The Turkowiak Opus Magnum #746 is a one-of-a-kind OM acoustic guitar that pushes the boundaries of what a handcrafted instrument can be. Built around a double-top soundboard pairing Ancient Cypress and old-growth Flamed Redwood with the proprietary X-Wave Resonator system, and a back and sides of Ancient Kauri wood dating back some 50,000 years, every element of this guitar is chosen for both its acoustic excellence and its extraordinary provenance. The elevated Flamed African Ebony fingerboard with compound radius, asymmetric neck with Acoustic Tubes, and True-Temperament EVO-Gold fretwire reflect Turkowiak’s uncompromising approach to playability and intonation. Then there is the artistry: Baltic amber adorns the central soundhole, headplates, and tuning machine buttons — the latter part of Turkowiak’s own Hidden-Mechanism Black-Amber machines — while mammoth bone surfaces as the nut, saddle, fret markers, and the hand-crafted logo. Finished in a hand-polished, anti-static high-gloss varnish with gold dust, the #746 is as visually arresting as it is musically remarkable.
Turkowiak double-top OM acoustic guitar Opus Magnum #746 specification
- double top – Ancient Cypress (with a certificate of authenticity)(top) / Old-growth Flamed Redwood (bottom) with ‘X-WAVE RESONATOR’
- back & sides made of Ancient Kauri (about 50.000 years old with a certificate of authenticity) with X-A.R.S. (Acoustic Resonance System) back&sides with chemical-ceramic coating
- elevated fingerboard made of Flamed African Ebony with 14″ compound radius
- asymmetric Turkowiak shape neck made of Ancient Kauri (about 50.000 years old with a certificate of authenticity) with ‘ACOUSTIC TUBES’ abd Amber HeadLight
- central soundhole filled with Baltic amber with mammoth bone frame and two mammoth molar crown logos
- slotted-Head shape, double Baltic amber headplates with a hand made logo made of mammoth bone
- nut made of hand-shaped and polished and semi-scalloped mammoth bone, width 44.5 mm (1 3/4′)
- saddle made of hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped mammoth bone
- highest-quality, handmade Turkowiak Hidden-Mechanism Black-Amber tuning machines with Baltic amber buttons, amber plate with engravings, ratio 18:1
- ebony arm bevel integrated with the guitar body
- ebony palm bevel integrated with the guitar body
- ebony rib bevel integrated with the guitar body
- African Ebony bindings
- mammoth bone side markers dot diameter 2 mm at 3,5,9,15,17 and concentric diameter 3 mm at 7, 12 (double) fret inlaid with white Baltic amber
- highly-resonant, anti-static varnish (own recipe), hand polished, high-gloss with gold dust
- EVO-GOLD (nickel-free) True-Temperament fretwire
- scale length 650 mm
- amber BackLight Rosette
- origin: Poland
