Walnut semi-hollow Vela

Comission build, 2022

Dave wanted a Semi-hollow Vela style guitar but with a violin carve and he came up with the design for the f-hole. This guitar has a 25.5" scale length to work better with drop tunings and is set up in drop B

Specifications

 

Materials


Curly Bosnian Walnut carved top with curly Black Limba chambered back

2 piece Croatian curly maple neck with african ebony fretboard and headstock veneer

Curly walnut headstock inlay

Parts & Hardware


Hipshot bridge and locking tuners

Bareknuckle Polymath & P90 pickups

24 Jumbo stainless steel frets

Treble bleed volumes with Ebony knobs, 3-way toggle a coil-split mini toggle

Finish


The body is finished in high gloss nitro clearcoat, blended into Danish oil on the neck