handmade dreadnought guitar, solid spruce & rosewood, ebony fb, real abalone, vintage aged
Richwood Master Series are all handmade acoustic guitars, made of premium selected tonewoods, professionally set-up before packing.
Our D-70-VA model is a the top instrument of the Master Series. It features an AA solid sitka spruce top, Indian rosewood sides and back, ebony fingerboard and bridge and extensive real abalone inlays. Due to the wood choice, these instruments respond and project exceptionally well. Again an instrument that will positively amaze you when you pick it up. The dreadnought is commonly seen as a strumming instrument. The loud tone and the bold and sonorous low end really shine when played with a pick. The big body gives the D-70 a full sound with lots of detail and lots of dynamics.
The technical and aesthetical advanced features include bone fittings, a double action trussrod, voluted headstock joint, cotton capped X-braces, mahogany back braces, high grade Derjung machine heads, USA D'Addario EXP16 coated phosphor bronze strings.
Specs
body shape: dreadnought
bracing design: X scalloped, with mahogany back braces
scale length: 650 mm
nut width: 43,6 mm
body length: 500 mm
lower bout width: 405 mm
body thickness: 96/120 mm
top material: solid AA grade Sitka spruce
back & side material: laminated rosewood
neck material: Indonesian mahogany
fingerboard material: ebony
fingerboard binding material: ivoroid ABS
fingerboard radius: 14"
bridge material: ebony
top colour: vintage aged
body finishing: gloss
neck finish: satin
rosette: 3 rings model with real abalone
top purfling: real abalone
side binding: ivory ABS
back binding: ivory ABS
back seam: zipper
trussrod: active two-way
top position dots: real abalone hexagons
side position dots: 2 mm black
frets: 2.4*1.1 mm 18% nickel silver
nut & saddle material: bone 43*6 mm and 72*3 mm
machine head: Derjung Deluxe gold
strings: D'Addario EXP-16
bridge pins: black colour, white core
pickguard: imported 129 tortoise
strap button: gold
extra : additional genuine bone saddle and 1 x saddle underlayment