{"product_id":"iris-ms-00-mahogany-5199","title":"Iris MS-00 Mahogany","description":"\u003cp\u003eInspired by the L-00 models built by Gibson in the 1930s, the MS-00 features similar dimensions and scale length to a guitar built between 1933 and 1942 but is built with Iris’ unique top bracing that mixes scalloped tone bars and straight X brace for a perfect mix of warmth and power. This MS features solid linings, too, which was a feature of the L-00s that Gibson built in 1933\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe all-mahogany MS-00 is an evolution of the L-00. It’s a modern rethink of a vintage guitar that never was – a 14 fret mahogany top L-00 – and it’s really exciting. There were L-00s with mahogany tops in the 12 fret era, but after the switch to 14 fret necks in 1933 all but a small handful of guitars were built with spruce tops. Mahogany is a wonderful top wood; it has a different tone signature than spruce, but can be equally as lovely to play, and the new all-mahogany MS-00 is a great example of this. The guitar is dry and woody, open and forward, and offers a clean and clear fundamental presence with fewer overtones than its spruce-topped siblings. While the midrange is accentuated in this version of the MS-00, it doesn’t come at the cost of bass-end bigness or full trebles. We’re big fans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis example features a dark mahogany finish and is tastefully bound with tortoiseshell celluloid bordered with white purflings. It’s built with a comfortably large, soft-V 30’s profile neck that has a 1-3\/4” nut and 1st fret depth of .960”. The string spread at the bridge is 2-5\/16”. Bone nut and saddle, vintage style three-on-a-plate brass Golden Age tuners, and simplified Iris headstock logo. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith hardshell case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e**USD Price includes Shopify fees\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IRIS GUITARS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53596963766638,"sku":"210000007272","price":3695.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/3660\/5550\/files\/17310187209967Iris_MS00-Mh-1124-bf.jpg?v=1790991215","url":"https:\/\/folkwaymusic.com\/products\/iris-ms-00-mahogany-5199","provider":"Folkway Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}