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Taos
This guitar features a western red cedar top with cocobolo back and sides. The scale length is 25.5". Although a nylon string instrument, this guitar is made with playing comfort in mind. The finger board sports a compound radius, starting at the nut at 16". The fingerboard is 1.875" wide at the nut. The top features a traditional version of Torres 7 fan bracing. The rosette is a Celtic horse of awabi abalone. All of the typical Lame Horse features are here, including adjustable playing action, access panel, and upgraded VS Tuners. Please take a look at the photos below, and listen to the sound sample included with video below. Price $10,900.
SOLD!
La Cathedral OM - Available from Lame Horse Guitars
Contact us about this beautiful OM. Specs - Top-Engelmann spruce. Back and sides - highly figured katalox. Neck 7 piece Honduran mahogany. Fingerboard - ebony. Bridge - Indian rosewood. Scale length - 25.5” 14 fret. Rosette - pomelle bubinga, red abalone, turquoise, with 10 sound holes, side port. Head plate - pommelle bubinga. VS tuners with ebony buttons. Rear access panel. Adjustable playing action. $10,900
Western Red Cedar - Koa Saddle Pal
This instrument is one of the the most sensitive and responsive guitars we have ever built. Please take a moment to listen to the demo below. It is for sale at
The North American Guitar - Nashville - London.
SOLD
In Progress Photos
Top Bracing
Cedar Top Being Finished
Top Bracing
As unconventional as a Saddle Pal rosette may look at times. The bracing is not so unconventional at all.
Inside
Cedar Top Being Finished
Top Bracing
The double sides are maple finished with a Celtic pattern in keeping with the rosette.
Cedar Top Being Finished
Cedar Top Being Finished
Koa Back Undergoing Finishing
We use a special algorithm to select all our tops for the perfect density and stiffness. We carefully measure the Young's modulus, density, and longitudinal resonant frequency of all wood we are considering as guitar tops.
Koa Back Undergoing Finishing
Koa Back Undergoing Finishing
Koa Back Undergoing Finishing
The weight and resonant properties of koa seem to work extremely well for our Saddle Pal model.
Rosette and Side Ports
Koa Back Undergoing Finishing
Back, Side, Ebony Binding
A long laborious process of listening and measuring the spectrograms of the various modes of vibration of the guitar is done to achieve final voicing and determine final port sizes.
Back, Side, Ebony Binding
Koa Back Undergoing Finishing
Back, Side, Ebony Binding
And of course, in the end, it all has to look nice!
Two Lame Horse Komona Wanna Leiya Ukuleles
Both Solid Honduran Mahogany Top, Back, and Sides
We feel Honduran mahogany gives the best combination of bark and sweetness for the perfect ukulele sound.
TENOR UKULELE
These ukuleles have almost exactly identical specifications, however, they are different sizes. One is the popular concert size, being slightly larger than a soprano uke. The other is a tenor, the next larger size up from a concert. Price -Tenor $799 - Concert $699
Specifications
This instrument has solid Honduran mahogany back, sides, and neck. It has rosewood binding, peg head overlay, fingerboard, and bridge. It has geared Grover ukulele tuners with black buttons. Bone is used for the saddle and nut. A cowgirl pinup is on the back. These images are very durable. However, these images are also easily removed for anyone who just prefers a plain mahogany back to the graphic. A hardshell, green velour lined, faux alligator case is supplied with the instrument. Photos of the details of the instrument and case are included.
Learn the History of the Cowboy Ukes
Unlike our guitars and Gitjos which are all made in Texas, these ukuleles are made of imported parts, and only partly constructed by us in an effort to keep their price low. However, the quality of the uke and its sound is high.