Kinnard Frank Hicks Archtop Electric Guitar 1998 see JJG review H O L D

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This  Kinnard archtop  is in excellent condition and combines the open bass response and sustain of a dreadnoughts, with the smoother amplified voice of a carved archtop. The soundboard of the Hicks model is bowed slightly by the bracing, creating a gentle, resonant arch in the top. This venerable technique tension bracing  has been employed by builders from Maccaferri to the Larsen Brothers, to increase the carrying power of the voice. The 17″ body is roughly the size of a Gibson J-200, but with an added cutaway. With its lightweight construction and tapered dreadnought style depth, this has wide range of acoustic improvisation, from swing to gypsy jazz to the far left wing of newgrass,  and beyond. The tone is as unique as the design, with a Maccaferri/Selmer type attack in the treble, combined with a distinctly more open and powerful bass register than your typical gypsy guitar .

Plugged in, the Hicks really shines, producing a velvety archtop-type voice, with the added clarity and sustain of a high quality flat top, equally at home with fingers or a pick. The suspended ebony pickguard with matching control knobs supports a Kent Armstrong Handwound Floating Single Coil pickup, which amplifies with a clarity and detail enhanced by its coil tapped design, allowing the player to choose between a traditional DeArmond style tone, or a more saturated P-90 voicing.  Solid bookmatched Sitka spruce top; solid AAAA bubble maple back and sides; solid maple neck with centerstripe; solid ebony fingerboard, solid ebony tailpiece, pickguard, truss rod cover and headstock veneer; triple bound body, neck, and  cat’s eye sound holes.

Only a dozen or so of these remarkable instruments ever left the bench during their brief production run, making them one of the rarest of contemporary luthier built acoustic models.

Nut width = 1.78″  12th fret 2.12″ neck depth 3rd fret 0.88″, 9th fret 0.98″
Fingerboard width at the 12th fret = 2.125″ (2 1/8″, 53.975mm)
Width at FB end = 2.28125″ (2 9/32″, 57.94375mm)
Scale Length = 25″ (635mm)
Body Dimensions = 17″ x 3″ / 4″
Overall Length of Guitar = 43″ (1092.2mm)
Neck Thickness @ 1st fret: .818″
Neck Thickness @ 11th fret: .89″
Solid bookmatched Sitka spruce top

Overall Neck Length: 21 1/2″
X-Braced
Gold tuners

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