Condition: Used, Excellent

What a treat!  These are awfully hard to find these days--when you play it, you'll know why!  Like a sports car and a luxury sedan all at once, there's no stretch of road on the Jazz highway you won't be able to reach with this maestro-approved, perfectly hybridized modern/traditional design.  

Sp Luthier Notes: Fret Dress, Setup

Roger Sadowsky had maintained Jim’s guitars since 1982. Roger and Jim began to collaborate on a Sadowsky model and were committed to the idea that this would have to be a guitar that Jim would want to play, not just endorse. The Sadowsky Jim Hall Guitar met all of Jim’s requirements as a player.

After several prototypes, Roger refined the Jim Hall Guitar by reducing the thickness of the top and back to provide a more acoustic response. He reduced the depth of the body to control feedback, designed a new ebony tailpiece with a string ground, and shaped the neck until it felt just right to Jim.

Incorporating Roger’s sense of aesthetics and design, the result is a beautiful looking, feeling, and sounding guitar that has been enthusiastically received by Jim Hall and many other players worldwide. Sadowsky Guitars is honored to have had this association with the premier jazz guitarist, Jim Hall. Jim passed away on December 10, 2013 and we honor his memory with every Jim Hall Model we produce.

16” body width at lower bout

2-¾” body depth

5 ply flame maple laminate construction

Maple neck, dovetail neck joint

Ebony fingerboard with 1-3/4” nut width, 24.75” scale length

14 frets to the body

Ebony bridge pickguard and tailpiece

Sadowsky True-Tone compensated ebony bridge

Ivoroid binding

Gold hardware

Custom wound vintage PAF style pickup with gold cover

Pickup duplicated from original Guild/DeArmond pickup from Jim’s guitar

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.

Returns

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