2019 Rafal Turkowiak ‘Crossover’, made in Poland, maker of t...

Hammer

£820

2019 Rafal Turkowiak ‘Crossover’, made in Poland, maker of the finest classical and acoustic guitars to order, using modern materials and unique methods.

This guitar is known as a Crossover Guitar, being a nylon strung guitar but with 14 frets to the body like a traditional acoustic guitar. It also incorporates a unique patented sound system via acoustic tubes in the neck and wave type resonator bracing. The sound being a jumbo-sized guitar projects significant volume. A guitar for most genres of music (unplugged!) and of course ideal for playing in the open air.

Technical data:
• first in the world top with a 7th generation 'WAVE RESONATOR' with a special chemical coating (increasing acoustic
properties of wood),
• first in the world back & sides made of tone wood in 'HIGH-TECH PRESS' 2nd generation,
• first in the world 5th generation 'ACOUSTIC TUBES' inside the guitar neck (Patent - Urząd Patentowy RP no.
P.419826 ‘Acoustic Tubes’; European Patent Office EP 3340231 (A1)) - musician hears sound not only from the guitar
body but also from the guitar neck,
• body shape - Jumbo,
• 14 frets to body,
• Top – Alpine Spruce from Tirol – MASTER GRADE,
• Back & sides made of Pau Ferro with sapwood - MASTER GRADE,
• Hand made logo made of natural bone in the guitar head,
• Headstock - slotted, classic style,
• Innovative, manually carved Ebony bridge encrusted with natural bone,
• Elevated fingerboard made of Ebony – MASTER GRADE, double-action truss-rod, radius 16" with compensation,
• Rosette encrusted with ebony and natural bone,
• asymmetric neck made of flame maple - MASTER GRADE,
• ebony armrest integrated with the guitar body,
• double Ebony plates on the guitar head – MASTER GRADE,
• first nut made of manually shaped natural bone - width 46 mm,
• saddle made of manually shaped natural bone,
• tuning machines with ebony knobs and black aluminium rollers with bearings and white mother of pearl screw
reinforcements, ratio 18:1,
• ebony bindings,
• natural white mother-of-pearl side dots fi 1.5 mm: 3, 5, 9, 15, 17 frets, fi 3 mm 7, 12 frets (at 12 double),
• highly-resonance, antistatic varnish (own recipe), hand polished, matt,
• 18% Nickel-Silver fretwire,
• Savarez 500AJ strings,
• scale length 25.5" (647,7 mm)
• Gator Hard Case

YouTube video below is of actual guitar being played in Madrid - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlqJtmdDLhA