2009 Tippin Crescendo Al Petteway Signature - Acoustic Guitar Acoustic Guitar
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Audio played by Al Petteway
Artists who play instruments by this builder: Peter Janson, Al Petteway, Martin Simpson, Henrik Bridger
This beautiful Tippin Al Petteway Model Crescendo is dead mint and features wonderful tone from one of the most striking Sinker Redwood tops we've ever seen. Bill's use of Bloodwood in the purfling and rosette highlights the rich rust hues in Redwood, while the slender MOP Sparkle adds a sophisticated amount of shimmer. The Sinker top is paired with rare African Blackwood and together they create a voice that really breathes.
This Tippin Guitar plays like butter with notes that ring out loud and clear all the way up the fretboard. The appointments are too numbered to mention here, but the highlights are the Cocobolo Armrest Bevel, Side Soundport, First Fret Inlay, MOP Sparkle from top to bottom and Black Pearl buttons on the gold Waverly tuners. It's all wrapped up in a Calton Deluxe Flight case and topped with Al Petteway's signature at the 12th fret.
This beautiful Tippin Al Petteway Model Crescendo is dead mint and features wonderful tone from one of the most striking Sinker Redwood tops we've ever seen. Bill's use of Bloodwood in the purfling and rosette ...read full description
- Woods & Trim
- Back/Sides: African Blackwood
- Top Wood: Sinker Redwood
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Neck Wood: Mahogany
- Bridge: African Blackwood
- Rosette: Blackwood/Bloodwood/ MOP Sparkle
- Binding: Cocobolo with Bloodwood Lines
- Fingerboard Bindings: Cocobolo
- Headplate: Brazilian Rosewood
- Headstock Bindings: Cocobolo
- Headstock Inlay: None
- Top Trim: Blackwood/Bloodwood MOP Sparkle
- Back Strip: Other
- Fret Markers: Dots
- Tuners: Waverly
- Tuner Finish: Gold With Black Pearl Buttons
- Measurements
- Body Size: Medium
- Scale: 25 1/2 in. (647.7 mm)
- Nut Width: 1 3/4 in. (44.5 mm)
- String Spacing: 2 5/16 in. (58.65 mm)
- Body Length: 20 3/8 in.
- Upper Bout: 10 3/4 in.
- Lower Bout: 15 1/2 in.
- Serial #: 0409003AP
- Body Depth @Neck Heel: 3 5/8 in.
- Body Depth @Tail Block: 4 1/2 in.
- Frets to body: 14
- Extras
- Cutaway: Venetian
- Pickguard: None
- Case: Calton Deluxe Flight Case
- Pickup: None
- Condition: Mint
Player Reviews:
"The owner of this guitar is regrettably selling it due too a medical condition. I mention that because this is most certainly a life-long guitar that any one of us would be honored to call ours. This Tippin Al Petteway rivals any guitar on the planet and would humble most of them. The voice hear is the stuff of dreams... so full, so alive and so inspiring. This is a wood combination you may never have heard before, but one that really works and we will certainly ask for again. It's as compelling and joyous a sound as I've ever encountered and it plays absolutely perfectly on every fret. I adore it. " - Paul Heumiller
"I'm a bit biased about this guitar. It was the third in the series and it has one of the coolest tops on it that I've ever seen. The tone is superb and the neck and body are perfect. The Blackwood on the back and sides is exquisite as is the Sinker Redwood. Bill's work is without flaws and this guitar lives up to the quality level that I would expect in an Al Petteway series instrument." - Al Petteway
