Product Overview
Torrefaction is a specialized process used on Recording King Adirondack spruce tops where the wood is heated at a low temperature in an oxygen-free environment. This curing process reduces impurities in the wood and results in weight reduction and increased stiffness, producing a similar chemical transformation to wood that has been dried for decades. The end result is a lightweight, extra-resonant top that produces similar tone to a vintage instrument that's been loved and played for years.
These solid torrefied Adirondack spruce tops are the foundation for Recording King's Torrefied Series 000 guitars. When paired with mahogany back & sides, the result is guitars with extra punch, projection and warm, vintage-style tone everywhere on the fretboard.
Whether you're a singer/songwriter or fingerpicker, the Recording King Torrefied Series guitars are the perfect way to achieve vintage tone in a new instrument.
About Recording King:
Beginning as a house brand in the 1930's for Montgomery Ward, Recording King acoustic guitars and banjos were developed during the Golden Age of musical craftsmanship, a period that resulted in some of the most well-respected and sought-after fretted acoustic instruments available. Building on this piece of American history, our Recording King instruments uphold the name's historic legacy using vintage designs and hand-assembled parts. Our instruments have the look, feel and sound of the classic models with impeccable workmanship and enhancements for contemporary players. All Recording King models are made for the long-term - you can hand a Recording King instrument down from generation to generation. This is what we strive for in each handmade model.
Features:
- Recording King RO-T16 Torrefied Top Acoustic Guitar
- Body Shape: 000 14th Fret
- Top Material: Solid Torrefied Adirondack Spruce
- Back Material: Mahogany
- Side Material: Mahogany
- Top Bracing Pattern: X-Bracing
- Top Braces: Spruce
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Neck Profile: C
- Neck Joint: Dovetail
- Fretboard Material: Padauk
- Scale Length: 24.9"
- # of Frets Clear: 14
- # of Frets Total: 20
- Nut Material: Bone
- Nut Width: 1-3/4"
- Headstock Overlay: Padauk
- Headstock Inlay: Recording King Classic
- Tuning Machines: Grover Butterbean, 18:1
- Body Binding: Tortoise Shell
- Rosette: 3 Ring Vintage
- Top Purfling: Black/White
- Fretboard Inlays: M.O.P. Descending Size Dot
- Fretboard Binding: None
- Bridge Material: Padauk
- Bridge Shape: Standard
- Saddle: Bone
- Bridge Pins & Endpin: Black
- Pickguard: Vintage Style Tortoise Shell
- Electronics: None
- Finish: Gloss Natural
- UPC: 840246038340
- MPN: RO-T16
