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A Piccolo Traveller Guitar is Steel String Guitar but smaller. The construction method uses a Spanish heel at the neck joint and an X brace for the top. The tuning is A to A, like a standard guitar with a capo at the fifth fret, resulting in a very versatile instrument in a small size.
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Piccolo Guitar
General Specification
Traditional Spanish construction methods with Spanish (or Slipper) heel.
Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata) top with X Brace strutting. Indian Rosewood bindings.
Mahogany (Khaya ivorensis) with solid head, 43 mm at the nut. African Mahogany book matched head veneer.
"Chess" Rosette Maple and African Mahogany blocks
Ebony (Diospyros crassiflora Hiern) fingerboard of 17" (433mm) scale length, 14" radius, with 18 frets and a 12 fret join.
Mother of Pearl fret markers and white side dots at 3 5 7 9 12 15
Ebony bridge. Vintage style tuners.
Finished in oil.
Traditional Spanish construction methods with Spanish (or Slipper) heel.
Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata) top with X Brace strutting. Indian Rosewood bindings.
Mahogany (Khaya ivorensis) with solid head, 43 mm at the nut. African Mahogany book matched head veneer.
"Chess" Rosette Maple and African Mahogany blocks
Ebony (Diospyros crassiflora Hiern) fingerboard of 17" (433mm) scale length, 14" radius, with 18 frets and a 12 fret join.
Mother of Pearl fret markers and white side dots at 3 5 7 9 12 15
Ebony bridge. Vintage style tuners.
Finished in oil.
Piccolo (Tani) shown with
African Mahogany back and sides. Maple bindings and back stripe.
Strung with D'Addario phosphor bronze EJ15 extra light gauge (.010" to .047") guitar strings
834 grammes 1.8 lb.
African Mahogany back and sides. Maple bindings and back stripe.
Strung with D'Addario phosphor bronze EJ15 extra light gauge (.010" to .047") guitar strings
834 grammes 1.8 lb.
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Cases are available for this size
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finger picking - tuned A to a
Notes.
This is built to be tuned A3D3G3C4E4A4, like a standard concert guitar with a capo at the fifth fret, but of course all sorts of tunings can be used.
The string tension on this short 433mm (17") scale, tuned ADGCEA, is the the same as a 578mm (22 3/4") scale, tuned EADGBE.
So your regular string gauge might feel a little softer.
This is built to be tuned A3D3G3C4E4A4, like a standard concert guitar with a capo at the fifth fret, but of course all sorts of tunings can be used.
The string tension on this short 433mm (17") scale, tuned ADGCEA, is the the same as a 578mm (22 3/4") scale, tuned EADGBE.
So your regular string gauge might feel a little softer.
