DS5 Taran

may 2019

 
 

Materials

  • Back and Sides - Macassar Ebony

  • Double sides with Macassar Ebony

  • Taran Guitars Compression Braces on back

  • Soundboard - Master grade Swiss Moon Spruce

  • Rosette - Asymmetric with hot sand fade Scottish Burl Elm with Scottish Sycamore, Macassar Ebony and 0.2 black and red veneer lines

  • Bindings - Ebano and double Scottish Sycamore purfling

  • Front purfling - Rippled Scottish Sycamore purfling on soundboard stopping at the micro bevel

  • Linings - Laminated Scottish spalted Beech with black centre seam

  • Bevel - Taran micro bevel in Ebano and red

  • Neck - Negative taper reclaimed Mahogany with 2-way truss rod and carbon fibre reinforcements

  • Fretboard - Ebano bound with Ebano with 0.3mm Scottish Sycamore pin line

  • Fret markers - 9ct gold circles with dyed Scottish Heather in red and gold circles at 12th fret

  • Frets - Evo gold wire with semi-hemispherical fret ends

  • Headstock - Hot sand fade Scottish Walnut front and back with Scottish Sycamore grafts with black 0.3mm veneers under sheaths

  • Tuners in gold with black button Gotoh 510 21:1

  • Hand-carved solid Ebony bridge with Ebony pins

  • t. hand-cut from solid 9ct gold sheet

  • Case - Calton hard case in teal and black

Sizes

  • Scale - 645mm

  • Frets to body - 14

  • Body length - 480mm

  • Max body width - 382mm

  • Depth - 106mm

  • Width at nut - 45mm

  • Spacing at saddle - 57mm

  • String weight - 12-53

 
 

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