Rincon L5 Archtop Guitar - Tone, Power, Intonation
We offer two versions of the Rincon L5 archtop guitar, full size (w/ 16” lower bout) and parlor size (14” lower bout). Both are inspired by the Gibson Lloyd Loar era L5 archtop guitars of the mid-1920s. They consistently exhibit a surprising “punch” with powerful, woody tone and significant volume that really “cuts through” in band environments. They’re definitely not your normal archtop guitar, excelling at Swing\Gypsy jazz music styles as well as Folk and even hard-driving Bluegrass music styles!
We incorporate innovative engineering advances like a Tension Compensated Fret Scale to eliminate any sharpness of fretted notes higher up the neck, regardless of action height. It intonates perfectly from the 1st fret to the 22nd fret.
- Body size
- Rincon full size -16” lower bout\3” body depth
- Rincon parlor size – 14” lower bout\3” body depth
- Scale length (Tension Compensated)
- Rincon full size - 24.750 “
- Rincon parlor size – 21.875”
- Nut width – 1.75”
- Select, solid Alaskan Sitka spruce carved\graduated arch top
- Premium figured maple carved\graduated arch back, sides, and neck
- Asymmetrical parallel tone bar bracing
- Dual action truss rod
- Carbon fiber reinforced neck
- CMM custom Trapeze tailpiece, Ebony\Nickel plated hardware
- Fully adjustable floating bridge
- Pickup – K & K Dual Piezo installed
Rincon full size Base price = $6,500
Rincon parlor size Base price = $5,000
Price adjusted according to options below:
- Soundboard woods– Engelmann or Red spruce, Redwood or Cedar
- Back & Rim woods– downgrade to non-figured maple
- Neck, Fretboard, Bridge woods– Rosewood, Ebony. Wide\Narrow Nut or neck widths and custom profiles
- Fretwire– Nickel-silver or EVO gold, various dimensions
- Headstock veneers– Front wood type: Ebony, Rosewood, or special request. Backside: none, ebonized fiberboard, or special request
- Binding– Ivoroid, Tortoise, None (cost reduction). Various combinations of colors and line orientation
- Inlays– “Lewandowski”,MOP, gold MOP, Abalone, design complexity is up to you
- Tuners – Waverly, Alessi, Rubner, Schaller, Gotoh
- Tailpiece - Kluson Trapeze Nickel, silver or gold, engraved or not; Other trapeze tailpieces available
- Finish – various colors, sunburst styles, and solid color options. Spirit varnish only
Please contact us for more information and pricing
Eli West demonstrating a Rincon Archtop Guitar at the La Conner Guitar Festival 2022
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