Nightingale N380F PNG Ebony - Moon Spruce
This guitar is a spec built passion project that is available for sale. I upgraded the wood and the inlay throughout the guitar to make it visually striking. There is an inlay material which i made based on the principal of kintsugi, a Japanese art form. In this case i used black recon stone, breaking it repeatedly and putting it...
TONEWOOD SPECS
Soundboard: AAA Swiss Moon SpruceBody Wood: Papua New Guinea Ebony
Neck Wood: First Choice Honduran w. Ebony Lamination
Fretboard: Premium Exotic Ebony
Bridge: Ebony
This guitar is a spec built passion project that is available for sale. I upgraded the wood and the inlay throughout the guitar to make it visually striking. There is an inlay material which i made based on the principal of kintsugi, a Japanese art form. In this case i used black recon stone, breaking it repeatedly and putting it back together with colored epoxy, the gold lines within this material are 24ct gold dust set in epoxy.
Despite the fancy visual I have put the same level of attention to detail into the internal workings of the guitar with a lightly built X braced top. The bracewood is also high quality, tight grained moon spruce that comes from the same source in Switzerland as the top. The back is a resonant X braced design which allows the back and sides wood to color the tone of the guitar more than a ladder braced, reflective alternative.
Build Specifications
| MODEL | Nightingale N380F Papua New Guinea Ebony/Moon Spruce |
| YEAR BUILT | 2022-2024 |
| SOUNDBOARD WOOD | AAA Swiss Moon Spruce |
| BACK & SIDE WOOD | Papua New Guinea Ebony |
| BODY SHAPE | OM Equivalent |
| BODY DEPTH | At Tail 110mm - 4.25" |
| SCALE LENGTH | Standard Scale 645mm - 25.4" |
| FRETBOARD WOOD | Premium Exotic Ebony |
| BRIDGE WOOD | Ebony |
| NUT & SADDLE | Natural Bone |
| NUT WIDTH | 43mm - 1 11/16" |
| STRING SPACING | 55mm - 2 3/16" |
| FRET WIRES | Gold |
| HEADSTOCK | Nightingale Signature |
| INLAY NOTES | Segmented rosette, Back Strip, End graft |
| TUNING MACHINES | Schaller Grand Tune, Gold, Snakewood Buttons |
| NECK INFO | First Choice Honduran w. Ebony Lamination |
| TRUSS ROD | Titanium |
| BINDING | Ebony |
| BRACING | X Braced top & Back |
| ROSETTE | Segmented, Multi Material |
| BRIDGE PINS | Ebony |
| 12TH FRET ACTION | 2.25mm Bass > 1.75mm Treble |
| RADIUS DATA | 16" |
| BUILD FINISH | Nitrocellulose |
| AMPLIFIED? | No |
| AMP TYPE | None |
| STRINGS | Elixir 12-53 80/20 Bronze Nanoweb Coated |
| CASE INFO | Calton Black interior & exterior w. paint splatter |
| WORKSHOP CITY | Stroud |
| ORIGIN COUNTRY | United Kingdom |
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