Rathbone No. 2 Spruce/Maple Black
Catalogue No: igRAT-R2SMPBK
A great guitar for those starting out, or if you want an upgrade from a sub £100 guitar, this features a solid sitka spruce top and maple back and sides, for a wonderful bright crisp tone - perfect for playing with others if you want to cut through the mix. The black finish looks as good as it does in the flesh as it does in the photos, and the guitar plays very well with excellent projection.
£369.00
What they say
A bright and clear combination of tonewoods, the R2SMPBK combines Solid Spruce on the top with Maple on the back and sides. This pairing delivers a bright immediate tone with superb projection, Maple is a very dense wood, This makes it a good choice for live performance because the clarity of tone cuts through the mix well.
Due to the environment in which it was initially designed to be used, the 'OM' was not a large-bodied guitar. In fact, few of the early 'modern' guitars would be considered large today. So, the 'OM-sized' Rathbone No.2 is not a large bodied guitar either, but the neck joins the body at the 14th fret, so the scale length is one that we would recognise from most modern guitars. When first used, this 'long' scale length was found to help deliver a remarkably, and some may say disproportionately, powerful and dynamic tone. The tuned strings are under greater tension than on shorter scale guitars, so they give a far greater tonal response and 'punch'.
Specs
Body Size Orchestra Model
Type Acoustic
Top Solid Sitka Spruce
Back & Sides Maple
Scale Length 25.5" / 650mm
Guitar Length 41" / 1041mm
Orientation Right-handed
Neck Mahogany
Fretboard Rosewood
Bridge Rosewood
Binding Wood
Nut / Saddle Bone (Nut 42mm)
Machineheads Open-Gear Chrome
Finish Gloss Lacquer
Pickup N/A
Gigbag Not Included
igRAT-R2SMPBK
A great guitar for those starting out, or if you want an upgrade from a sub £100 guitar, this features a solid sitka spruce top and maple back and sides, for a wonderful bright crisp tone - perfect for playing with others if you want to cut through the mix. The black finish looks as good as it does in the flesh as it does in the photos, and the guitar plays very well with excellent projection.