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2003 Ribbecke Testadura, Maple & Rosewood/Sitka Spruce

Regular Price: $11,330

Special Price (Sale) $9,780

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Status: In Stock
Brand: Ribbecke Guitars
Model: Testadura
Serial #: 400
New/Preowned: Preowned
SKU: TMP1806
Condition: Only a few light marks!
Body Type(s): Large, Hollow Body
Back & Sides: Maple - Bigleaf
Back & Sides Keywords: Indian Rosewood Sides
Top: Spruce - Sitka
Neck Wood: Mahogany
Neck Profile: C
Bridge: Stop Tailpiece
Rosette: Koa
Top Trim: Violin Lines
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Fingerboard Bindings: Koa
Fret Markers: Dots
Frets to Body: 19
Headplate: Ebony
Headstock Bindings: Koa
Headstock Inlay: Builder Logo

Instrument Finish: Lacquer
Body Bindings: Koa
Tuners: Schaller
Tuner Finish: Gold with Ebony Buttons
Cutaway: Double Cutaway
Pickguard: Ebony
Pickup: Tom Holmes PAF
Pickup (y/n): Yes
Body Length: 18 in
Upper Bout: 11.625 in
Lower Bout: 15.375 in
Body Depth Heel: 1.75 in
Body Depth Tail: 1.75 in
Scale Length: 24.625 in
Scale Length (mm): 625.5 mm
Nut Width: 1.75 in
Nut Width (mm): 44.5 mm
String Spacing: 2.06 in
String Spacing (mm): 52.4 mm
Neck Depth First Fret: 0.838 in
Neck Depth Seventh Fret: 0.856 in
Weight: 7 lb. 9 oz.
Case: Hardshell - Cedar Creek

Description

Tom Ribbecke’s thinline Testadura model is designed with variety and dynamism in mind, and is equally at home with both Jazz and Rock. This beauty from 2003 boasts Indian Rosewood sides paired with a Bigleaf Maple back and carved Sitka Spruce top, and Tom Holmes PAF humbuckers. In both the body and neck Tom installed carbon graphite for stability and improved stiffness-to-weight ratio. The setup is butter smooth on this one, it really plays itself.

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The Testadura is a seminal design from Tom Ribbicke, one of the innovators in archtop and electric world. Semi-hollow design, smaller than a 335 with a nice amount of air in the voice as well as straight up power. It’s a guitar that can do anything from blues to jazz to rock. Have at it.

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SCALE LENGTH	24.625 in
NUT WIDTH	1.75 in
STRING SPACING	2.06 in
WOODS	SPRUCE - SITKA, MAPLE - BIGLEAF

Tom Ribbecke’s thinline Testadura model is designed with variety and dynamism in mind, and is equally at home with both Jazz and Rock. This beauty from 2003 boasts Indian Rosewood sides paired with a Bigleaf Maple back and carved Sitka Spruce top, and Tom Holmes PAF humbuckers.

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