This custom auditorium puts a premium-grade Adirondack Spruce VTS top over Guatemalan Rosewood back and sides in the balanced, mid-sized body that suits fingerstyle and recorded work particularly well. Hand-shaped Golden Era scalloped X bracing keeps the torrefied red spruce responsive at low volume while leaving headroom for a hard attack, and the long 25.4-inch scale adds tension, note separation and clarity across the strings. Straight herringbone top inlay, a bold herringbone rosette, zig-zag back purfling, antique white binding, heel cap and endpiece, a faux tortoise pickguard and an Aging Toner top keep the appointments traditional, with a Guatemalan Rosewood headplate and Old Style Gold logo. A Modified V Select Hardwood neck with long diamond volute and dovetail joint carries a black ebony fingerboard at 16-inch radius with a 1 3/4-inch nut.
