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Instrument: Parlor and Small Body
Brand: G.R. Bear
Model: 12-Fret SP (parlor)
Finish: Polyurethane
SKU: G-2100259
Original Finish: Yes
All Original Parts: Yes
Handedness: Right
Made In Year: 2022
Top: Engelmann spruce
Sides: African blackwood
Back: European birdseye maple
Neck: Brazilian mahogany with C profile
Fingerboard: Macassar ebony
Fingerboard radius: Compound 16" to 20"
Bridge: Padauk
Rosette: African blackwood
End graft: Ebano
Headstock: Macassar ebony
Binding: Ebano
Purfling: European maple
Top bracing: Paulownia carbon falcate
Tuners: Gotoh 510
Nut and saddle: Bone
Frets: EVO Gold with hemispherical ends
Scale length: 25.4" (645mm)
Nut width: 1.8" (46mm)
String spacing: 2-1/4" (57mm)
Lower bout: 13-1/8"
Depth: 3-1/2"
Serial number: 41
Case: Visesnut hardshell
G.R. Bear's SP, or Super Parlor, is a new addition to his roster of steel string guitars. Given the Vancouver-based luthier's incredible work with his modern interpretations of the 00 and OM, we knew we'd love his take on the intimate small-bodied guitar. There's plenty of size variation in the parlor world, but as you'd expect from one called a "Super Parlor", the SP is more comparable in size to a Martin 0 or Size 1 than the slender Collings Parlor, clocking in at a comfortable 13-1/8" wide in the lower bout. It may be small, but by using unusual techniques like carbon-reinforced falcate bracing, Rye manages to get an outsized voice out of this guitar. Going against the grain of using the same wood for both back and sides, this SP features the visually striking juxtaposition of African blackwood sides with a birdseye maple back. Engelmann spruce's soft, warm tone is rendered more articulate and well-defined by the unusual blend of resonant blackwood and bright, transparent maple. Truly, this guitar just has its own thing going on.
Rye includes a limited lifetime warranty for the original owner of his guitars.
G.R. Bear SP 12-Fret, Maple, African Blackwood & Engelmann Spruce
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Instrument: Parlor and Small Body
Brand: G.R. Bear
Model: 12-Fret SP (parlor)
Finish: Polyurethane
SKU: G-2100259
Original Finish: Yes
All Original Parts: Yes
Handedness: Right
Made In Year: 2022
Top: Engelmann spruce
Sides: African blackwood
Back: European birdseye maple
Neck: Brazilian mahogany with C profile
Fingerboard: Macassar ebony
Fingerboard radius: Compound 16" to 20"
Bridge: Padauk
Rosette: African blackwood
End graft: Ebano
Headstock: Macassar ebony
Binding: Ebano
Purfling: European maple
Top bracing: Paulownia carbon falcate
Tuners: Gotoh 510
Nut and saddle: Bone
Frets: EVO Gold with hemispherical ends
Scale length: 25.4" (645mm)
Nut width: 1.8" (46mm)
String spacing: 2-1/4" (57mm)
Lower bout: 13-1/8"
Depth: 3-1/2"
Serial number: 41
Case: Visesnut hardshell
Description
G.R. Bear's SP, or Super Parlor, is a new addition to his roster of steel string guitars. Given the Vancouver-based luthier's incredible work with his modern interpretations of the 00 and OM, we knew we'd love his take on the intimate small-bodied guitar. There's plenty of size variation in the parlor world, but as you'd expect from one called a "Super Parlor", the SP is more comparable in size to a Martin 0 or Size 1 than the slender Collings Parlor, clocking in at a comfortable 13-1/8" wide in the lower bout. It may be small, but by using unusual techniques like carbon-reinforced falcate bracing, Rye manages to get an outsized voice out of this guitar. Going against the grain of using the same wood for both back and sides, this SP features the visually striking juxtaposition of African blackwood sides with a birdseye maple back. Engelmann spruce's soft, warm tone is rendered more articulate and well-defined by the unusual blend of resonant blackwood and bright, transparent maple. Truly, this guitar just has its own thing going on.
Rye includes a limited lifetime warranty for the original owner of his guitars.