12-String Stella 1920s copy handmade walnut and Sitka spruce ladder braces jumbo

Description

I handmade this from Stephan grossman measurements on the internet. It’s 20 7/8 tall 4. - 4 5/8 thick 15 5/8 lower bout 9 1/2 waist 12” upper bout body is Pennsylvania premium curly walnut top is Alaska float camp Sitka spruce neck is East Tennessee barn walnut! Lower braces are 1920 cherry the top braces are 1880s maple from a antique table ladder braces Stella style neck is a semi v with measurements like the grossman .  It’s strung like blind willie mctell had his tonk brothers guitar .014-.064 it’s nice and jangley good tone that u want for that style plays in the 80+ db range. string height is 2mm treble 3mm bass no truss rod with about a .012” forward natural bow! Nickel silver frets bone nut Indian rose fingerboard. Very fun to play if u perform with this this is a good one to have cuz u don’t wanna keep tuning and it’s also got a pickup inside. I’ll try to box it safe I may not have a case that’ll fit it. I’ve got it tuned 2.5 steps low this is a baratone guitar with a 26.75” scale! So it holds good tension like that.  On a modern scale neck the strings would be very lax and wanna feel like they’d fall off. This is a true baratone and the neck is a strong bolt on style using robust handmade hardware. So if u ever wanna bind it or change the angle it’s very simple to do that! This thing has that old Piedmont 12 style tone  you’ll love it !