar intersecting the X-bracewhich allowed him to adjust for each different style of guitar. This stiffand light top gives my guitars their characteristic solid but resonant feel,excellent sustain and projection. (this excerpt from the luthier's website).The guitar is loud and resonant, with a harmonic complexity that is foundonly in the best guitars. Being the main instrument of one of Canada'smost remarkable fingerstyle guitarists for the last 3 years this instrumenthas had the chance to open up well and reach its potential. It is stageready with an L.R. Baggs Dual source mic/piezo pickup professionallyinstalled. The nut width is 1-13/16", and the scale length measures 25.25"The instrument's overall condition is excellent. The frets show an evenslight wear, the set up is silky smooth, and the finish is in fine shapewith an even amount of light dings and fine scratching. There is one area,about a nickel in size, of nail-wear adjacent to the bridge.
Sold with its custom Calton heavy-duty case.
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