RELABELED SERIES
2017 Original Series Raffles MH CSB C
What is Relabeled?
With our unwavering commitment in making boutique-grade instruments more accessible to players, we are now making available some of our older builds that were kept in their cases in our workshop. These pieces were never owned, loaned, nor sold, and are considered as new pieces with some differences to current builds due to their age.
These guitars are inspected to make sure that they are in their top performing condition considering their age, without any structural or functional issues that may affect their performance and comes with a 3-month service warranty. Clearance price excludes hardcase but a well-functioning hardcase will be included to ship the guitar safely.
About Original Series
Individually Handvoiced | Small Jumbo with Florentine Cutaway, Soundport & Beveled Armrest | Solid Western Red Cedar Top | Solid Khaya Mahogany Back & Sides
Handmade in small batches using select materials, these guitars are available in variety of shapes and wood combinations and are voiced by Hozen to bring out what would be the signature Maestro Guitars sound – responsive, rich in overtones, with defined basses and crystal-like thick trebles. Accompanying the Maestro sound is its iconic look – a coherent minimalistic design across the entire line, highlighting the intricacies of our signature SB & CSB options.
INDIVIDUALLY HANDVOICED
Though bracing patterns affect the tonal characteristics of an acoustic guitar, there is no formulaic way of guaranteeing the best tone. Every piece of wood is different that is why we take time to individually voice every Original Series guitar to deliver an instrument that has a very delicate response, rich in projection, and full of character.
RESPONSIVE WITH GREATER FOCUS ON COMPLEX OVERTONES
In addition to the signature responsiveness of our instruments, the Original Series guitars are specially voiced to possess complex overtones without compromising the richness of the fundamentals – resulting to a guitar that is inspiring to play especially for fingerstyle enthusiasts.
HANDSELECTED TONEWOODS
We source for the best tonewoods all over the world and naturally season them for years to ensure that they are responsive and have the ideal moisture content. The wood that we use for the Original Series are handselected based on how fast the sound travels across the board, richness of tap tones, deflection, and woodgrain.
BOUTIQUE FEATURES
Available with our signature CSB options – Florentine Cutaway, Soundport & Beveled Armrest – these guitars standout as they offer something that you rarely see off-the-rack. Aside from the playing comfort that the Beveled Armrest offers, the Soundport brings you to another level of expression and inspiration as it allows you to hear in detail every nuance of your playing.
SPECIFICATIONS
SOUNDBOARD Solid Western Red Cedar
BACK & SIDES Solid Khaya Mahogany
SIGNATURE OPTIONS Florentine Cutaway, Soundport & Beveled Armrest
ROSETTE Maple
BINDING Maple
PURFLING Wooden Lines
LINING Reversed Kerfing
BRACING Modified X Brace
BRACING MATERIAL Quarter-Sawn Sitka Spruce
NECK Carbon Fiber Reinforced Khaya Mahogany
NECK JOINT Dovetail
FINGERBOARD Ebony
FINGERBOARD BINDING Maple
BRIDGE Ebony
NUT & SADDLE MATERIAL Unbleached Bone
BRIDGE PINS Ebony
HEADSTOCK STYLE Modern Maestro
MACHINE HEADS Grover Rotomatic 18:1
STRINGS Elixir Phosphor Bronze Nanoweb Light .012 – .053
FINISH Nitrocellulose Matte
SETUP PLEK Setup
CASE N/A
DIMENSIONS
BODY LENGTH 505 mm
LOWER BOUT 394 mm
WAIST 250 mm
DEPTH 110 mm
SCALE LENGTH 650 mm
NUT WIDTH 44 mm
STRING SPACING – NUT 36.5 mm
AVE. STRING SPACING – NUT 7.3 mm
STRING SPACING – SADDLE 54.4 mm
AVE. STRING SPACING – SADDLE 10.89 mm
FINGERBOARD RADIUS 14″
NECK THICKNESS – NUT 24 mm
NECK THICNKESS – 12th FRET 34 mm