Instrument Details
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- Specs
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- Status
- Sold
- Brand
- Skytop Guitars
- Product Year
- 2017
- Model
- Grand Concert
- Serial #
- 17-034
- New/Preowned
- New
- SKU
- TMP499
- Body Type(s)
- Medium, Grand Concert
- Back & Sides
- Myrtlewood - Flamed
- Top
- Spruce - Sitka
- Neck Wood
- Mahogany
- Neck Profile
- C
- Bridge
- Ebony
- Rosette
- None
- Top Trim
- Wood Lines
- Fingerboard
- Ebony
- Fingerboard Bindings
- Koa
- Fret Markers
- Side Dots, Koa Band at 12th
- Frets to Body
- 14
- Headplate
- Ebony
- Headstock Bindings
- None
- Headstock Inlay
- Builder Logo
- Instrument Finish
- Polyester
- Body Bindings
- Koa
- Tuners
- Gotoh 510
- Tuner Finish
- Cosmo Black
- Cutaway
- None
- Pickguard
- None
- Pickup
- None, we can install one
- Body Length
- 19.125 in
- Upper Bout
- 11.25 in
- Lower Bout
- 15.125 in
- Body Depth Heel
- 3.5 in
- Body Depth Tail
- 4.5 in
- Scale Length
- 25 in
- Scale Length (mm)
- 635 mm
- Nut Width
- 1.78 in
- Nut Width (mm)
- 45.2 mm
- String Spacing
- 2.125 in
- String Spacing (mm)
- 54 mm
- Weight
- 4 lb. 6 oz.
- Case
- Hardshell Case - Ameritage
- Audio File
- Description
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When it rains, it pours. That’s exactly what happens as soon as you put finger to string on this brand new, soundproofed Grand Concert from Skytop Guitars: a torrent of colorful overtones and crisp attack. After our recent visit to the 2017 Woodstock Invitational Luthier Showcase, we came home with a number of new builders to showcase at our shop, but this one takes the cake for originality. Flamed Myrtle back and sides, almost 3,000-year-old Ancient Sitka Spruce top, Koa appointments, and two large bass-side soundports in lieu of a traditional soundhole.
In so doing, Eric was able to brace the top much more lightly without compromising its structural integrity (like putting a big hole in the middle might do). The result is a warm, round fundamental with a quick response! Great balance across the registers, and it doesn’t take an aggressive attack to get heaps of projection; even a light touch goes a long way.
This Skytop GC is not your granddaddy’s ole Martin; it’s a whole new breed of guitar.
We met Eric at the 2017 Woodstock show and were impressed by his soundport-only GC. Gorgeous Myrtle back and sides with a 2,800 year-old Sitka Spruce top! Very lively response, and great balance to match. - Accessories
