Custom built to slightly shorter scale with thinner neck.
Lovely even sound with lots of base and volume.
Fitted with top of the range Headway Undersaddle pick up- battery operated
Used professionally for gigs and recording.
Comes with case.
Reluctant sale.
Details:
1 fret smaller than standard scale length (61cm)
Thin neck (34mm at nut)
Silver machine heads(gotoh)
Tuned GDAd
Adjustable truss rod
Headway active pick-up (battery powered)
Spruce sound board
Rock maple neck
Ebony fingerboard
Rosewoodback and sides
Satin finish - clear pick guard
Paypal only. Instrument will be sent through registered post.
Free Postage Worldwide
About Oakwood
Oakwood is Martyn Banks and Gordon Hewson. Martyn trained as a designer. His final year project, on the hurdy-gurdy, led him to an instrument- making career. After working with an organ-maker, he began making harps. In 1979 he met Gordon, who had accumulated a varied range of skills from upholstery and leatherwork to furniture and motorbike restoration, before turning to lutherie.
They have now been making instruments together for over 30 years, but still have endless enthusiasm for new projects. In reviewing their catalogue, they were quite surprised to find that they offer more than 70 different instruments.
They make instruments by hand in a small workshop in Oakwood, Leeds. The approach to their craft is essentially traditional; for example they thickness soundboards by hand and tap-tune them individually. They don't use subcontractors or sales staff and are involved in every stage, including design, selecting the most appropriate woods and sourcing the best and most reliable fittings.
Over the years they have carried out extensive research into the history, design and development of instruments. This knowledge, combined with an acute awareness of the acoustic properties and aesthetic attraction of the tonewoods they use, enables them to produce instruments that sound as beautiful as they look.