Product Overview
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Traditional aesthetics meet 21st Century technology. The R2K Rathbone Orchestra Model 'Double Top' features a technologically advanced sound-table made of two super-thin layers of Koa with a Carbon Fibre lattice in-between. This ‘Double-Top’ construction enables the sound-table to be a little thinner than a single solid piece of koa but remain strong and ultra-responsive. The result is a super-resonant and voluminous guitar with bags of both character and all-out power. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT RATHBONE DOUBLE-TOP GUITAR TECHNOLOGY HERE The all-Koa tonewoods offer stunning exotic visuals while delivering a smooth and focused tone with a good level of high end chime. Due to the environment in which it was initially designed to be used, the 'OM' was not a large-bodied guitar. In fact, few of the early 'modern' guitars would be considered large today. So, the 'OM-sized' Rathbone No.2 is not a large bodied guitar either, but the neck joins the body at the 14th fret, so the scale length is one that we would recognise from most modern guitars. When first used, this 'long' scale length was found to help deliver a remarkably, and some may say disproportionately, powerful and dynamic tone. The tuned strings are under greater tension than on shorter scale guitars, so they give a far greater tonal response and 'punch'.
Top: Solid Koa (Double Top Construction: 2 outer layers of wood with an inner layer of carbon fibre)
Back & Sides: Koa
Neck: Mahogany
Fretboard: Rosewood
Bridge: Rosewood
Binding: Wood
Nut / Saddle: Bone (Nut 42mm)
Strings: D'addario EXP-16
Machineheads: Open-Gear Chrome
Finish: Gloss Lacquer
GUITAR DIMENSIONS:
Upper Bout Width: 290mm
Lower Bout Width: 392mm
Upper Bout Depth: 83mm
Lower Bout Depth: 105mm
Body Length: 491mm
Guitar Length: 41” / 1041mm
Soundhole Diameter: 100mm
Fingerboard Radius: 400mm
Scale Length: 25.5” / 650mm
*As the wood used in the making of this guitar is a natural product please note that the grain pattern varies so there will be differences between the stock photo used & the one that you receive
