Description
New old stock / #55
Exceptional condition
w/ cloth tweed hard case
This 2003 Clinesmith Maple custom squareneck is solid Maple construction. Ebony peghead overlay with “Clinesmith” logo inlaid at the top in mother of pearl. Nickel Schaller mini tuners with metal buttons. Very nice bone nut. Gabon Ebony fingerboard is fretted and has small dot abalone inlays and a very nice custom pearl and abalone plant flourish inlay at the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th frets. Fingerboard is bound with grained ivoroid.
Two-piece Maple neck, two-piece Maple top, Maple sides, and a two-piece Maple back. This Maple is incredibly beautiful and highly figured with bold striping everywhere. Two screen holes, traditional coverplate, and #14 spider cone with Ebony and Maple inserts. The top and back edges are bound with the same grained ivoroid that is found on the neck. The inside is soundpost construction with a Maple baffle that is stained with the same stain as the guitar.
This Clinesmith was hardly ever played. It was played slightly right when it was built, and only sign of this is a couple tiny touch marks. It has one mark on the side, and one area on the top where a stick on tuner was. Other than that, we cannot find any markings. This banjo has custom picked Maple from the Clinesmith shop, and the flower flourish inlay was a custom addition as well. The cloth tweed case is in near perfect condition and it is very high quality.
This 2003 Clinesmith Maple Custom Resonator has huge sound, it is hard to describe just how wonderful the tone is. It is beautifully voiced and powerful.
