Instrument Details
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- Specs
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- Status
- Sold
- Brand
- Young, David Russell
- Product Year
- 1978
- Model
- Dreadnought
- Serial #
- n/a
- New/Preowned
- Preowned
- SKU
- TMP2443
- Condition
- Various play wear on top, body, and neck. Small side crack at lower bout, appears stable. Finish chipped or worn through in several places on sides and neck. Small finish drop fill repair at top, lower bout. Finish crack at headstock, Moderate fret wear, but plays easily and without sizzle.
- Body Type(s)
- Large, Dreadnought
- Back & Sides
- Rosewood - Brazilian
- Back & Sides Keywords
- 3-Piece
- Top
- Cedar
- Neck Wood
- Rosewood - Brazilian
- Neck Profile
- V - Hard
- Bridge
- Ebony
- Rosette
- Abalone
- Top Trim
- Violin Lines
- Fingerboard
- Ebony
- Fingerboard Bindings
- None
- Fret Markers
- MOP
- Frets to Body
- 14
- Headplate
- Rosewood - Brazilian
- Headstock Bindings
- Ebony
- Headstock Inlay
- Abalone
- Instrument Finish
- Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Body Bindings
- Rosewood
- Tuners
- Schaller
- Tuner Finish
- Gold
- Cutaway
- None
- Pickguard
- Black
- Pickup
- Fishman Rare Earth Soundhole
- Pickup (y/n)
- Yes
- Body Length
- 20 in
- Upper Bout
- 11.625 in
- Lower Bout
- 16 in
- Body Depth Heel
- 3.625 in
- Body Depth Tail
- 4.5 in
- Scale Length
- 25.5 in
- Scale Length (mm)
- 647 mm
- Nut Width
- 1.75 in
- Nut Width (mm)
- 44.5 mm
- String Spacing
- 2.125 in
- String Spacing (mm)
- 55.4 mm
- Neck Depth First Fret
- 0.795 in
- Neck Depth Seventh Fret
- 0.815 in
- Weight
- 5 lb. 5 oz.
- Case
- Hardshell - Cedar Creek (includes old maybe original molded case in fair condition if desired)
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- Description
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David Russell Young built guitars for only a handful of years, managing to rack up an impressive stable of world class players in the 60s and 70s, including the one and only Gram Parsons. We feel privileged to have a beautiful example of his work from 1978 on offer today, a Dreadnought with 3-piece Brazilian Rosewood back and Cedar top, Rosewood bindings, and a stylized phoenix inlaid in Abalone at the headstock. The neck is also Brazilian Rosewood, adding sustain to the voice and rarity to the build. The slick and easy setup makes for effortless playability, and we find this one is equally at home with picks as fingertips. It has some honest play wear but is structurally sound (evidence of its having been played in and woken up), plus the soundhole currently bears a Fishman rare earth pickup mounted at the fretboard terminus.

Other keywords: luthier, guitarbuilding, 1970s, fingerstyle, vintage guitar, 3 piece, brazilain
Here is an extremely rare and collectible guitar that you'll want to play every day. Players including Carly Simon, Merle Haggard, Keith Richard, Eric Clapton, and Gram Parsons have all made music on DRY Guitars. Just a few notes and you understand why. 
This is a gorgeous piece of lutherie history that also has the perk of being played in and wide awake. Fingerstyle perfection, and it holds up great under a pick as well.
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