THE OVERO

This special guitar from Bill's private collection is being offered for sale. Asking price is $17,500. To make an offer contact bill by e-mail or by phone 989-686-9775.

Small Jumbo

Florentine Cutaway

Arm & Rib bevel with Koa overlay

Ebony Bound Sound Port

User Adjustable Neck Set

Custom Inlay Designed by Rachel Wise

Top Wood
Flamed Redwood

Top Trim
Radial CutBrazilian Rosewood

Back / Side Wood
Redeemed Brazilian Rosewood

Binding
Flamed Koa

Bridge
Brazilian Rosewood/Ebony Pins

Neck
Five Piece Laminate - Mahogany/Rosewood/Maple/Rosewood/Mahogany

Scale Length
24.9 inches 13 frets to body

Nut Width
1 13/16 inches

Saddle Spacing
2 5/16 inches

Nut/Saddle
Ancient Mammoth Ivory

Fingerboard
Ebony/Koa Trim/Horseshoe Inlay at 12th fret

Head Plate
Ebony / Koa Trim / Horse Head Silhouette Inlay / MOP outlined Koa "C" logo

Head Back
Duck Tail / Oak Burl Overlay

Tuners
Antique Gold Gotoh 510 Delta Series tuners

Tuner Buttons
Custom Macassar Ebony "Charis Acoustic" engraved buttons

Rosette
Laser Cut Rosewood Horseshoe Chain on Makore Background

Case
Hoffee Custom Fit Carbon Fiber Case

Redeemed Brazilian Rosewood
This Brazilian Rosewood was found in a barn in nearby Frankenmuth Michigan. As you can see from the photo it was very weather worn and checked. This plank eventually yielded enough wood for three guitars. The Overo is the last of the three.

This last set of Brazilian from the Redeemed wood had a few bad spots in the back and side set. Bill used these bad spots as a good excuse to do some inlay work with the help of his daughter Rachel. Rachel's original hand drawn artwork was scanned to the computer so the parts could be laser cut. Below you can see the individual laser cut pieces awaiting inlay and Bill and Rachel carefully gluing the pieces in place. Don't sneeze or you'll never find all the parts!

User Adjustable Neck Set
The neck sits in a pocket that allows the neck (all the way to the end of the fingerboard) to adjust. By turning the adjustment nut in the neck heal with the 4mm Allen wrench the neck angle is changed. There is no need to loosen the strings. You can see from the photos how easy it is to set the action.

Call or e-mail Bill for more details or to make an offer on this one-of-a-kind guitar.

Phone: 989-686-9775

e-mail: bill@charisacoustic.com