Introducing this Small Jumbo featuring an Adirondack Spruce top with Ancient Bog Oak back and sides.
Hozen is a Singaporean guitar builder who understudied with Ervin Somogyi for
voicing. He founded Maestro Guitars in 2004 and has been building Maestro
guitars until today. This pandemic season made him realize that time is
limited, and the future is indeed uncertain. He now sees guitar making from a
new perspective. He wants to spend his days building guitars as if they are his
own to keep, with limits bounded only by his imagination. He started
conceptualizing every fine detail that he would like to see in his own
instruments. Many of the designs are inspired by amazing builders he knows
personally but done up with a twist – a personal touch. It’s never his
intention to reinvent the acoustic guitar but only to make the original better.
Hozen guitars are born from his desire to give his all as though there is no
tomorrow.
Hozen Guitars differ from
the Maestro line as every single piece is unique in design and specifications.
It would be unlikely he will make the same thing again unless it’s
commissioned. Every instrument is done in the highest workmanship under Maestro
Guitar’s build-to-order program whereby he is personally involved in the
design, voicing, and crafting of the instrument.
SPECIFICATIONS
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SHAPE Small
Jumbo with Back Bevel
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SOUNDBOARD Solid
Adirondack Spruce
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BACK &
SIDES Solid Ancient Bog Oak
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SIGNATURE
OPTIONS Florentine Cutaway, Soundport & Beveled Armrest
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ROSETTE Segmented
Mosaic Wood
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BINDING Flamed Maple
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PURFLING Wooden
Lines
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LINING Solid
Lining with Double Sides
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BRACING Advanced
Hybrid Bracing
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BRACING
MATERIAL Quarter-Sawn Sitka Spruce
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NECK Carbon
Fiber Reinforced Mahogany with Ebony Strip
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NECK
JOINT Dovetail
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FINGERBOARD Ebony
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FINGERBOARD
BINDING Ebony
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FRETS Sanko
HV160 2.4mm Nickel Silver
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BRIDGE Ebony
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NUT &
SADDLE MATERIAL Unbleached Bone
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BRIDGE
PINS Ebony
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HEADSTOCK
STYLE H Style in Lines over Ebony
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MACHINE
HEADS Gotoh SGS510Z Gold
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STRINGS Elixir
Phosphor Bronze Nanoweb Light .012 – .053
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FINISH Polyurethane
Super High Gloss
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SETUP PLEK
Setup
CASE Premium Polycarbonate H
Case
Dimensions
LENGTH 1038 mm BODY LENGTH 505 mm LOWER BOUT 394 mm WAIST 250 mm DEPTH 110 mm SCALE LENGTH 650 mm NUT WIDTH 44 mm STRING SPACING – NUT 36.5 mm AVE. STRING SPACING – NUT 7.3 mm STRING SPACING – SADDLE 54.4 mm AVE. STRING SPACING – SADDLE 10.89 mm FINGERBOARD RADIUS 14″ NECK THICKNESS – NUT 24 mm
Link for a video of guitar: https://youtu.be/OwrSOia_LEg
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