Overview
This is the harp guitar that started it all for me. After seeing the awesome Stephen Benett in concert in Los Angeles with my luthier friend Kathy Wingert I fell in love with the instrument. It so happaned that a few months later Stephen would play in Padova at an event organized by an old friend of mine, upcoming guitarist Francesco Faldani, and so I went to see Stephen again, and, brought over my first Columbia model to see if he would try it. To make a long story short, after the concert Stephen did try the guitar for half an hour, and when he was done the only comment he made was telling francesco he had found who could build him a harp guitar! There started the journey of research for this wonderful and fascinating instrument.
Features
This harp guitar has an Italian spruce top and a gorgeous black walnut back and sides set. Finding the right woods for such an odd instrument is not easy, and I often have to resort to sourcing raw planks and slicing the plates myself!
Scale lenght 25,5'' for the guitar part
Sub basses tuned low to high G A B C D F#
Slotted headstock and banjo tuners for the bass strings
Doolin Style Adjustable neck system
Wood rosettes
Compound radius fingerboard
Walnut neck
Custom D-Tar pickup system
Testimonials
This is and instrument built from exceptional woods and innovative tone! It is certainly not an easy instrument to find or play. The harp guitar built by Max is a whole different world and the balance between the bass strings and the standard ones is perfect, meaning the basses possess the right volume and complement the harmonic content from the other strings, coloring in the best way possible every chord. A true portable piano!
Acoustic
