Rye Bear SJ-C Guitar (used, 2025)

• African Blackwood back and sides - one of the treasured tonewoods with the highest sonic value!  Also known as Dalbergia Melanoxylon.
• Very fine Sitka Spruce top
• Rye's guitars are known for his Paulownia Carbon Falcate Bracing, which this guitar has as well.
• African Blackwood headstock faceplate
• Wenge headstock back plate and Bindings
• Gotoh 510 tuning machines
• Macassar Ebony fretboard / Stainless Steel frets with Hemispherical fret ends
• 16” to 20” fretboard Compound Radius
• Bone nut and saddle
• Australian blackwood neck with fast, satin finish. 
• "C" neck profile.
• The top, back and sides are a Gloss Polyurethane finish
• Decorative black and white rosette
• Padauk Bridge
• Near Mint condition
• The tone is majesty, dark, rich, intriguing with great treble presence.  This is a very fine sounding instrument and a real pleasure to play.
• SN: 63
• Original Visesnut Red Case included

OPTIONS

• Condition: Used, Near Mint
• Frets to body:P 14
• Scale Length: 645mm or 25.3937"
• Nut width: 44.5mm or 1.75"
• Saddle string spacing: 58mm or 2.28"
• Cutaway: yes, Florentine
• Sound port: yes, Side

Acoustic properties measured using spectrum analysis and Chladni patterns:

Air Resonance T(1,1)1: 95hz

Top Resonance T(1,1)2: 170hz

Fully Coupled Back T(1,1)3: 210hz

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