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An absolutely stunning OM acoustic, in what Bill Kraus describes as:
"An OM model in my favorite combination of woods: Red spruce top, Honduran rosewood back and sides, curly Koa bindings."

I first heard about Bill Kraus from my good friend, Scott Freilich of Top Shelf Music in Buffalo, NY. Scott has been a factory authorized Martin repair center since 1979 and has seen the finest 6 figure pre-war Martins. Scott was raving about Bill Kraus, his knowledge of tonewoods, and the insane quality of his guitars. I also learned that Stan Jay of Mandolin Bros. was equally impressed with Kraus Guitars and had started carrying Bill’s guitars in his store. Every Kraus guitar at Mandolin Bros. has sold!

Here’s how Stan described a Model D Honduran Rosewood that Mandolin Bros. had in their store:

William Kraus, who uses the logo (in highly stylized abalone) “WK” in which both the W and the K seem to be mating or something, is a maker of extremely fine sounding, beautifully hand-crafted guitars, in the traditional design of the great dreadnoughts of the past. This one, however, exceeds all expectations of excellence and beauty in that it has a Honduran rosewood back, sides and headstock overlay. About Honduran Rosewood, according to the website “globaltrees” (edited): Honduran Rosewood is a valuable timber species.

Honduran rosewood – a/k/a Dalbergia stevensonii is known only from Belize, Guatemala and southern Mexico. Its valuable rosewood timber is highly sought after for quality products including musical instruments, turnery and carving. Honduran rosewood is reportedly the best wood for marimba and xylophone keys and it has been suggested as an acceptable substitute in guitars for Brazilian rosewood – Dalbergia Nigra -- (international trade in which is now banned under CITES. Because it is a Dalbergia, like Brazilian, it sounds absolutely unbelievable!

This guitar is simply phenomenol and the build quality, materials, and attention to detail are just mind blowing! I have a collection of vintage
Golden Era Gibsons, Fenders, Gretschs, and Martins, and have owned Collings, SCGC, H&D, and Bourgeois, so it takes a very special guitar to impress me. The Kraus OM delivers in every way!

Just check out the rosette: Paua shell bordered by curly Koa wood inlayed into a red Spruce top-simply amazing! And the curly koa fretboard binding - wow!

The Honduran Rosewood is becoming exceeding hard to find, and will probably go the way of Brazilian Rosewood as a protected wood soon. The Honduran Rosewood used on this guitar took months to source, and it looks spectacular! The guitar itself took 16 months to build, and the wait was well worth it, and well beyond expectations!

Dimensions:

UPPER BOUT: 11 3/8
WAIST: 9 7/16
LOWER BOUT: 15 1/4
BODY LENGTH: 19 1/2
NECK/BODY JOINT 14
NUT WIDTH 1 3/4
SCALE LENGTH 25.34

Materials:

· Top and Bracing : Red(Adirondack) Spruce

· Back and Sides : Quartersawn Honduran Rosewood

· Neck : Honduran Mahogany

· Fingerboard and Bridge : Ebony

· Bindings and Tail Wedge : Curly Koa

· Rosette : Abalone Shell Bordered by Curly Koa

· Tuners : Gotoh 510's

The Playability of the guitar is outstanding, and has a thin, nicely rounded fast neck. It has a very musical tone, with a particular sweet spot in the upper end. The bluegrass G chord in the 1st position sounds tremendous on this guitar. Both fingerpicking and strumming are effortless, and jazz chords are well articulated. This is one of those guitars that you just want to dig into and play!

The volume of the guitar is Loud, and should only increase over time as the top opens up. Comes with the premium/built-like-a tank acoustic guitar hardshell case from Ameritage.

This is one exquisite instrument! Bill is ready to build more outstanding guitars, and welcomes Left Handed orders through Lefty Vintage Guitars.Com. Please check his web site http://www.krausguitars.com/home.html)

and let me know if you would like to place an order for one of these fabulous guitars.

More pics here: http://www.leftyvintageguitars.com/2...GuitarsOM.html

Lefty Vintage Guitars

Lefty Vintage Guitars

2015
Kraus Guitars
Brand New
Natural
Original Hard
Lefty!
13 Years
Lefty Vintage Guitars
Alex Pavchinski
941-374-7418
Sarasota, FL
8:05 AM
8AM-10PM, Monday-Sunday. If I don't answer right away, please leave me a message. I'll get back to you promptly!

Payment: I accept bank certified check, wire transfer, and Paypal(please add 3%). Layaway: A 30-day layaway option is available, with a 20% non-refundable deposit due to hold the guitar. A guitar purchased under the layaway plan would be sold "AS IS" without an approval period.

Shipping: LVG ships everywhere, and I will use the most cost-efficient carrier available.

Return Policy: When you receive your shipment, you have 48 hours to approve it, or you may return it for a full refund, less shipping cost. Buyer is responsible for shipping & insurance BOTH ways. You must contact me for return authorization. Refunds will be issued when the guitar is returned to LVG in the same condition as when shipped, and please repack it in the same way you received it. Customers are responsible for return shipping, insurance for the full value of the guitar, and any associated bank charges.