Raga-Guitar
Photos: William Ritter
Materials
Soundboard: Carpathian spruce, aged, with altitude Red spruce bracings
Back&sides: Indian rosewood, bent monocoque, with dyed pearwood accents
Neck: Indian rosewood with carbon fiber reinforcements
Fretboard: West african ebony, with ceramic dot markers
Headstock: Gabon ebony, indian rosewood, dyed pearwood, and carbon fiber
Bridge: Gabon ebony, with ceramic and pearwood inlays
Tuning machines: Golden-age relic nickel, with brass gear
Nut and Saddle: bleached cow bone
Finish: Linseed oil, tung oil, and copal varnish, over oxydative process
Pickup: optional
Strings: D'addario EXP16, phosphor bronze and steel
Private collection, USA
Custom wooden case w/alpaka felt cushions. Lifetime limited warranty to original owner, declaration of authenticity, serial number/label inside is : André Instruments- Thierry André no. 97 , 2017
Raga /// (Photos credit:William Ritter)
-Bowl-back acoustic guitar with sympathetic strings - 2017 -
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Dimensions: 104 x 41 x 25 cm
Scale length: 645mm
Neck width @ nut 45mm
String spacing @ bridge 55mm
Body length total: 50 cm
Boxing-up the Raga guitar - 2016