• handmade by Marty Lanham

• b&s: master grade Brazilian Rosewood, sides laminated & cross-grained

• top: Sitka spruce from Gibson/Kalamazoo, pre-1949

• upper bout: 8-⅜”

• lower bout: 11-½”

• nut width: 1-11/16”

• scale: 23-¾”

• frets to body: 14

• body depth at tail: 4-1/8” … deep!

• bindings: grained ivoroid

• bridge: genuine walrus ivory

• top trim, back strip, fretboard perimeter: abalone

• fretboard: ebony w/abalone fret markers

• tuners: Waverly, w/ivoroid buttons

Can be played in standard tuning, of course, but this little monster comes completely alive when tuned up a minor third, like the German “terz” instruments it was designed after. Also sounds fantastic strung Nashville-style, with all unwound strings.

Think Smashing Pumpkins. Think Marty Robbins.

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