The Turkowiak Double-Top Nylon Jazz Crossover Opus Prime #711 is a groundbreaking instrument that redefines what a modern crossover guitar can be. Handcrafted with a Western Red Cedar/Alpine Spruce double top and Lauro Preto back and sides enhanced by the innovative A.R.S. (Acoustic Resonance System), this guitar blends traditional luthiery with world-first patented technologies. From the elevated African Ebony fingerboard with a 16″ compound radius to the offset soundhole, Baltic amber inlays, and Wave Resonator top, every detail has been meticulously designed for unparalleled projection, comfort, and tonal balance. With its True Temperament frets, innovative Ebony Impedance bridge, and Acoustic Tubes neck system, the Opus Prime #711 offers extraordinary precision and resonance, making it a one-of-a-kind choice for discerning jazz and crossover players.
Turkowiak double-top nylon jazz crossover Opus Prime #711 specification:
- double top – Western Red Cedar (top) / Alpine Spruce (bottom)
- back & sides made of Lauro Preto with sapwood
- elevated fingerboard made of African Ebony with 16″ compound radius
- asymmetric Turkowiak shape neck made of Mod.Aspen with trus rod
- single offset-soundhole with African Ebony rosette
- Open Head shape, double African Ebony headplates with a hand made logo made of Baltic amber
- nut made of hand-shaped and polished and semi-scalloped bone, width 48 mm
- saddle made of hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped bone
- high-quality, cosmo black tuning machines with Ebony buttons, black aluminium rollers with bearings, screw inlay, ratio 18:1 African Ebony bindings
- bone side markers dot diameter 2 mm at 3,5,9,15,17,19 and concentric diameter 3 mm at 7, 12 (double) fret inlaid with Baltic amber
- highly-resonant, anti-static varnish (own recipe), hand polished, high-gloss
- 18% nickel-silver True-Temperament fretwire
- scale length 650 mm
- Lauro Preto single modern pickguard
The price includes the guitar, brand hard case fitted to the guitar and lifetime warranty guaranteed (details in the warranty card).
Innovations:
- first in the world top with ‘WAVE RESONATOR’
- first in the world A.R.S. (Acoustic Resonance System) back&sides
- first in the world ‘ACOUSTIC TUBES’ inside the guitar neck (European Patent Office EP 3340231) with Ebony outlets
- first in the world ‘SIGMOIDAL’ joint of the sides (European patent no. 008177463-0001)
- innovative, hand-shaped African Ebony Impedance bridge with stiffening wings encrusted with bone and Baltic amber (European patent no. 008177463-0003)
