Rialto Gallery
Characteristics
There are countless variations on the instrument described. The notes below indicate the most usual, but we are open to any suggestion that doesn't mean a radical alteration of the main dimensions of the instrument.
Body
17" lower bout
Depth in sides, 3 1/8" (80 mm)
Highest grade European spruce top, hand carved, with X bracing
Highest grade European curly maple sides and back, hand carved
Multiple bindings in top, back and f-holes.
Bridge, tailpiece and finger rest in ebony
Neck
Laminated construction in three main pieces (hard curly maple)
Scale length, 25"
6 strings
20 medium size frets
Ebony fretboard, with 12 - 16" composed curvature radius
Gold Schaller/Grover machine heads
Mother-of-pearl and abalone inlays in peghead
Multiple bindings in fretboard and peghead
Finishing
Nitrocellulose lacquer
Electronics
Floating pickup (selected by customer)
Volume control in finger rest
Case