The guitar was crafted by a long time Gruhn Guitar employee, Dixie Michell of The Guitar Company of America. It is a very unique instrument both in it’s size/shape and it’s construction. It is sneaky big, with near dreadnought proportions but it’s shape is like a 000. Inside you’ll find a ‘Prairie State’ inspired metal support rod that extends from the neck heel to the tail block like the old Larson Brothers guitars employed. This design truly ‘supports’ the guitar and allows the top to be thin and powerful. This guitar is a boomer! Big, dread-style power, but designed more for fingerstyle thanks to the wider fingerboard and 12 fret neck. The craftsmenship is superb and we love the playful inlays of various creatures on the fingerboard and the gorgeous vine on the slotted headstock.
I love this powerhouse. It's a absolute thrill to play. The big, strong voice is perfect for blues or ragtime and the wide spacings beg you to play fingerstyle. It's got big bass notes, that sound amazing when snapped with the thumb and a huge, yet balanced quality up the entire fingerboard. I've always love the Prairie State guitars made famous by Stefan Grossman and others, but this is a unique version with style all it's own. The inlays are extremely well done and very cool, giving this guitar true pizzazz as well. This is $10K worth of tone in my opinion! 
This guitar built by Dixie Michell is an amazing testament to this kind of construction, seen first in the Prairie State guitars. By having a steel bar attaching the heel to the endblock the top can be more lightly braced, resulting in a very "big" sound. The top bracing is concentrated on the lower bout and consists of a series of small cross-hatched braces. The guitar has one of those "baseball bat" necks which is very comfortable and stable. The action is low and the tone is perfect. A real collectible of our times and one of the best sounding guitars I've ever played. | Scale Length | 25.4000 in |
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| Nut Width | 1.8800 in |
| String Spacing | 2.1900 in |
| Woods | Cedar - Red, Rosewood - Indian |
The guitar was crafted by a long time Gruhn Guitar employee, Dixie Michell of The Guitar Company of America. It is a very unique instrument both in it's size/shape and it's construction
I love this powerhouse. It's a absolute thrill to play
This guitar built by Dixie Michell is an amazing testament to this kind of construction, seen first in the Prairie State guitars. By having a steel bar attaching the heel to the endblock the top can be more lightly braced, resulting in a very "big" sound Select at least 2 products
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