Guitar
Maker
Paul Gudelsky
Date1992, December
Place MadeVista, California, United States, North America
ModelCutaway
Serial No.1035
SignedSigned in black ink on inside of back, the serial number branded: P Gudelsky / 12/92 / 1035Signed in black ink on inside of soundboard, lower bout: P Gudelsky / 12/92 / 1035
Inlaid mother-of-pearl “G” on neck block
MarkingsStamped on Schaller tuner gear covers: S / Made in W. Germany
In recessed lettering on pickup cover: bartolini
DescriptionSoundboard: arched, two-piece, quarter-cut spruce: broad grain with slight curl
Back: two-piece maple cut slightly off-the quarter: broad curl descending slightly from center joint
Ribs: two-piece, maple cut off-the-quarter: broad curl angled to right on bass side, angled to left on treble side
Head: three-piece maple with brown burled wood veneer over maple and dark brown hardwood on front; ebony truss rod cover, secured to front with two domed slot-headed brass screws
Neck: maple with medium curl and prominent pith flecks; integral with head
Heel cap: brown burled wood veneer
Binding: none, soundboard and back edges overhang sides
Fingerboard: ebony bound in maple; dark hardwood strip trim on sides; 22 large nickel-silver frets; black side dots behind 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 15th, 17th, and 19th frets; double black side dots behind 12th fret
Nut: bone
Bridge: two-piece ebony (compensated) with bone saddle and gold-plated brass screws for height adjustment
Tailpiece: ebony with copper edging at string recess; blackened aluminum hardware, secured to lower rib with three large, blackened philips’ head screws
Tuners: six Schaller gold-plated worm-gear machine tuners with ebony heads
Endpin: none
Soundholes: double ovals
Pick guard: ebony
Pickup: electromagnetic Bartolini with black plastic cover; pickup jack in lower treble rib
Lacquer: golden
Linings: kerfed mahogany
Neck block: mahogany; curved edges
End block: mahogany; curved edges
Soundboard bracing: spruce X-brace
Grafts: vertical spruce grafts on inside of ribs
DimensionsTotal guitar length: 1144 mm (43-1/32″)
Back length: 581 mm (22-7/8″)
Upper bout width: 357 mm (14-1/16″)
Waist width: 313 mm (12-5/16″)
Lower bout width: 449 mm (17-11/16″)
Rib height (including edging) at heel: 75 mm (2-15/16″)
Rib height, at waist: 75 mm (2-15/16″)
Rib height, at end block: 73 mm (2-7/8″)
Head length: 210 mm (8-9/32″)
Head width, top: 111 mm (4-3/8″)
Head width, bottom: 82 mm (3-7/32″)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 360 mm (14-5/8″)
Neck width, nut: 49 mm (1-15/16″)
Neck width, heel: 56 mm (2-3/16″)
Soundhole length: 192 mm (7-9/16″) and 148 mm (5-27/32″)
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): high E: 649 mm (25-9/16″); low E: 654 mm (25-3/4″)
ProvenanceGift of Louise Palazola, Memphis, Tennessee, 2021
Published ReferencesPaul Schmidt and Arian Sheets. The Masters' Bench (Vermillion, South Dakota: National Music Museum, 2016), pp. 118-119..
Credit LineGift of Louise Palazola, 2021
Object number15631
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