Crafted exclusively for the discriminating jazz traditionalist, The Elferink Excalibur is considered the benchmark archtop guitar like the old D’Angelco’s, Strombergs and Gibson L5 en super 400s. Fancy inlays, multiple celluloid bindings and highest grade solid hand carved and tuned spruce top and maple back makes the Exclibur one of the most impressive guitars from my range. Even its DeArmond suspended pickup has been designed to mount to the pickguard—keeping the top free and clean for superior tonality. The Excalibur is completely hand built ensuring an inimitable instrument of the highest caliber.
Specs: Excalibur 17
Body: Archtop: 17″ lower bout, 2,75 to 3,25” tapered body depth, Venetian cutaway
Top: Carved, hand–graduated and tuned spruce
Back: Carved, hand–graduated flamed maple
Sides: Solid flamed maple
Bracing: X–braced spruce
Binding: White celluloid with multiple black white celluloid purfling
Neck: Select flamed maple
Fingerboard: Ebony, 12″ radius, with black celluloid bindings and wooden purfling
Width at Nut: 1 ¾” or 1 11/16” bone
Scale: 25″ or 25,5”on request
Frets: 20
Bridge: Ebony, adjustable with black wheels and posts
Tailpiece: Ebony with tail adjuster
Inlays: Split pearl block inlays on fingerboar and bridge, pearl art-deco inlay on headstock
Pickup: DeArmond reissue gold floating pickup
Controls: Volume mounted on fingerrest
Tuners: Grover imperial gold with art deco style buttons
Fingerrest: Ebony with white celluloid binding and black white purfling
Finish: Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Colors: Natural, Amber, tobacco sunburst, red sunburst
Case: Hiscox
Price range: € 4700,= to €7300,= (prices depend on options and export outside EU or in EU)