2015 Charis SJ The Music Box, Brazilian Rosewood/Cedar

The 2015 Charis Music Box performs exactly as its name implies: it keeps singing, all of its own accord. Bill Wise's steady hands have teamed up with the artistic eye of his daughter, Rebecca Wise, to produce a startling feat of inlay across the guitar's body and neck in the form of cogs, nuts, bolts, and keys. Bill picked out a figured Brazilian Rosewood set for the back and sides and a uniquely colored Cedar top for a lush, incredibly complex tonal palette. Every inch of this guitar resonates with the individual properties of each of so many different materials--and the result is orchestral, grand, absorbing. The Music Box will eat up all of your favorite altered tunings and still maintain Wise's characteristic articulation and balance. Moreover, the 13 fret design renders so much sound into a slightly smaller, more intimate package which is effortless to fret. Comes wrapped up safe and sound in a Calton case.

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Here's an additional demo with our own Al Petteway when we first had this lovely instrument: 

• Status: In Stock
• brand: Charis (Bill Wise)
• Product Year: 2015
• Model: SJ The Music Box
• Serial #: 400
• New/Preowned: Preowned
• SKU: 4733
• Condition: One small ding on side by tailblock, two small cracks at heel/cutaway stabilized by our own repair team.
• Body Type: Large, SJ
• Back & Sides Wood: Rosewood - Brazilian
• Top Wood: Cedar - Red
• Neck Wood: Mahogany - 5 Piece
• Neck Profile: C
• Bridge: Rosewood - Brazilian
• Rosette: Wood
• Top Trim: W/B/W Lines
• Fingerboard: Ebony
• Fingerboard Bindings: Koa
• Fret Markers: Side Dots Only
• Frets to Body: 13
• Headplate: Rosewood - Brazilian
• Headstock Bindings: Koa
• Headstock Inlay: Builder Logo, Gears
• Instrument Finish: Gloss
• Body Bindings: Koa
• Tuners: Gotoh 510 Delta Series
• Tuner Finish: Black with Koa Buttons
• Cutaway: Florentine
• Pickguard: Clear
• Pickup: None, we can install one
• Pickup (y/n): No
• Body Length: 19.5 in
• Upper Bout: 11.375 in
• Lower Bout: 15.375 in
• Body Depth Heel: 4.125 in
• Body Depth Tail: 4.5 in
• Scale Length: 25 in
• Scale Length (mm): 635 mm
• Nut Width: 1.78 in
• Nut Width (mm): 45 mm
• String Spacing: 2.31 in
• String Spacing (mm): 58.7 mm
• Instrument Weight Pounds & Ounces: 4 lb. 7 oz.
• Case: Hardshell - Mainstage