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Palen - Performer Custom |
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$7500
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The Palen Archtop - 6 String and 7 String Models
16" or 17" lower bouts available on all models
PALEN ARCHTOPS are among the finest archtop guitars ever built. The Palen Archtop is an "X" braced traditional instrument, descendent from the D'Aquisto school of instruments- very light and acoustic. It features a hand carved and graduated top and back, slightly thicker than many typical archtop guitars, with a very resonant and acoustic tone.
In most cases the back and sides are of bigleaf maple. Woods used are always the best available with great resonance and flame. Tops are either Sitka spruce or Englemann spruce, hand carved and tap tuned. Necks are five piece and constructed from matching maple with laminated ebony between the 3 pieces of maple. The front of the Headstock is covered with ebony and features an inlaid "P". You may also select your choice of wood for the front of the headstock. The back or the headstocks are multi-laminated with an array or gorgeous exotic woods, which ad great strength and beauty.
All Palens are built with traditional style F-holes to allow excellent clarity and chordal note separation. The binding can me wood (maple, Koa, etc), or the standard archtop binding. Scale length is 25 inches, nut width is 1 3/4" for the 6 string, and 2 1/8" for the 7 string. All Palens come standard with an ebony fretboard, with or without inlays. The standard body depth is 3" at the rims, and comes standard with a floating pickup. High gloss,multi layered Nitro cellulose finish in various colors, or a custom color of your choice. . Hardware is the best available quality of your choice, and tailpiece, pickguard, bridge and fingerboard are ebony are ebony. A single Venetian cutaway is standard on the floating pickup model.
All Palens are built with traditional style F-holes to allow excellent clarity and chordal note separation. The binding can me wood (maple, Koa, etc), or the standard archtop binding. Scale length is 25 inches, nut width is 1 3/4" for the 6 string, and 2 1/8" for the 7 string. All Palens come standard with an ebony fretboard, with or without inlays. The standard body depth is 3" at the rims, and comes standard with a floating pickup. High gloss,multi layered Nitro cellulose finish in various colors, or a custom color of your choice. . Hardware is the best available quality of your choice, and tailpiece, pickguard, bridge and fingerboard are ebony are ebony. A single Venetian cutaway is standard on the floating pickup model.
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| Body | 17" Lower Bout |
| Body Depth | 3" |
| Nut Width | 1 ¾" |
| Finger Board Scale | 25" |
| Top | AAA Spruce - hand carved & tap tuned |
| Back | Hand carved Figured Maple |
| Neck | Figured Maple |
| Rims | Figured Maple |
| Finger Board | Bound Ebony- Book Pearl Inlays $300 Optional |
| Truss Rod | Adjustable |
| Binding | White & Black Multiple Ply- Wood binding optional |
| Pick Guard | Ebony - w/ binding $150 Optional |
| Bridge & Base | Ebony w/Thumb Wheel Adjustment Tailpiece. Ebony carved |
| Tuning Machines | Grover Imperial |
| Pickup | Kent Armstrong routed set humbucker w/ volume and tone thumb wheels |
| Color | Blonde, Sunburst, Violinburst, Natural |
| Case | 5-ply custom Cedar Creek |