Suzanna was designed as a travel guitar but is also fun to play at home where it add to the tonal pallette. With 605mm scale length and 16 frets clear of the body, which gives great upper neck access, it can be tuned to standard E-E with light or medium gauge strings. They are available in a range of interesting back/sides and top woods. Backs are usually four piece and depending on wood choice the tops are 2 or 4 pieces. See the Options page for details. "Suzanna" pictured here is an English sycamore top and old Rio Rosewood back and sides. She has a harp-like ringing tone, particularly in dropped tunings.
You can hear a recording of my English sycamoreBrazilian rosewood Suzanna here.
Specification:
Scale length:
605mm (23.8")
Top:
European spruce
Back/SIdes:
Indian rosewood, or other as per availability (see options)
Lower bout width:
286mm
Upper bout width:
203mm
Waist width:
171mm
Overall length:
864mm
Max rim depth:
83mm
Neck:
Mahogany, bolt on with 2 way adjustable truss rod and carbon fibre rods
Tuners:
Gotoh gold
Nut/width:
Bone, 46mm
Saddle/string spacing:
Split bone saddle, 56mm
Bridge:
Pinless or slotted pinned, Macassar ebony
Fingerboard:
Ebony bound with ebony, bwb purfling, radiused, 2.5mm MoP side dot markers
Frets:
21 heavy Japanese
Binding:
Maple, bwb purfling, De Faoite Rosette, end graft matching binding.
Finish:
Top, back and sides are either hand rubbed pre-catalysed lacquer or French Polished and toped with thin coats of Tru-oil. Tru-oil neck.
