Solid sapele (similar to mahogany) top, back, and sides impart lustrous beauty and a perfect balance between depth and sparkle. Appointments and details include a gold herringbone decal rosette, tortoise pickguard, low oval-profile neck with slotted peghead for lots of sustain, rosewood overlay with old-style decal, rosewood fretboard (1 3-4" nut, 25.4" scale) with pearl dot inlays, and chrome enclosed tuners. 15/17 Series These guitars feature solid tops, backs and sides, optimum selections of tonewoods, pateneted neck mortises, and "A-frame" X-bracings. MODEL D-15S CONSTRUCTION: Mortise/Tenon Neck Joint BODY SIZE: D-12 Fret TOP: Solid Sapele or Genuine Mahogany ROSETTE: Gold & Black Style Herringbone TOP BRACING PATTERN: D12 Fret (A-Frame) TOP BRACES: Sitka/1 Style/Non-Scalloped BACK MATERIAL: Solid Sapele or Genuine Mahogany BACK PURFLING: none SIDE MATERIAL: Solid Sapele or Genuine Mahogany ENDPIECE: none ENDPIECE INLAY: none BINDING: none TOP INLAY STYLE: none SIDE INLAY: none BACK INLAY: none NECK MATERIAL: Select Hardwoods NECK SHAPE: Modified Low Oval NUT MATERIAL: White Corian HEADSTOCK: Slotted/Square/Tapered v HEADPLATE: Solid East Indian Rosewood /Small Raised Gold Foil Logo HEELCAP: none FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Solid East Indian Rosewood SCALE LENGTH: 25.4" # OF FRETS CLEAR: 12 # OF FRETS TOTAL: 20 FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT NUT: 1 3/4'' FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT 12TH FRET: 2 1/4'' FINGERBOARD POSITION INLAYS: Style 28 FINGERBOARD BINDING: none FINISH BACK & SIDES: Satin/ Mahogany Stain/ Dark Filler FINISH TOP: Satin/ Dark Filler FINISH NECK: Satin/ Dark Mahogany Stain/ Dark Filler BRIDGE MATERIAL: Solid East Indian Rosewood BRIDGE STYLE: 1 Style Belly BRIDGE STRING SPACING: 2 1/4'' SADDLE: Compensated White Tusq TUNING MACHINES: Schaller Chrome w/ Acrylic Knobs RECOMMENDED STRINGS: Martin SP 4200 Medium Phosphor Bronze BRIDGE & END PINS: White w/ Black Dots PICKGUARD: I-01 Tortoise Color CASE: 341 Hard Shell INTERIOR LABEL: Paper Label ELECTRONICS: Optional
