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A perfect coalescense of solid and hollow construction styles resulting in a masterful, unique, archtop guitar! While maintaining plenty of acoustic resonance, thanks to it's hollowed-out Honduras Mahogany body, this hybrid archtop is perfect for quiet, unplugged practice sessions in addition to gigging out in full electric glory!

SP Luthier Notes: Buff, fret dress, and setup

From Buscarino Guitars

The starlight archtop is a 14″ hollowed out electric guitar that offers a big sound in a smaller size. By hollowing out the cavity this guitar has a decent amount of acoustic sound. Great for working out your arrangements or practicing when you don’t want to or can’t be plugged in hotels, apartments, late night practice sessions when the family is asleep or anywhere you can’t be plugged in you can still hear yourself play without amplification. Choice of sapele or honduras mahogany for the body, sitka spruce or flame maple for the top, one or two pickups, wooden or stop tailpiece, inlays or no inlays, pickguard or no pickguard, 6 or 7 strings; plenty of choices to tailor this guitar to suit your needs. The deadbolt neck joint of my own design gives superior strength and sustain of a neck thru body design with the convenience of a bolt on neck. The joint is a mortise and tenon with only 2 bolts instead of the standard 4 and the heel is contoured for ease of playability on the upper frets and genuine overall comfort. The f-holes give it that archtop look and feel and my signature pickups let you dial in whatever tone you need for whatever music you need to play.

Model: Starlight Archtop

Serial: SP01125620

Year: 2020

Weight: 6.8 lbs

Body Wood: Honduras Mahogany

Back Wood: Tiger Flame Big Leaf Maple

Top Wood: Alaska Sitka Spruce

Cutaway: Single Venetian

Neck: African Sapele

Nut Width: 1 3/4"

Neck Shape: D .840 - .840

Body Width: 14"

Body Depth: 1 15/16"

Finish: Traditional Sunburst / Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Purfling:

Binding: Maple

Fingerboard: Macassar Ebony

Inlays: Mother of Pearl Dots

Scale: 25"

Number of Frets: 22

Frets: Stainless Steel

Headstock: Macassar Ebony

Pickguard: Macassar Ebony

Bridge: Tuneomatic

Tuners: Gotoh 21:1 w/Snakewood Keys

Truss Rod: Two-Way Adjustable

Pickups: Fralin Pure PAF

Controls: 3-Way Switch, Volume, Tone (Push-Push for Coil Split)

Knobs: Textured Macassar Ebony

Case: Hardshell

Warranty

This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.

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