The Cabaret

Base Price: $9,800.00

The Cabaret is the perfect blend of traditional classical guitar and an acoustic archtop guitar. Specifically designed to meet the needs of the jazz or fingerstyle player, the Cabaret is based on the Herman Hauser I classical guitar design. The Cabaret incorporates traditional classical building methods with the modern innovations necessary for today’s jazz and fingerstyle playing. The graceful cutaway facilitates greater access for playing the upper register of the fretboard. Its carved back, unique among nylon-string guitars, enhances the lower midrange while aiding in projection. The two-way adjustable truss-rod gives easy access at the headstock for a perfect set-up. Special pickup systems are available for amplification of that beautiful acoustic sound.

SPECIFICATIONS

BODY WIDTh           14 3/8"

BODY DEPTh          tapered from 3 3/4" to 4"

neck:                      one piece quarter-sawn honduras mahogany. 2" or 1 15/16"  custom widths available. 

body wood:         east indian or bolivian rosewood, flame maple or mahogany.  Honduras rosewood or master                                     grade flame maple $850. master grade highly figured quilted maple $900. other exotics when                                       available, priced accordingly.

top wood:            engelmann spruce or western red cedar.  double top with western red cedar inside and                                               engelmann spruce outside $1,500. adirondack or european spruce single top $200.

sound hole:        round with classic rosette. custom oval sound hole rosette with snakewood and mother of                                   pearl ribbons$350.

cutaway:              single venetian

finish:                   high gloss nitrocellulose lacquer. color for maple guitars available, $500

binding:                matching wood and custom purflings. curly koa, bird's eye or flame maple, $300

fingerboard:     black or macassar ebony.  exotic or highly figured wood from $250 to $500

scale:                    25 1/2" 20 frets or 25”

inlays:                  vine $1,200. custom inlays priced accordingly

frets:                    nickel silver.  stainless steel $300

headstock:         black or macassar ebony veneer.  other exotic woods when available priced accordingly

tuners:                Premium Gotoh.

side port: Fleur De Lis, Floral, Oak Leaf or Simple Oval $150

truss rod:          two way adjustable

pickup:                 Ultra Tonic Soundboard transducer system. other pickups available, priced accordingly

bridge:                 black or macassar ebony or  brazilian rosewood variable DOWN-BEARING bridge

case:                     TKL. Crossrock Fiberglass lite flight $300.  hoffee carbon fiber $1,200

style:                   standard 6-string. 7-string $800

non refundable $1,000.00 deposit required