Can an acoustic 12-string guitar be sized other than jumbo or dreadnaught and still deliver the goods? Versoul's Buxom Minor 12 shouts an affirmative 'Yes!' It's not like there's no precedent; Lead Belly's guitar wasn't as big as it sounded. But like Versoul's Buxom Minor 12, the king of the 12-string's 12-string had extra scale length (26" here) helping to broadcast its bark.
Not only is the fullness of the Buxom Minor 12's sound stunning, its bright tonal clarity focuses each note sharply. User-friendly size and playability make this an exceptionally attractive instrument for any 6-string player feeling intimidated by the tendency of 12s to be giants. And the burnished look of this beauty is a further bonus.
- Top: fine quality solid red cedar
- Bracing: maple & spruce scalloped
- Back & sides: solid European curly maple or solid East Indian rosewood
- Bindings: all wood binding: maple/black fiber
- Bridge: East Indian rosewood
- Bridge pins: East Indian rosewood
- Saddle/nut: moose shinbone
- Neck: Finnish aspen/maple, two-way adjustable truss rod
- Neck joint: Versoul bolt-on, 12 frets to body
- Fingerboard: East Indian rosewood (16" radius)
- Frets: 19 / Dunlop 6130
- Tuners: Gotoh SE700 nickel plated
- Pickguard: tortoise shell plastic
- Colors: Natural, Black Top
- Finish: nitrocellulose lacquer
- Rosette and inlays: 23 carat gold leaf
- Peghead veneer: visa birch
- Dot inlay: green abalone shell
- Neck width at nut: 46.5 mm
- Scale length: 25 3/4" (654 mm)
- Lower bout: 347 mm
- Upper bout: 248 mm
- Overall length: 1040 mm
OPTIONS:
- gold plated tuners
- Spruce top
- 660 mm scale length
- Strip green abalone shell or white mother of pearl inlays on fingerboard
- Schertler Lydia transducer and preamp