Black Limba OM (Orchestra Model) w/ Sailboat Inlays
Back & Sides: Black Limba
Top: Sitka Spruce
Neck: American Black Walnut
Fingerboard: Ebony, Scale: 25.4”, 1 + 11/16" nut and 2 + 3/16" string spacing at the saddle
Bridge: Ebony
Rosette: Black Limba with Walnut Purfling, Walnut Bound Sound Hole
Headplate: Ebony, Bound with Ebony and White ABS Purfling
Back Strap: Black Walnut Burl, “smiley” volute
Bracing: Adirondack Spruce
Binding: American Black Walnut
End Wedge: American Black Walnut
Frets: Evo gold fretwire
Position Makers: Mother of Pearl Sea Gulls, Acrylic Sails, Color Impregnated Wood Boat Hulls
Nut & Saddle: Bone
Tuners: Gotoh
Special Features: Fancy Inlay, Soundport, Backstrap
Note: From Stewart MacDonald Website...
Black Limba, Terminalia superba
For decades Limba (also known in guitarmaking circles as Korina) has been a prized wood for electric guitars, but in recent years many acoustic builders have come to love it as well. This west African hardwood is very similar tonally to Honduran Mahogany. It has a fast, dry attack that is big, bold and confident, but without the lush overtones found in many rosewoods.
This is a perfect wood for modern fingerstyle, bluegrass, or any style music where clear note separation is required.
Top: Sitka Spruce
Neck: American Black Walnut
Fingerboard: Ebony, Scale: 25.4”, 1 + 11/16" nut and 2 + 3/16" string spacing at the saddle
Bridge: Ebony
Rosette: Black Limba with Walnut Purfling, Walnut Bound Sound Hole
Headplate: Ebony, Bound with Ebony and White ABS Purfling
Back Strap: Black Walnut Burl, “smiley” volute
Bracing: Adirondack Spruce
Binding: American Black Walnut
End Wedge: American Black Walnut
Frets: Evo gold fretwire
Position Makers: Mother of Pearl Sea Gulls, Acrylic Sails, Color Impregnated Wood Boat Hulls
Nut & Saddle: Bone
Tuners: Gotoh
Special Features: Fancy Inlay, Soundport, Backstrap
Note: From Stewart MacDonald Website...
Black Limba, Terminalia superba
For decades Limba (also known in guitarmaking circles as Korina) has been a prized wood for electric guitars, but in recent years many acoustic builders have come to love it as well. This west African hardwood is very similar tonally to Honduran Mahogany. It has a fast, dry attack that is big, bold and confident, but without the lush overtones found in many rosewoods.
This is a perfect wood for modern fingerstyle, bluegrass, or any style music where clear note separation is required.
