No. 20985

Body Shape: Medium, 15.5", 14th fret join

Scale: 24.9” (632.46 mm)

Nut Width: 1 3/4"

Bridge Spacing: 2 3/16

Top: Italian Alpine Spruce (Picea abies)

Back/Sides: West African Ebony (Diospyros crassiflora)

Neck: Genuine Honduran Mahogany w/ elevated fretboard

Neck Joinery: Traditional dovetail

Fretboard: West African Ebony

Fretboard Radius: 16”

Number of Frets: 21

Fretwire: Medium, 18% NickelSilver

Side Position Markers: Gold Mother-of-Pearl

Bridge: West African Ebony, Slotted

Bridge Pins: Unslotted ebony, 5 degree taper

Rosette: "Starfall" motif, mother-of-pearl and ebony

Headstock Overlays: West African Ebony (front & back) with "Constellations" inlay motif (front)

End Graft: Rosewood & Ebony, "Velaris" motif

Neck Block Inlay: mother-of-pearl, Ursa Major

Back-of-neck Inlay: ebony & purple purfling

Soundport: Oval, unbound

Binding: West African Ebony with purple purfling

Nut & Saddle: unbleached bone

Tuning Machines: Schertler

Finish: French Polish shellac

Access Case Included

This instrument is one of only a couple "spec" guitars I'm able to make per year that are not already headed to a specific client. This guitar was featured at the 2025 La Conner Guitar Festival. This is one of my favorite wood pairings: the marbled West African Ebony provides exceptional clarity across the guitar's entire range, and supports nice round tones that the top creates. The Italian Spruce top allows for a pleasing fundamental to overtone balance, with a slight weight to the fundamental, making this the perfect recording guitar!

The inlays for this guitar were inspired by staring up at the expansive night sky from outside my shop in Utah. On the perfect night, one can see the Milky Way streaking across the sky, which is mirrored in the cascade of stars on the rosette.

This guitar also features Schertler tuning machines, a slightly elevated fretboard, florentine cutaway, and a side soundport.

This guitar is in stock and available for purchase at Beyond Tone Instruments: https://www.beyondtoneinstruments.com/shop/p/steinbock-fine-instruments-starfall