Soundboard: spruce
Back and sides: brazilian/indian rosewood
Fingerboard: ebony
Neck: mahogany
Bridge: brazilian rosewood
Saddle: bone
Scale length: 648mm
Width of fingerboard: nut 52 mm; 12^th fret 62 mm
Thickness of neck: 1^th fret 21 mm; 9^th fret 24 mm
Body depth: top 90 mm; bottom 98 mm
Distance between strings: capo 42 mm; bridge 59 mm
The finish: French shellac polish
Weight: 1,400 kg

The principal characteristics of this guitar are its quickness of response, its high sustain, its warm and expressive tone, and its harmonically rich and full sound. Its purity of sound and general balance is exquisite.