Halfling Luddite
Please call 773.489.4830 or email info@specimenproducts.com to discuss details and make arrangements for your commission.
This instrument was commissioned by a fellow that performs in a group playing an electrified 21-7/8″ scale acoustic guitar with a piezo pickup on it. He tunes it E-A-D with heavy strings. It is his thing, that’s what he does.
Who am I to question his thing? I am here to help. So, I suggested that I make him a Luddite version complete with a three pole-piece humbucker pickup and special custom hardware. I love this kind of thing. He called my bluff and here it is.
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Neck
Mahogany neck with Rosewood fretboard and headstock veneer
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Scale length
21-7/8" or to order
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Truss Rod
Non-adjustable carbon fiber
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Frets
Dunlop 6105
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Tuners
Three Kluson-style tuning machines
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Body
Mahogany with mahogany finish
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Pickups
Custom-wound three-string humbucker with special chrome-plated brass pickup ring
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Controls
Volume and tone knob
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Bridge
Custom made rosewood floating bridge
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Tailpiece
Hand-carved custom aluminum billet tailpiece






