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New MacCubbin Sonic Sitka Concert Madagascar/Bearclaw Sitka
With this guitar, you’ve got a chance to be a part of the future of all guitars. David MacCubbin has entered this instrument in the Sonic Sitka Project, an attempt by luthier Denis Merrill and others to document the impacts of aging on tonewoods under tension, and to quantify the sonic changes that happens to the top with time. Why do older guitars sound better? The Sonic Sitka Project is one of the first comprehensive efforts to pursue an answer to that question. The data recorded from this guitar will one day help luthiers to better understand the physics of their tops, and thus improve the voices of future guitars.
The stunning Bearclaw Sitka Spruce which Denis provided to over 90 luthiers is here accompanied by a perfect set of Madagascar Rosewood, giving this guitar a refined elegance in appearance and tone. Playing this guitar is an enveloping experience: from the first notes plucked the sound surrounds the musician in resounding sustain. The bottom end is tight and controlled, with a snappy tone which begs for thumbpicked basslines, and the other registers are bright and expressive, with great string-to-string separation for fingerstyle arrangements. No stranger to flatpicks, this guitar opens up beautifully with an aggressive attack, allowing a sweet array of overtones to fill out the voice.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.9 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Sitka, Rosewood - Madagascar Add to CompareNew MacCubbin Orchestra Series – Heron Sunset Brazilian Kingwood/Sitka
Here we have a MacCubbin Heron Sunset model. This guitar was a part of a special project called the “Chesapeake Bay Guitar Project.” This was a project founded to help raise awareness and funds for the preservation of the Chesapeake Bay area. David built six guitars for this project, each highly ornamented, inlaid with scenes of the Bay. Craig Lavin did the expert inlay work on this guitar and it is some of the best we have seen – the colors used are vibrant and well suited to the chosen setting. Built from Sitka Spruce and Brazilian Kingwood, this guitar is as beautiful to listen to as it is to look at. The voicing of this guitar is shifted towards fingerstyle with a clear and articulate sound across the board. This is a highly rare and beautiful guitar that will have players and collectors alike clamoring to own it.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Sitka, Brazilian Kingwood Add to CompareNew MacCubbin Concert Series Sinker Honduras Mahogany/Tulip Magnolia
When David MacCubbin steps up to the plate, you know it’s going to be a home run. No matter that the bat’s made of different woods than you’d expect, the result is the same: thunderous tone, and lightning-crack responsiveness. The 2014 Concert Series we’ve got here stands as proof that not all guitars are created equally, or created from the same material. With Sinker Mahogany back and sides and a gorgeously colorful Tulip Magnolia top, this guitar has a voice rich in overtones and sustain. Tulip Magnolia seems to fall between Spruce’s brightness and Cedar’s warmth, offering a dynamic compromise between the two that allows for expressive fingerstyle passages just as easily as flatpicking crescendos.
David’s obviously onto something here, and when you find a topwood like this on a guitar so cleanly constructed, you’ve got a guitar which commands attention both for its appearance and its voice. The neck profile is particularly comfortable, with a slinky setup for fast and easy fretting, and the Ebony fretboard showcases MacCubbin’s playful sense of style with its wandering Mother-Of-Pearl dots. Trimmed in Flamed Maple with open-back Grover tuners, the words “stunning” and “classic” come to mind. Finally, this guitar comes in a brand new TKL hardshell case, so there’s no worries about any harm coming to this unique combination of Tulip Magnolia, Sinker Mahogany, Ebony, and Maple.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.9 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Tulip Magnolia, Mahogany - Honduran
Following a lifelong pursuit of music and woodworking, I have a great respect for the intricacies of the musical and artistic details in the guitar. Using the skills and knowledge gained from teachers and hands-on experience, each MacCubbin guitar has the perfect balance of playability, tone, sustainability, resonance and has impeccable workmanship – guaranteed.