Isabella

 

The upper cover of the body is made out of spruce, the back and the sides are made out of rosewood. The neck is traditional glued 3-pieces of maple and the fretboard is made from ebony. The tailpiece is one of a kind. It is made from stainless steel and the strings go through the six pipes, which make an organ-like sound. This gives the sound a specific tone.
Model KL-5E Archtop
Archtop 17″ lower bout, 3″ body depth, Venetian cutaway
Body back Laminated Rosewood
Side Laminated Rosewood side
Body top Spruce (Laminated top)
Binding White/black/w
Neck 3-pieces  of maple
Fretboard Rosewood
Fretboard Radius 12”
Scale length 635 mm (25”)
Width at nut 44,5 mm (1,751”)
Nut Compensated nut, bone
Thickness at 1 st fret 18,2 mm (0,716”)
Frets 21 (Stainless Steel)
Fret height 1,2 mm (0,0472”)
Fret width 2,15 mm (0,084”)
Tuners Schaller vintage(white chrome)
Strap security locks Schaller (white chrome)
Bridge Ebony
Tailpiece Self made tailpice
Pickups TV-Jones
Finish Acrylic lacquer (natural)
Strings 12-52
Weight 2,734 kg
Case Included

Price 7000.- €

The ISABELLA, my archtop electric guitar, I completed in 2011 sports a custom engineered TV Jones pickups. When recording you are able to simultaneously pick up both the acoustic and electric output which compliment each other rather well. You can listen to this effect as Vítor Zafer performs for you on the ISABELLA.
Vítor Zafer

Guitar player and composer