{"product_id":"new-charles-merrill-00-mahogany-239","title":"Charles Merrill 00-Mahogany","description":"Our latest acquisition from Luthier Charles Merrill's shop is this tastefully simple and sonically complex Mahogany 00. Like all of Merrill's instruments this guitar's inspiration is clearly vintage Martin, and the luthier has done an excellent job of capturing the essence of his inspiration and building it into this 00. It has a well developed voice, with big and round trebles, punchy mids, and compact - but well balanced - basses. Tonally akin to a good early 1950's 00-18. Its neck carve is a sharp V with a nut width of 1-11\/16ths, and an oil-finish to feel just right. It has back and sides of Mahogany and a finely braced Sitka top with a small maple bridgeplate. The body is bound in rosewood and purfled with five very fine layers of alternating light and dark wood. Merrill's signature soundhole rosette is a modification of Martin's Style 18, with a 1-7-1 ring arrangement and a centermost ring of genuine abalone. One piece mahogany 24.9\" scale neck, with ebony fingerboard and simple pearl position markers; rosewood headstock overlay and Gotoh open-geared tuning machines. Ebony bridge and pins, bone nut and compensated saddle, and a tortoise-shell celluloid bevel-edge pickguard. This instrument is a classy take on a classic model, and a beautifully constructed guitar.\u003cbr\u003eWith deluxe hard-shell case and lifetime warranty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sold\"\u003eSOLD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MERRILL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53610252337518,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/3660\/5550\/files\/merrill__0707.jpg?v=1790962777","url":"https:\/\/folkwaymusic.com\/products\/new-charles-merrill-00-mahogany-239","provider":"Folkway Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}