Vault Back: Specifications

Price from £4700, Real Wood Models from £4500, Chamfered models from £4900. Inlayed models from £5500.
Scale Length 650mm (25.27”)
Width of neck at nut 44mm, 45mm or 46mm
At 14th Fret 54mm, 55mm or 56mm

Depth of Neck

At 1st Fret 20mm or 21mm
At 9th Fret 22mm, 23mm, 24mm
Fingerboard radius 12” or 16”

Action

At 12th Fret treble 1.4mm, 1.6mm or 1.8mm
At 12th Fret bass 2.2mm, 2.4mm or 2.6mm Higher action is best for the more strident player!

Materials

Nut/Saddle Bone
Back& sides Solid: Birdseye maple/ Flamed sycamore/ Flamed maple/ Indian rosewood / Walnut/ Service / Cherry / Paduk / Apple/ Pear. Other timbers can be used but I am trying to greatly reduce the amount of tropical timbers and replace them with fruit woods indigenous to the UK.
Top Solid: Sitka spruce / European white spruce / Englemann spruce/ Western red cedar
Neck 12th fret joint or 14th. Brazilian mahogany / Figured maple / or three piece of Paduk and Figured Maple
Finger board & Bridge Brazilian rosewood / Indian rosewood / Indian ebony / Macassar ebony
Case Custom Calton or Hiscox
Machine heads Schaller, Gohto or Waverly

Other variations considered - Email enquiries