Palen 17″ Carved Archtop Guitar #40 w/ OHSC

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Palen 17″ arch top hand-built by Master luthier Nelson Palen from Kansas.

This guitar has stunning hand-carved, master-grade flamed Maple back & sides with a lovely hand-carved European Spruce top. The carving stands out by the various depths and contour visible in the pictures the translates into a magnificent tone and acoustic projection.
This fingerboard, bridge, tailpiece, & faceplate are all made of very clean, streak-free Gabon Ebony.

The original hand-wound Kent Armstrong Palen floating pickup is installed & ready to go.
This stunning instrument its very acoustic with a punchy tone that Palen’s instruments are known for. This has a full, D-shaped neck with a beautiful Ebony fingerboard.
This is your chance to get one of there 99 remarkable archtops mad by Nelson Palen, Other owners include, George Benson, Rodney Jones, Paul Brown, John Zweig ,  JC Styles among others. When George first played a Palen his comments were “Wow, this is very light weight and every note sings!”

Specs:
Nut width = 1.78″ (1 3/4″, 44.45mm)
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″ (431.8mm x 76.2mm)
Overall Length of Guitar = 43″ (1092.2mm)
Neck Thickness @ 3rd fret: .856″
Neck Thickness @ 9th fret: .90″
Overall Body Length: 20 13/16″
Overall Neck Length: 21 1/2″
X-Braced
Gold tuners
5-ply Ivoroid binding around body, fingerboard, & headstock

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