Redwood & Maple SF3 Bowable Guitar


Posted on December 16, 2007 by Scott French

"This SF3 came with a fairly straightforward goal: to be easy to play with a bow. Narrowing the SF3 design and doing an exagerated top carve ended up being the easy part... findings pickups and a bridge to accomodate that extreme radius was more challenging. Nordstrand was able to supply some custom NDC humbuckers with super staggered magnets for the pickups. For the bridge I used Graphtech saddles and built a very custom ebony bridge by hand."

BODY
SF3 Bowable

FINISH
Polyester

COLOR
Greenburst

Image
Body

Acoustic Grade Redwood Carved Top w/Wenge Lam
Figured Spalt Maple Flat Back w/Wenge Lam
Poplar Main Body

Neck

24.75" Scale Length
5-Piece Birdseye Maple Neck w/Wenge Lams
Ebony Fingerboard w/7.250" - 4.531" Radius
Metal Side Dots
Ebony w/Maple Headstock/Healcap Veneers
24 Maple Position Marker Lines
Thin 'C' Neck Profile
2 Way Adjustable Truss Rod
1 11/16" Nut Width
Individual Elements w/Zero Fret

Hardware

Custom Ebony Bridge w/Graphite Saddles
Sperzel Locking Tuners
Schaller Locking Strap Buttons

Electronics

Custom Nordstrand NDC Humbuckers
Volume/Tone/3-Way