Scharpach Guitars
Folk guitars - Super Long Acoustic Bass
SLAB
The first SLAB I made was for Hans Theessink, probably the only famous, international really successful Dutch Blues Player in the world. Later I made another for one of the well known songwriters in the Netherlands: Boudewijn de Groot. He liked the dark coloured sound of the d-tuned guitar to fit his voice.
The played D-chord sounds one octave lower, when playing the E- finger setting in the first position, which gives the guitar an open tuning character.
I use a spruce top with either Maple, Honduras Mahogany or Rosewood back and sides.
Note: the red binding are made of red stained tigerstrap maple.
Specs
| top: | spruce |
|---|---|
| sides and back: | mahogany/maple/rosewood |
| fingerboard: | ebony |
| bridge: | ebony |
| scale: | 740 mm |
| width nut: | 48 mm |
| string spacing bridge: | 57 mm |
| machines: | hand polished goldplated Schallers |
| cutaway: | available on request |