CARMEN
jazz archtop guitar 16′
CARMEN is a simple and refined 16′ full-body archtop guitar.
With its typical 50s archtop look, Carmen truly evokes that old-world jazz spirit with a modern design.
It is crafted from our finest French Jura spruce and European maple. These solid woods are entirely hand-carved.
A vertical bracing provides a fast and precise response and plenty of projection in the low and midrange frequencies.
This 16′ archtop guitar is available with a Gabonese black ebony fingerboard, bridge, and pickguard.
The fingerboard is adorned with bone inlays. The headstock is inlaid with our original logo in carved mother-of-pearl.
It features a built-in pickup with a carved wooden ring. A discreet volume control is located under its floating pickguard.
Carmen stands out both acoustically and electrically; it is a very dynamic and easy-to-play guitar.
Multiple bindings enhance the overall appearance of the instrument.
This model is also available with a suspended pickup. Please contact us for a custom model.
SPECIFICATIONS
Soundboard: massive spruce.
Bracing: Vertical in spruce.
Back: massive maple.
Rims: maple, 75 mm.
Neck: maple.
Fingerboard: ebony or rosewood. 12″ radius.
Scale: 635 mm (25’) with 21 frets.
Headstock: double rosewood or ebony veneer.
Signature: original Sabolovic logo.
Nut : bone 44mm.
Bindings: multiple.
Pickguard: floating in rosewood, ebony or plexiglass.
Bridge: massive and ajustable, in rosewood or ebony.
Tailpiece: Original Sabolovic guitars
Tuning machine: Schaller.
Pickup: Jazz Benedetti with Vol & Tone. (2 pickups version in option)
Finish: antique, honey, blond. Natural or sunburst in option.
Guitarist Jacques Lesure playing its model
