Scharpach Guitars
Folk guitars
SKD Steve Howe
A new design of a steel string. The ideal instrument to play traditional folk music (European Style). This instrument has been favoured by Steve Howe from Yes. The cutaway is clearly inspired by Maccaferri. The open headstock is also shaped the French way and uses standard hand polished gold-plated small Schaller machines.
The materials are Cedar top and Indian or Brazilian rosewood for back and sides, this guitar is not recommended to have a spruce top.
The bridge has a special shape to transfer the vibrations of the strings more equally over the wider topplate. Standard string tension is light gauge.
Specs
| top: | cedar |
|---|---|
| sides and back: | Indian or Brazilian rosewood |
| fingerboard: | ebony |
| bridge: | ebony |
| scale: | 650 mm |
| width nut: | 48 mm |
| string spacing bridge: | 55 mm |
| machines: | hand polished small goldplated Schallers |
| cutaway: | standard with cutaway |
MP3 Soundclips
- Llaneza (0,9 Mb)
- Summer Rain (1,2 Mb)
- The Diver (0,5 Mb)
All tracks played by Ansgar Daelken