Built in 2017, Black Diamond No 131 pairs a double-top Alpine Spruce soundboard with Master-Grade Amboyna Burl with Sapwood and distinctive natural black mother-of-pearl detailing.
Rafał Turkowiak double-top concert classical guitar #131 Black Diamond 2017 specifiction:
- Queen of Guitars Black Diamond series (top tier)
- double top – Alpine spruce (top and bottom) (Master Grade)
- back & sides made of Amboyna Burl with Sapwood – (Master Grade)
- Scale650 mm
- Neck: Asymmetric, flamed sycamore – Master Grade
- Fingerboard: Elevated, bound ebony – Master Grade
- Head plates: Ebony – Master Grade
- Head logo: Natural black mother of pearl encrusted with three natural black diamonds
- Bridge: Manually carved ebony – Master Grade, inlaid with natural mother of pearl
- Rosette: Natural black mother of pearl
- Heel cap:Ebony
- Heel logo: Natural black mother of pearl
- Armrest: Integrated with the guitar body
- Nut: 52 mm, natural mother of pearl, manually shaped and polished
- Saddle: Natural bone, manually shaped and polished
- Tuners: Ebony buttons, black aluminium rollers with bearings and white mother-of-pearl screw reinforcements, 18:1 ratio
- Binding: Ebony – Master Grade
- Fingerboard markers: Natural black mother-of-pearl side markers at frets 5, 7, 9 and 12
- Frets: 18% nickel-silver
- Varnish: Highly resonant, antistatic (own recipe), hand-polished, high-gloss
- Condition: Certified Pre-Owned, fully refurbished by Turkowiak Guitars
- Strings: Knobloch Carbon Double-Silver MHT
- Year: 2017
- Origin: Poland
The guitar is in perfect shape with hardly any signs of use (no serious scratches, no breaks, no cracks, no repairs).
