Avalon A24J Custom European Maple - Sitka Spruce (2011)

Custom build Avalon A24J build by master luthier Balazs Prohaszka with flamed Maple for back, sides and neck, and Sitka Spruce for the top. Unique instrument! The perfect crossover for live performances.

This beautiful Northern Ireland made Avalon A24J Custom is built for the performer needing a nylon string guitar with the attack of a steel string. Flamed Maple is chosen for the back, sides and the neck and emphasizes the clean sound of the strings, amplifies the trebles and is more feedback proof than any other tone wood. Clear and dry notes cutting straight through the mix, in whatever setup you will find yourselves in.

For improved access to the upper fret a semi-cutaway was constructed. This unique feature makes the 15th fret easily accessible. The workmanship on this guitar is impeccable. For live and studio use the original Fishman pickup was upgraded with a Mi-Si Acoustic Trio System features an active, battery-free preamp designed specifically to work with the L.R. Baggs under saddle Element acoustic guitar pickup. The preamp for this system uses Mi-Si’s custom piezo linearization scheme, allowing for the most truthful and accurate sound from the pickup. All you have to do is power up for 60 seconds using the Mi-Si Power Charger, providing you with up to 16 hours of performance time. This beauty is in excellent condition. Only some minor play marks and a barely visible lacquer crack in the lower waist.

Specifications:

• Model: A-Jazz
• Build: 2011
• Back & Sides: European Maple
• Soundboard: Sitka Spruce
• Bracing pattern: Jazz Adapted Avalon AXE™
• Pickguard; double, clear
• Cutaway: Custom 15th fret access
• Neck: C-shape Rock Maple
• Nut: Bone
• Fingerboard: Ebony with Rosewood
• Rosette: Rosewood
• Binding: Rosewood
• Purfling: Rosewood /Maple
• Tuners: Gold Gotoh
• Bridge: Rosewood
• Bridge nut: Bone
• Headstock overlay back and frond: Ebony
• Lacquer: Clear Nitro-Cellulose
• Body size: A
• Nut width: 48 mm
• String width @ bridge: 59 mm
• Scale length:  650 mm
• Frets to body: 14
• Pickguard: double, clear
• Serial #: 1242
• Case: Hiscox black with red lining
• Pickup: MiSi Trio