Martin Simpson's New Old Guitar

If you think this guitar looks familiar, it is. We made it in 2019 and it's one of the first  "Orleans" models,  this one being made from "Mike Waterson's Wood"

Martin has another similar guitar and wanted this one to have a longer scale length and an adjustable neck.

So here we have Martin's new, oldish, guitar. Look carefully and you might notice the rather weird position of the neck joint, resulting from the new scale length. That was not easy to do. Usually, the accuracy of the neck join isn't critical to within a millimetre or so, as we'd usually fit the neck first, then fit the bridge to suit.  This time I had to set the neck to exactly meet the saddle position in the existing bridge.  Not so easy.

So far, I'd say this a success story so we might have another new model to talk about soon and there is only one possible name. 

The New Orleans.


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