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 7 string ES (extended soundboard) model
The most striking external feature of this guitar is its soundboard configuration with the soundhole located in the upper bass-side bout. This design serves the purpose of maximising the resonating soundboard area; it also offers scope for innovative solutions to the bracing and support of the soundboard.
Like my EC model instrument, the top and back are quite thick by traditional Spanish standards, their thicknesses being loosely based on Herman Hauser's famous Segovia guitar of 1937.

Specifications for 7 string ES model classical guitar
▪ premium grade cedar or split spruce soundboard 
▪ premium grade Indian rosewood or flamed maple back and sides 
▪ cedar neck
▪ rosewood bridge 
▪ ebony fingerboard
▪ rosewood, ebony or maple bindings
▪ compensated bone nut and saddle
▪ Rubner or Gilbert tuning machines
▪ choice of scale: 645, 650, 655, 660mm or customised scale
▪ full French polish finish (Find out more about French polish)
▪ Optional 20 - 22 frets; soundport and access panel

Dimensions
▪ Upper bout = 270 mm ▪ Lower bout = 360 mm
▪ Rib height = 92mm (at heel) - 100 mm (at end block)
▪ Neck width a "0" fret 52mm
▪ Neck thickness 23 - 25 mm

Alternative backs and sides
Flamed Tasmanian acacia, quilted maple, birds' eye maple, macassar ebony


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