Dickey Guitars
In the handmade tradition. One at a time. Just for you.
In the handmade tradition. One at a time. Just for you.
| The Grand A! This full size grand auditorium guitar has a fantastic sound. Use of the Adirondack spruce top gives it an edge over others in the sound department, many call this spruce the holy grail of tonewoods. Cocobolo rosewood is used for it's extreme beauty and reflective tonal properties. Ebony for the fretboard, bridge, and headstock overlay, make it very durable and dressy. A D45 style mother of pearl inlay gives a striking look. Finished with nitrocellulose lacquer, the finished is buffed to a high gloss. While any quality tuning machine may be used, this client chose Schaller Gold enclosed tuners. A fella in Austin Texas cut my D-Logo in mother of pearl, as well as the fretboard inlay, thanks Tom. |
| Here is the Grand A! in the above photo getting it's neck dovetail glued in position. While the glue in the foreground is used for most of the instrument there are two places reserved for an age old glue, Hot Hide Glue. Those two locations getting hide glue are the dovetail neck joint and the bridge. The reasons for using hide glue are simple, reversibility and superior strength under temperature extremes such as a guitar mistakenly left in a hot car on a summer day. While not covered under the warranty for being left in a hot car, it is the hope should that happen, that these joints will not fail. |
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| Grand A! - grand auditorium |