商品の説明

The guitars in this 30-piece collection are made from the historical benches from the Hollywood Bowl.

This guitar was completely hand built by the small, but dedicated team of luthiers at Black Volt in Los Angeles, California. These guitars are built completely by hand on period correct machinery. No CNC machines are used in the construction of these instruments which results in a very unique, personal feeling and sounding instruments. The process used to develop these instruments and finish is more like a careful restoration process or a negotiation with each unique wood to coax the next generation of life from it.

This wood is very rare with tons of mojo and historical iconography as the benches were witness to thousands of legendary shows at the iconic venue for many decades years before they were replaced with the new benches.

This combination of woods and construction style used here has yielded an exceptional, tone rich instrument worthy of any stage, studio or collection. The combination of the aged Cedar and Redwood is a bright fast tone without the harshness normally associated with T- Style guitars. Loud and resonant, this guitar is a joy to play. Now as instruments this wood is ready to continue it's musical story.

-Top: Hollywood Bowl Bench #38 (Alaskan Yellow Cedar)
-Back: Reclaimed Pacific Northwest Sequoia Redwood
-Neck: White Mahogany, Hand-Carved Soft V Profile
-Fretboard: Jatoba
-Fretboard Inlays: Mother of Pearl
-Side Inlays: Copper
-Tuners: 6-In-Line Kluson Supreme
-Frets: 0.095" X 0.055" Jescar Silver Nickel
-Neck Pickup: Lollar Imperial Low Wind (7.16k)
-Bridge Pickup: Lollar AlNiCo Vintage Staggered Poles (7.86k)
-Pots: 250K Vintage Taper
-3-Way Switch
-0.047 Capacitor
-Standard Tele Bridge
-Aged Hardware
-Natural Oil Finish
-Hide Glue
-Custom G&G Tolex Print Vintage Blanket Hard Case

Each instrument will come with a special tour poster designed by Geoff Gans for these instruments, inspired by the history and memorabilia surrounding The Bowl. Geoff is a 5 time Grammy award nominee who has done most of the art work for Bob Dylan over the past 25 years, designing many album packages for Paul Simon, and most recently working with Kurt Vile and Lukas Nelson on their recent releases. We are very excited to have Geoff working with us to bring one of a kind artwork to this limited edition project.