Constellation

Super light, pre-war Martin dreadnought.

Carefully selected tone and brace woods enable ultra-lightweight construction. Delivering a huge yet articulated sound, available in a wide choice of tone woods.

Steve’s Take: “That’s my version of a pre-war dreadnought. It’s super traditional. Trying to make them as light as possible was one thing a well-known luthier told me long ago. A great  acoustic guitar should weigh three pounds or less. I’ll spend hours looking for a good headblock and tailblock that are super strong yet weigh almost nothing! Every piece of wood is judged this way to make the cut.”

Specifications

Constellation Body
• Dreadnaught.
• Solid, hand selected backs and sides.
• Tone wood choices include mahogany, rosewood, claro walnut, Madagascar kingwood, and more.
• Finest redwood or Adirondack red spruce top.
• Tap tuned plates.
• Quartersawn red spruce bracing.
• Maple bridge plate.
• Ebony bridge with vintage bone saddle.
• Herringbone purfling with choice of binding.

Constellation Neck
• 25.34” scale.
• 1 13/16” nut width.
• Neck/body joint at 14th fret.
• Hand carved, quartersawn mahogany with scarf jointed
headstock and ebony headstock veneer.
• Dual-action truss rod with convenient adjustment inside guitar body.
• Unbound ebony fingerboard with 16” radius.
• 20 medium frets.
• Pearl dot position markers, with custom placement on neck side.
• 3 on a side Waverly vintage oval tuning machines.
• Vintage bone nut.
• Stock neck carve is soft V. Other carves by special order.

Electronics
• Available with L.R. Baggs IMIX pickup system as an option.

Finish
• Ultra thin, hand-rubbed shellac basecoat and aged nitrocellulose topcoat.