Pledger Slope Shoulder dreadnaught 2021 natural

New boutique built slope-shoulder D acoustic guitar from the highly accomplished North West builder Clayton Pledger.
This instrument exhibits a high attention to detail in both finish, playability and sound.
The top is cleanly quartered and perfectly book-matched Carpathian Spruce.
It has a slightly more rounded profile that the traditional Gibson or Martin slope style instruments and a trimmer body depth.
The back and sides are a dense and uniform set of African Wenge that is punctuated by flamed maple edge binding accented with very thin black/maple/black veneer on the top and flamed maple on the the back. 
The rosette is abalone trimmed with a black/maple veneer.
The fingerboard is ebony and the neck is mahogany with traditional dovetail construction joined at the 14th fret.
The top braces are scalloped Sitka Spruce and the back braces are a trim and tapered set of Mahogany braces.
The scale length is 25.4" the the nut is 1 3/4"
An overall very balanced guitar with bell-like qualities in the mid and high range and a very full and responsive base response.

Here is a little biographical sketch about the builder:
Building instruments came from my love of music, enjoyment in working with wood, and the desire to create something beautiful and useful in the world. In my little shop I build around six, one-of-a-kind guitars a year. I look at building each guitar as a slow meditation, one that involves a lot of sweet talking, listening and responding to my materials, and many hours to complete. During the process, the guitar and I develop a strong bond that will last for my lifetime; I will always be there for it.