Instrument Details
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- Specs
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- Status
- Pending Sale
- Brand
- Comins
- Product Year
- 2013
- Model
- Black Tie Classic
- Serial #
- 0251
- New/Preowned
- Preowned
- SKU
- TMP3147
- Condition
- Overall very clean, only a few minor marks on body and headplate.
- Body Type(s)
- Large, Archtop, Hollow Body
- Back & Sides
- Maple - European
- Top
- Spruce - European
- Neck Wood
- Maple - 3 Piece
- Neck Profile
- C
- Bridge
- Adjustable
- Top Trim
- B/W Lines
- Fingerboard
- Ebony
- Fingerboard Bindings
- Ebony
- Fret Markers
- MOP Side Dots
- Frets to Body
- 14
- Headplate
- Ebony
- Headstock Bindings
- Ebony With Maple Purfling
- Headstock Inlay
- Builder Logo
- Instrument Finish
- Vintage Blonde
- Body Bindings
- Ebony
- Tuners
- Gotoh
- Tuner Finish
- Gold with Ebony Buttons
- Cutaway
- Single
- Pickguard
- Ebony Floating
- Pickup
- Kent Armstrong Floating Pickup
- Pickup (y/n)
- Yes
- Body Length
- 21 in
- Upper Bout
- 13 in
- Lower Bout
- 17 in
- Body Depth Heel
- 3.25 in
- Body Depth Tail
- 3.125 in
- Scale Length
- 25.125 in
- Scale Length (mm)
- 638.2 mm
- Nut Width
- 1.75 in
- Nut Width (mm)
- 44.45 mm
- String Spacing
- 2.125 in
- String Spacing (mm)
- 53.875 mm
- Neck Depth First Fret
- 0.83 in
- Neck Depth Seventh Fret
- 0.87 in
- Weight
- 6 lb. 2 oz.
- Case
- Original - TKL
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- Description
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Sharp dressed for a special occasion--this 2013 Black Tie Classic from Bill Comins is appropriately named. European Maple back and sides with sweet figuring pairs with X-braced European Spruce on top, understated Ebony appointments, bridge, tailpiece, and pickguard, and outfitted with a floating Kent Armstrong humbucker. Together in a 17 inch package, the result is a classically modern archtop that plays like glass in your hands. The acoustic voice is punchy and quick, even with flatwounds, while the amplified tone is thick, expressive, and dynamic. This Comins Black Tie Classic is one-hundred percent the professional, dressed to impress and ready to sing.
Other keywords: lutherie, fingerstyle, duane simpson, arch top, euro spruce, blonde
This Bill Comins 17 inch archtop has it all. Beautiful aesthetics, glassy setup, and a strong acoustic voice. 
"Classic" indeed. "Black Tie," even more so. Bill Comins manages to make the modern archtop look timeless with this 2013 BTC model. I just love the round, sweet voice. - Accessories
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