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BLACK HOLE TENOR

Body
   • Single cutaway design, with easy access to all 24 frets.
   • Chambered mahogany back, distinctively hand carved, bookmatched top with triple bound edges.
   • Choice of hand selected tops: figured maple, figured mahogany, figured Spanish cedar and more.

Neck
   • 22 5/32” scale.
   • 1 6/32” nut width. Other widths by special order.
   • Neck/body joint at 16th fret.
   • Hand carved, quartersawn mahogany with scarf-jointed headstock and maple or ebony headstock veneer.
   • Dual-action truss rod, with convenient adjustment inside guitar body.
   • Unbound ebony, brazilian, or cocobolo rosewood fingerboard, with 10” to 12” compound radius.
   • 24 jumbo frets, bound fingerboard with fret-end nubs optional.
   • Pearl dot position markers, with custom placement on neck side.
   • Vintage bone nut.
   • Stock carve is soft V, larger 50’s feel. Other carves by special order.

Hardware
   • Fully intonatable wrap-around bridge/tailpiece.
   • 3 on a side tuners, Gotoh 16:1 ratio.

Electronics & Controls
   • Four polepiece custom voiced Lindy Fralin soapbar P-90 pickup at the bridge.
   • Volume and tone.
   • Recessed knobs.
   • Combination output jack/strap button.
   • All pots and switches made in U.S.A.

Finish
   • Hand rubbed, aged nitrocellulose lacquer. Ultra thin.

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