X-O is available for Model Jazz, Model 503 and D-hole "Maccaferri" models
Stright grain laminated old stock Brazilian rosewood back and sides
Heat-treated European spruce top
AJL-tuners
Original headstock glue joint
Distressed relic finish
"Thermotimber" is a heat treatment procedure for wood, usually used for construction and carpentry woods. Tampere University of Technology, Luthiery department of Ikaalinen School of Arts and Crafts and a company named "Suomen Ekopuu" has developed a special heat treatment procedure which is suitable for tonewoods. The normal "Thermotimber" procedure has some unwanted side effects for tonewood (decreasing elasticity, decreasing bending strength and colour changes). Certain special modifications to the procedure give many great advantages including increasing the speed of sound and resulting in a lighter weight, These can be reached without any unwanted effects mentiioned above.
On X-O, the relic finish is done with a water-based stain straight to wood, natural shellac and very slight amount of nitrocellulose to neck, back and sides. No sealers or fillers are used. Compared to a normal finish, vibrating mass is reduced, and the guitar is more sensitive, clear and crispy. It really feels like an old Selmer.
Scale length: 670 mm or 640 mm on short scale
Body size: 410 mm at lower bout
Top: Solid European spruce,
Back and sides: Hand laminated straigh-grain Brazilian
rosewood.
Neck: threee piece European walnut with original
headstock joint
Neck dimensions: 45 mm at the 0-fret, 57 mm at the
14 th fret OR 48 - 60 on short scale D-hole guitars
Fingerboard: Ebony with genuine MOP-dots
Tuners: Selmer-style AJL-tuners
Truss-rod: Two-way adjustable
Frets: Dunlop 6105
