2006 Yanuziello KG-14

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2006 Yanuziello KG-14

Another masterpiece from Joe Yanuziello. The Kalamazoo KG-14 was the budget version of Gibson's already budget L-00 model of the depression era. It was a simple guitar, with a single-bound sunburst top and unbound back and a bound soundhole but no rosette. The neck and bridge were the same as those on the L-00, but the top's ladder bracing was what really made the guitar less-expensive - it sounded cheaper than the X braced Gibsons. Enter Joe Yanuziello, among the most tasteful and talented luthiers on earth, with an order for a Kalamazoo KG-14 styled flat-top with the voice and bracing of an L-00. The end result? This meticulously built, flawlessly finished, and fine sounding instrument.
Its Adirondack spruce top is X braced exactly as were the L-00's of the mid 1930's - Yanuziello's brace pattern and carve are exactingly copied from an L-Century that sounded incredible. The Mahogany back and sides are bookmatched and quarter-sawn, and the single-piece neck is carved exactly like a 30's Gibson's would have been. The fingerboard and small rectangle bridge are of figured Brazilian rosewood, and the fire-stripe pickguard is very much reminiscent of those found on L-00's. the top's thin nitro finish is in Cremona sunburst, and the rest of the instrument is stained in Gibson reddish-brown. Finishing touches include Waverly tuners with ebony buttons, ebony nut and bridge pins, compensated bone through-saddle, a two-way adjustable truss rod, and white silk screened headstock logo. The nut is 1-3/4", the scale is 24.75".
This guitar is one of Yanuziello's finest sounding flat-tops. I'd take it over an L-00 most any day of the week. It is a 2006 guitar, and although it is pre-owned, I would not call it used.
With a deluxe TKL hard case
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2006 Yanuziello KG-14
  • 2006 Yanuziello KG-14
  • 2006 Yanuziello KG-14
  • 2006 Yanuziello KG-14
  • 2006 Yanuziello KG-14
  • 2006 Yanuziello KG-14
  • 2006 Yanuziello KG-14
  • 2006 Yanuziello KG-14
  • 2006 Yanuziello KG-14

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