Atkin White Rice Black Top Custom Sitka-Indian
SKU: ATKN-WR CUSTOM-4156The White Rice is Atkin's loving recreation of one of the most famous acoustic guitars in bluegrass: the dreadnought once owned by Clarence White and later by Tony Rice, hence the name. Its instantly recognizable enlarged soundhole and overhanging fretboard let more air move in and out of the body for a voice Alister Atkin describes as sounding like a cannon, with an openness and resonance that goes beyond an ordinary dreadnought. This custom example adds a striking black top to the torrified Sitka spruce soundboard, with pre-war scalloped bracing over East Indian rosewood back and sides, herringbone purfling and grained ivoroid binding. Built by hand in Canterbury, England, serial number 4156 is a powerful flatpicking guitar with a look all its own.
| Headplate Material | East Indian Rosewood |
| Tuning Machines | Nickel Gotoh |
| Fingerboard Material | Ebony |
| Inlay Style | Mother of Pearl Dots |
| Neck Material | Mahogany |
| Nut Width | 1 11/16" |
| Scale Length | 25.4" |
| Side Dots | Black |
| Truss Rod | Adjustable Double Action |
| Back & Sides Material | East Indian Rosewood |
| Binding | Grained Ivoroid |
| Body Shape | Dreadnought |
| Brace Pattern | Pre-War Scalloped |
| Purfling | Herringbone |
| Soundhole Rosette | Black/White/Black |
| Top Material | Torrified Sitka Spruce |
| Bridge Material | Ebony |
| Saddle | Bone |
| Finish | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
| Case | Atkin Hard Shell |
| Country of Origin | UK |