Product Description
Luthier Roger Borys began guitar repair work in the early 1970s, and completed building his first guitar in 1976. Borys has concentrated on building versatile, high quality instruments designed for the jazz guitarist. In 1980, Borys united with James D’Aquisto and musician Barry Galbraith to design the BG 100 Jazz electric. This Custom B420 Special 17” bout, beautifully carved parallel-braced spruce top, highly flamed maple body and neck. Ebony board, bridge and pick guard. Five-ply bindings set-off gorgeously against the maple, ebony and rosewood of the body, neck and headstock. Pearl headstock inlays, custom gold tailpiece, matching Grove Imperial tuners, Kent Armstrong set pickup, pick guard mounted volume control. Playing the B420 is an amazing experience. It is an outstanding guitar and a very rare piece to find on the market. The tone is deep, rich and extremely expressive. This guitar is super loud when you need it and soft and buttery when you ease off. From the first time you lay your hands on it, you will notice the craftsmanship and impeccable design. This B420 is structurally sound, but it has many lacquer cracks on the front back and som on the sides. Someone obviously left this one in the trunk in the winter and when the temperature changed the fine lacquer cracks occurred. The bad is that the owner was greatly saddened, the good is that this is now available at an affordable price for a player who wants a great archtop for a reduced price. When you look at the guitar straight on, you do not see any marks as the first picture. But as you look at the guitar on an angle, the light makes the lacquer cracks reflect, and then they stand out as you can see in all the pictures that are taken from a different angle. You can barely feel the cracks in the lacquer. The last B420 sold for $7500. Because of it cosmetic appearance we are listing this one at $6000 and will consider reasonable offers.
Specs:
Nut width = 1.75″ (1 3/4″, 44.45mm)
Fingerboard width at the 12th fret = 25 1/2″
Body Dimensions = 17″ x 3″ (431.8mm x 76.2mm)
Neck Thickness @ 1st fret: .808″
Neck Thickness @ 11th fret: .87″
Parallel-Braced
Gold tuners
5-ply Ivoroid binding around body, fingerboard, & headstock
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