The 2015 Charis Music Box performs exactly as its name implies: it keeps singing, all of its own accord. Bill Wise’s steady hands have teamed up with the artistic eye of his daughter, Rebecca Wise, to produce a startling feat of inlay across the guitar’s body and neck in the form of cogs, nuts, bolts, and keys. Bill picked out a figured Brazilian Rosewood set for the back and sides and a uniquely colored Cedar top for a lush, incredibly complex tonal palette. Every inch of this guitar resonates with the individual properties of each of so many different materials–and the result is orchestral, grand, absorbing. The Music Box will eat up all of your favorite altered tunings and still maintain Wise’s characteristic articulation and balance. Moreover, the 13 fret design renders so much sound into a slightly smaller, more intimate package which is effortless to fret. Comes wrapped up safe and sound in a Calton case.
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Here’s an additional demo with our own Al Petteway when we first had this lovely instrument: https://youtu.be/8-8FedBlMaU
This is number 400 from Bill Wise, and he pulled out all the stops from the most amazing woods for this collaboration with his daughter for a Music Box theme. Gorgeous inlays throughout make this a truly collectible and special guitar from Charis Acoustics. Bill's friendship with Jim Olson is well known, and you can hear it in the tone of this instrument as well. James Taylor fans will love it. 
This one was designed for the steampunk lovers among us. The inlaid gears that appear in different parts of the guitar are really well done and make it a unique guitar. The tone is dry and open with plenty of character. | Scale Length | 25 in |
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| Nut Width | 1.78 in |
| String Spacing | 2.31 in |
| Woods | Cedar - Red, Rosewood - Brazilian |
The 2015 Charis Music Box performs exactly as its name implies: it keeps singing, all of its own accord. Bill Wise's steady hands have teamed up with the artistic eye of his daughter, Rebecca Wise, to produce a startling feat of inlay across the guitar's body and neck in the form of cogs, nuts, bolts, and keys. Bill picked out a figured Brazilian Rosewood set for the back and sides and a uniquely colored Cedar top for a lush, incredibly complex tonal palette. Every inch of this guitar resonates with the individual properties of each of so many different materials--and the result is orchestral, grand, absorbing. The Music Box will eat up all of your favorite altered tunings and still maintain Wise's characteristic articulation and balance
This is number 400 from Bill Wise, and he pulled out all the stops from the most amazing woods for this collaboration with his daughter for a Music Box theme. Gorgeous inlays throughout make this a truly collectible and special guitar from Charis Acoustics
This one was designed for the steampunk lovers among us. The inlaid gears that appear in different parts of the guitar are really well done and make it a unique guitar 