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Acoustic Custom Options
For Steel String Acoustic Guitars
Headstock Veneer
East Indian Rosewood
Ebony
Ziricote
Exotic Rosewood
Brazilian Rosewood
Specialty Burl
Neck Wood Material
2-Piece Honduran Mahogany
1-Piece Select Mahogany
Flamed Maple
Flamed Mahogany
Neck Shape And Thickness
Modern C .825-.880 or .845-.890
Modern D .845-.880 or .870-.915
Slim/Flat “Fingerstyle”.815-.880
Vintage V .870-.915
Soundhole Size
3 7/8” (Small Body Guitar)
4” (Standard Steel)
4 1⁄4” (Enlarged-Bluegrass special)
Volute
Smooth Transition (no volute)
Vintage Diamond
Half Moon
Fingerboard Inlays
Pearl Dots 1/8”-1/4”
Paua Abalone Dots 1⁄4”
Pearl or Abalone Snowflakes
“Ludwig” Custom Inlay
“Van Eps” Custom Inlay
Other Custom Inlays Upon Request
Fingerboard Binding
Usually to match body binding
Same Material as Fingerboard to blend in as unbound
Tuners
Gotoh SD700 open-back
Gotoh 510 18:1 or Delta 21:1
Gotoh “M6” Style Full or Mini Size
Schaller Grand-Tune open-back 18:1
Waverly Open Back 16:1
Waverly Engraved On Single Plate
Schertler Standard and Slotted
STD Enclosed 16:1 Chrome or Black
Finish Choices
Satin Catalyzed Lacquer
Gloss Catalyzed Lacquer
Nitro-Cellulose Gloss or Satin
Spirit Varnish
Oil Varnish
Stain Choices
Vintage Mahogany Brown Stain (Martin Mahogany Color)
Walnut Stain
3-Tone Sunburst
Electronics
Highlander
K&K Products
LR Baggs
Fishman
Binding Material
Figured Maple
Ebony
Indian Rosewood
Exotic Rosewood (Amazon-Madagascar-Brazilian)
Brazilian Cherry
Ivoroid
Tortoise
Black or White ABS
Rosette
Herringbone 3-Band
1/8” Abalone or Pearl 3-band
1⁄4” Abalone or Pearl 3-band
Radial Wood Inlay with Abalone
Radial Wood Inlay with center strip
1⁄4” Rosewood with B/W/B
3-Band Wood and Laminate
Neck Joint
Standard 2-Bolt Glued Fingerboard Tongue
Traditional Dovetail with Hot Hide Glue
Full Bolt-on (Available on only certain models)
Soundhole Size
3 7/8” (Small Body Guitar)
4” (Standard Steel)
4 1⁄4” (Enlarged-Bluegrass special)
Brace wood
Sitka Spruce
Red Spruce
German Spruce
Lutz Spruce
Radial Wood Inlay with center strip
1⁄4” Rosewood with B/W/B
3-Band Wood and Laminate
Bracing Method
Signature Modern Hybrid Scalloped
30’s Martin Style Forward-Shifted 1⁄4”
Non-Scalloped Straight
Bracing Adhesive Type
Titebond (Standard)
Hot Hide Glue
“All-wood Epoxy” (Cocobolo-Ziricote-Ebony-Exotics)
Body Contours
Rounded Cutaway
Pointed Cutaway
Arm Bevel
Chest Bevel
Thigh Bevel
Fingerboard/Bridge Material
Brazilian Cherry
East Indian Rosewood
Ebony (Striped and Black)
Amazon Rosewood
Madagascar Rosewood
Brazilian Rosewood
Headstock Shape
Snakehead (signature)
Square Tapered
Slotted Square
Headstock Veneer
East Indian Rosewood
Ebony
Ziricote
Exotic Rosewood
Brazilian Rosewood
Specialty Burl
Neck Wood Material
2-Piece Honduran Mahogany
1-Piece Select Mahogany
Flamed Maple
Flamed Mahogany
Neck Shape And Thickness
Modern C .825-.880 or .845-.890
Modern D .845-.880 or .870-.915
Slim/Flat “Fingerstyle”.815-.880
Vintage V .870-.915
Soundhole Size
3 7/8” (Small Body Guitar)
4” (Standard Steel)
4 1⁄4” (Enlarged-Bluegrass special)
Volute
Smooth Transition (no volute)
Vintage Diamond
Half Moon
Fingerboard Inlays
Pearl Dots 1/8”-1/4”
Paua Abalone Dots 1⁄4”
Pearl or Abalone Snowflakes
“Ludwig” Custom Inlay
“Van Eps” Custom Inlay
Other Custom Inlays Upon Request
Fingerboard Binding
Usually to match body binding
Same Material as Fingerboard to blend in as unbound
Tuners
Gotoh SD700 open-back
Gotoh 510 18:1 or Delta 21:1
Gotoh “M6” Style Full or Mini Size
Schaller Grand-Tune open-back 18:1
Waverly Open Back 16:1
Waverly Engraved On Single Plate
Schertler Standard and Slotted
STD Enclosed 16:1 Chrome or Black
Finish Choices
Satin Catalyzed Lacquer
Gloss Catalyzed Lacquer
Nitro-Cellulose Gloss or Satin
Spirit Varnish
Oil Varnish
Stain Choices
Vintage Mahogany Brown Stain (Martin Mahogany Color)
Walnut Stain
3-Tone Sunburst
Electronics
Highlander
K&K Products
LR Baggs
Fishman
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