B&G Little Sister

Cutaway Cedar of Lebanon 6 string guitar

This is a Standard B&G Little Sister with a Lebanon Cedar top. B&G made a run of standard spec guitars in order to to gain efficiencies in their production process. Suhr has done this in the past and sold the "Throwback" version of their guitars for $1,000 under the price of their regular models. I'm guessing this didn't work well for B&G because they stopped selling the Standard. Lucky for me because I bought this guitar new from North American Guitar for $3,000 instead of the current price for this guitar of $3,950.

I replaced the tuners with B&G custom tuners which is a $225 upgrade. I will include the stock tuners. This guitar has a very small ding on the upper side of the lower bout. The guitar has an open grain shellac finish which is visually pleasing and tactilely compelling. It is a real joy to hold and play.

BODY

ConstructionChambered

Body ThicknessCutaway 1.75" / 4.45cm

Body Length17.7" / 45cm

Body Width13" / 33cm

Back WoodOne-Piece Genuine Mahogany

Top WoodCedar of Lebanon

HARDWARE

TailpieceSolid Brass B&G

BridgeB&G Solid Brass ABR

Pickup CoversGold Plated Brass

Tuning Machines Custom Deluxe

StringsErnie Ball 0.10-0.46

NECK

NutTUSQ

Nut Width1.68" / 42.8mm standard

Fret 1 Thickness0.89"/22.6mm

Fret 10 Thickness0.96"/24.3mm

Scale Length24 3/4"

Fingerboard Radius12"

Neck JointFret 14

Neck WoodGenuine Mahogany

FingerboardIndian Rosewood

FretwireNickel-Silver, Width 0.080", Crown 0.050"

InlayPearloid

Neck ShapeSoft V

Truss RodTraditional One-Way, Spoke Wheel Nut

HeadstockSlotted Peghead

ELECTRONICS

PickupsB&G Hand-Wound Kikbuckers

PotentiometersCTS 500k

JackSwitchcraft

Wiring50s Style

WEIGHT

Total 6.6.8 lbs

LENGTH

Total37.52" / 953mm

FINISH

TypeAntique Aniline Dye, Shellac Coating