Description: Another beautiful Avalon from Jimmy Foster. If you are looking for a great full size archtop from one of the best builders out there, this guitar is for you! It's also well priced to suit the budget of a gigging musician. Starting with the Crescent City model as a basis, Jimmy Foster has created an archtop jazz guitar that possesses many of the most popular features for a full sized 17-inch archtop guitar. Beautifully carved flamed maple adorns the back, sides, and neck of the Avalon model. Fine aged Sitka spruce is used for the carved top plate. All other appointments are made from aged Ebony. The other unique feature of the Avalon guitar model is its immediate availability from a Foster authorized dealer. This archtop guitar is available as a 6-string guitar or a 7-string guitar.
Hand Split Carved Sitka Spruce Top
Modified Parallel Bracing or X Bracing
17" body width with 3" side depth
Select Figured Bigleaf Maple Back and Sides
One Piece Figured Maple neck joined at the 15th fret
Venetian Cutaway
Body Bound in Ebonized Binding
Adjustable Steel Truss Rod
Solid Ebony Tailpiece, Pickguard, Bridge, Fingerboard, Headstock, Truss Rod Cover and Heel Cap
Beautifully Chamfered F Holes
Engraved Truss Rod Cover
Delicate Abalone Inlay on the 12th fret, headstock, and tailpiece
Custom Kent Armstrong Floating Pickup with Volume, and Tone control
Gold Plated Tuners
High Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish
6-String
Cremona Burst
TKL Custom Hardshell Case