Fairbanks De Luxe

ABOUT THIS MODEL

A reproduction of a one-off guitar built and branded for the owner of the Kalamazoo Musical Instrument Company, Charles Martelle, in1935, this instrument shares the same body size and all-over sunburst as the F-35 1934 Jumbo. Notable upgrades include:

-Figured maple back and sides

-Pearloid celluloid fingerboard and headstock veneer

-Rickard Cyclone banjo tuners

-L-5 style raised pickguard in ivoroid, tortoise, or black celluloid

-1/4” fingerboard marker dots inlaid with mother of pearl snowflakes

-Ivoroid body binding with contrasting tortoise fingerboard binding

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