12 fret cutaway Lovely Old Redwood/East Indian Rosewood Completely Bound in Macassar Ebony. Macassar Ebony bridge. Black Ebony fretboard with "Mystic Martin pattern" Abalone inlay. Beautiful Green Abalone rosette and top purfling. Sound port enhances tone and volume for player and audience both. Teardrop clear pickguard to protect the Redwood top. Strap button on neck heel from Kinnaird. Chrome Gotoh 510 tuners with Ebony buttons. Smooth as silk... Now sports Super hard Jescar EVO gold color frets! $450 upgrade.
This specs at $7350. It listed at $6,650 BEFORE the fret job.
This beautiful guitar has that great Steve Kinnaird tone, gorgeous woods, with a very easy to play neck. With the old redwood top, it has warm, round tone, yet clear and present as well. This sounds great when played as a solo instrument, and also plays well with others! It’s a sensitive finger style instrument, but also works wonderfully with a flat pick, can be driven hard, and accompanies voices very well. An all around fabulous guitar!
About a year ago my friend and Tech, Pat Quinn, did a very minor fretboard level and installed Jescar EVO super hard gold color frets. A $450 upgrade!
Full disclosure: we found some tiny finish checks running parallel with the volute. Pat is sure it received a bit of a jolt in shipping at some point.
There is NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. And no checks elsewhere on the guitar. Pat wicked some super thin CA Glue under the checks and gave it a good buffing. They were hard to spot before and are now very difficult to see from almost any angle. I took about 20 pics and only got a couple that show them. But they are there.
Pat also gave the entire axe a nice buffing and it shows only the slightest signs of having been played. No other repairs ever done or needed. No pickup, ever. Action and neck angle are perfect. Plenty of Saddle
Pat has worked for the last ten years as a Senior Tech at Taylor Repair in El Cajon. And before that for 10 years doing repairs at San Diego's famous and now closed (and missed!) Blue Guitar where he worked on just about every possible kind of guitar! He also has a home shop and works on his own for private clients. His setups and fret work are world class. This plays perfectly and sounds wonderful.
Dimensions: 1.75" at the beautiful bone Nut 2.25" string spacing at the compensated bone Saddle 25.4" scale length Low profile Slim C shape neck with a bit less meat at the shoulders. 15 5/8" lower bout, 19 3/4" body length, 4 3/8" depth at Butt 3 1/2" depth at neck heel 39" total length
This was a spec instrument, exhibited at Woodstock and Santa Barbara in 2016. It was reviewed most favorably by many of the folks who played it.
Comes in it's original Six latch American made Cedar Creek case, in excellent plus condition! This case has the most comfortable handle I have ever used. Nice touch.
From Stephen Kinnaird - "Our fingerstyle model. This instrument is the result of a collaboration with guitarist Bob Tucker. Bob wanted a guitar that would do it all: one that would not break up when driven hard, yet respond readily to the lightest touch. We stretched a 000-shaped body, and paired that with a 12-fret neck. The result was so successful the FS has been offered ever since. It easily made its way into the regular lineup."
I received this in trade, knowing I would need to sell it. But I got so attached I decided to keep it. Now it must go as I have another Custom coming from John Kinnaird.
As always, I will ship USPS Priority, insured on my Heritage account and swaddled like fine china. Boxed and padded for interstellar travel and Adult signature required.
Always happy to answer any questions
619-445-1189 if you care to talk. 9-9 PDT please.
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