This guitar was recently renovated by Mr, Turkowiak himself and looks like new. There is one healed crack at the upper bout of the top (insignificant place).
Specification of Rafal Turkowiak classical guitar No. 18:
- The world’s first “WAVE” type soundboard with the 1st generation “WAVE” type resonator
- Box shape: Classic Turkowiak
- Solid top – Engellman Spruce with the ‘bearclaw’ effect (Master Grade)
- Sides and back – solid Pau Ferro with sapwood (Master Grade)
- Raised African Ebony fingerboard (Master Grade)
- Hand carved ebony (Master Grade) bridge
- Asymmetric neck made of flamed maple (Master Grade)
- Rosette inlaid with stars made of natural buffalo bone
- Solid ebony wood overlays on the head of the guitar with a natural buffalo bone logo
- The nit is made of natural bone, manually profiled and polished, width 53mm
- Tailpiece made of natural bone, manually profiled and polished
- Gold guitar tuners, gear
- Ebony inlaid on the top and stars made of natural buffalo bone on the back
- Markers dividing the scale made of natural mother-of-pearl – for 3, 5, 7, 9, 12 (double), 15 position
- Highly resonant, antistatic varnish acc. To own recipe, hand-polished, high-gloss
- 18% silver-nickel frets
- Scale: 665 mm
- Year of build: 2008
- 1st sting is 2.25mm over the 12th fret
- 6th string is 3mm over the 12th fret.
