Description
Exceptional condition. This guitar is from the highly respected builder, Michael Marler, who passed away in May 2005. This guitar exhibits craftsmanship at the highest level of guitar building. Not only did he use the finest woods, but Marler’s methods are impeccable. Barely any signs of player wear. High-grade Madagascar Rosewood back and sides. High-grade Adirondack Red Spruce top. Mahogany neck with three-piece stringer down the center from peghead to heel. Gabon Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Rosewood peghead overlay. Flamed koa bindings work so attractively in tying together the different woods around the edges of the body and peghead. Peghead has very artistic rose inlay of gold pearl, white pearl, and abalone. Face of peghead shows multiple wood marketry strips inside the koa binding. Handmade brass truss rod cover. Gold Schaller tuners with ebony buttons. Gabon ebony fingerboard has cut diamond inlays and also shows a purfling line all around the fingerboard, like a picture frame. Top is very high grade Adirondack Red Spruce showing all the aspects of red spruce: grain variation from wide to tight, beautiful medullary rays, and red streaks. Top has elaborate yet tasteful soundhole rosette of multiple wood purflings with a centerpiece of very intense abalone. Gabon ebony bridge with boxed intonated bone saddle. Beautiful original nut. Multiple wood purflings are also seen along the top, sides, and centerseam of back. Flamed koa heelcap also shows multiple wood purfling. Flamed koa endwedge also mitered in with multiple purflings. Original clear pickguard. Ebony bridgepins. Jack professionally installed, but no pickup in guitar. Mr. Marler installed the jack while building instead of a regular endpin so that a future owner could have a pickup installed without needing to drill the hole. Gold strap button professionally installed in neck heel. Action is beautifully low and the sound is very sensitive yet extremely powerful.
