Instrument Details
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- Specs
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- Status
- Sold
- Brand
- D'Aquisto, James L.
- Product Year
- 1977
- Model
- 16" Flattop
- Serial #
- 106
- New/Preowned
- Preowned
- SKU
- TMP2289
- Condition
- Finish checks, some top marks. Side finish puckers at tailblock, appear stable. Some 2nd string fret wear.
- Body Type(s)
- Large, Jumbo
- Back & Sides
- Maple
- Top
- Spruce
- Neck Wood
- Mahogany
- Neck Profile
- C
- Bridge
- Ebony
- Rosette
- Ivoroid
- Top Trim
- Violin Lines
- Fingerboard
- Ebony
- Fingerboard Bindings
- Ivoroid
- Fret Markers
- Black Side Dots
- Frets to Body
- 14
- Headplate
- Ebony
- Headstock Bindings
- Ivoroid
- Headstock Inlay
- MOP
- Instrument Finish
- Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Body Bindings
- Ivoroid
- Tuners
- Schaller
- Tuner Finish
- Gold
- Cutaway
- None
- Pickguard
- None
- Pickup
- None
- Body Length
- 20.125 in
- Upper Bout
- 12.125 in
- Lower Bout
- 16 in
- Body Depth Heel
- 4.375 in
- Body Depth Tail
- 5.125 in
- Scale Length
- 25.25 in
- Scale Length (mm)
- 641 mm
- Nut Width
- 1.94 in
- Nut Width (mm)
- 49 mm
- String Spacing
- 2.313 in
- String Spacing (mm)
- 58.7 mm
- Neck Depth First Fret
- 0.808 in
- Neck Depth Seventh Fret
- 0.888 in
- Weight
- 5 lb. 14 oz.
- Case
- Hardshell - TKL
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- Description
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James D’Aquisto aficionados will want to see this one. Several years back we had one of D’Aquisto's rare nylon string prototype models, and now we’ve landed a steel string that’s wooed us even more. This Deluxe 16 Inch Flattop was built in 1977 (signed 12/23/77 inside), featuring tight-flame Maple back and sides with equally tight-grained Spruce on top, a chunky neck (at 1 15/16” nut width), and Jimmy’s signature inlaid at the headstock. An oval soundhole is trimmed out with Ivoroid to match the body and neck bindings, pairing with an irregular rectangular Ebony bridge and through saddle. The body is deep (just over 5” at the tail), and the added depth gives a powerful push to the voice that really opens up under a flatpick. That said, this D’Aquisto Flattop is also a fabulous guitar to play with fingers; in spite of its capacious dimensions this ones responds beautifully to a lighter attack, and has excellent clarity and sustain.
We’re proud to offer this rare piece of D’Aquisto history for its next happy home; please reach out with any and all questions.
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James D'Aquisto has only made a handful of steel strings making this an extremely rare collectible. Equally as exciting is the fact that this is an incredible musical instrument made by at an artisan who understands musicians. So it plays and sounds amazing. The fingerboard is extra wide, which to me feels great. - Accessories
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