Jb16

 

Born out of a long standing love affair with vintage era hollow electrics, the impetus here was to retain all of those complexities that come with such dynamic instruments, but to wrap it in a package that was more reliably player friendly.

 

Built around the 25’’ scale for its expressive nature, this design sports an opposed grain neck billet fitted to an oversized dovetail. This structure provides a geometry that stays true even with heavier strings and altered tunings and is simply prime for sonic discovery. This 16" hollow body is a little over 2" at the sidewall and meets with the scale at the 15th fret, allowing for easy access to the higher register.

 

The book - matched, fully-carved soundboards are over braced internally to accept solidly anchored hardware for a string height more akin to a solid body electric,  all while providing  the tonal leanings of a semi acoustic nature. Amplified or unplugged this model becomes a trusted companion for composition and musical inventiveness. Depending on the species used, this design works well for everything from cerebral jazz and fingerstyle wanderings, to swinging rockabilly, to goose bump inducing howling slide.