Hozen Guitars are here!
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 guitarmaking 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.
This guitar is from the Hozen Guitars Blue
Series. It is a Modified Dreadnought with Tapered Body featuring a solid Torrefied
Adirondack Spruce top, and solid Cocobolo Back & Sides.
SPECIFICATIONS
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SHAPE Modified
Dreadnought with Tapered Body
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SOUNDBOARD Solid
Torrefied Adirondack Spruce
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BACK &
SIDES Solid Cocobolo
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SIGNATURE
OPTIONS Florentine Cutaway, Soundport & Beveled Armrest
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ROSETTE Segmented
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BINDING Ebony
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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 Adirondack Spruce
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NECK Carbon
Fiber Reinforced African Mahogany with Ebony Strip
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NECK JOINT Dovetail
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FINGERBOARD Ebony
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FINGERBOARD
BINDING Rosewood
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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
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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
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CASE Premium
Polycarbonate H Case
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