Meteor

Inspired by Martin-Style & Classical Guitar Shapes

The combination of a big, chunky neck, smaller 00 size body and a 4 3/8" oversized sound hole produces a strong, projecting tone which belies its curvaceous compactness. All made possible with a superior Adirondack red spruce top, which helps produce and handles the volume well, and mahogany back and sides. Other tone woods available.

Steve’s Take: “I think it was the first acoustic shape I ever made so it’s shaped like a classical guitar, or 00. It’s a good, friendly shape, at home on the couch or in performance. It’s a well-known Martin-style shape, although Gibson and Epiphone have also done similar models. It’s a shape that’s been around forever and it excels at both finger picking and strumming.”

Specifications

Meteor Body
• 00 size with oversized 4 3/8" soundhole.
• Solid, hand selected mahogany backs and sides. Other tone woods by special order.
• Finest Adirondack red spruce top.
• Tap tuned plates.
• Quartersawn red spruce bracing.
• Rosewood bridge plate.
• Ebony bridge with vintage bone saddle.
• Herringbone purfling with choice of binding.

Meteor Neck
• 24.5” 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 18” radius. Bound, with nubs, optional.
• 20 medium frets.
• Pearl dot or snowflake position markers.
• 3 on a side vintage style tuning machines.
• Vintage bone nut.
• Stock neck carve is C. 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.