Ancient Queen Of Guitars is the highest level of guitars made by Rafał Turkowiak. Only best wood used, best craftsmenship and design results in outstanding grade of instruments.
Turkowiak double-top classical guitar #660 – Ancient Queen specification:
- double top – Old-growth Highly-Figured Flamed Redwood (Master Grade)(top) / Western Red Cedar (Master
Grade)(bottom) - back & sides made of California Black Walnut Burl (Master Grade)
- elevated fingerboard made of African Ebony (Master Grade)
- asymmetric Turkowiak shape neck made of Mod.Aspen (Master Grade)
- central soundhole with rosette made of natural Baltic amber with plates and two natural bone crown logos
- double natural Baltic amber headplates with a hand made logo made of natural bone
- nut made of hand-shaped and polished natural bone, semi-scalloped, width 52 mm
- saddle made of hand-shaped, polished natural bone, semi-scalloped
- highest-quality, handmade, ARTuners Turkowiak Gold tuning machines, with ebony buttons and black aluminium rollers with bearings and black wood screw reinforcements, ratio 18:1, with Turkowiak engravings
- African Ebony (Master Grade) bindings
- natural bone side markers dots diameter 2 mm at 5, 9, 17, 19 and concentric diameter 3 mm at 7, 12 (double) fret inlaid with natural Baltic amber
- highly-resonant, anti-static varnish (own recipe), hand polished, high-gloss
- EVO-GOLD (nickel-free) fretwire
- scale length 650 mm
Innovations:
- first in the world top with a 11th generation ‘S-WAVE RESONATOR’
- first in the world back&sides made of tonewood in 7th generation ‘HIGH-TECH PRESS’
- first in the world 11th generation ‘ACOUSTIC TUBES’ inside the guitar neck (European Patent Office EP 3340231) with natural Baltic amber outlets
- first in the world ‘SIGMOIDAL’ joint of the sides (European patent no. 008177463-0001)
- first in the world Amber HeadLight (European patent no. 015015727-0001)
- first in the world Ebony Floating ArmRest (fixed);
- innovative, hand-shaped 2nd generation African Ebony (Master Grade) Impedance bridge with stiffening wings encrusted with natural bone and natural Baltic amber (European patent no. 008177463-0003)
The price includes the guitar, brand hard case and lifetime warranty guaranteed (details in the warranty card).
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