For a couple of years I've been thinking about the idea of a special construction that allows the top to vibrate freely without comprimising any response from the construction and string tension. As You know, string tension wants to move the neck up and top down, so the top has to be strong around the neck joint area so that this area does not vibrate. This new "neck-thru-the-acoustic-body" construction has the neck fixed to the tail of the guitar, allowing the soundboard to be tuned all the way up to the upper bout of the soundbox, which makes for much better projection and acoustic volume.
Nuages 15" is short Les Paul scale and low string tension on small and loud archtop
-New Neck-Thru-the acoustic body-system - Parallel top bracing-confortable AJL-Gypsyguitar neck profile - 45-57mm Selmer neck dimensions. Carbonfiber reinforcing + two-way truss-rod. -Thumbwheel vol & tone. -Very light thin brass tailpiece. -Headstock & tailpiece made of ebony & mother-of-pearl Hollowed one piece rosewood bridge. Swingmaster "Rhythm chief" -replica, floating single coil with dummy-coil for hum cancel. -Short scale = low string tension -Jescar EVO Gold frets-Extremely beautiful European maple & carpathian spruce. -15" inc model has also very slim AJL handmade fiberglass case, so it's very nice to travel with it.
Watch a video ยป"Nuages" has my own Swingmaster pickup, which is an exact replica of the old Rhythm-chief 1000, with the correct bobbin material, coil wire & alnico magnets. Vintage DeArmonds had very delicate construction, they were beautiful pickups, with sophisticated highs and round mids and great response for picking force. Their string balance was compensated for with different magnet sizes and special coil winds. My pickup sounds the same, but with adjusted string balance for today's stainless, or nickel wound strings. "Nuages" guitar also has an extra "dummy-coil", which is a coil without magnets, hidden inside the guitar, it doesn't make any sound,- it's just out of phase for "bucking" the hum, or noise.
Back & sides: Solid masterclass flamed maple
Body size: 15 1/2 inch OR 17 inch
Bridge: Hollowed Brazilian rosewood
Fingerboard: Ebony, with or without m.o.p. inlays, 20" radius
Finish: Natural, Aged, Traditional sunburst, Tobacco sunburst, Bordeaux
Frets: Jescar FW5509EVO Gold
Hardware: Gold plated, Schaller Rotomatic-style tuners, Lightweight "Nuages"-tailpiece.
Inlays: Genuine Mother of pearl
Neck: Solid masterclass flamed maple, two piece, rosewood stripe
Neck dimensions: 43mm at the nut, 54 at 14 fret ("Selmer")- OR 45mm at the nut, 57mm at the 14th fret ("Gibson")
Pickguard: Bound tortoise art-deco-style with hidden vol & tone control
Scale length: 24,75" (628mm)
Top: Solid European spruce
Truss-rod: Two-way adjustable, two unidirecional carbonfiber rods
