Chartwell Guitar

Turkowiak Satin Walnut with spruce double top

Woods:  satin walnut back and sides, Tyrolian spruce over cedar double top.  Ebony armrest, fingerboard and bridge, sycamore maple neck. Oil finish throughout.

Specs: 650mm scale, 52mm nut, 43mm string spacing at nut, 58mm at saddle. 4mm bass string height at 12th fret. Custom hard shell case. Sound ports and hollow neck. Floating arm rest and offset sound hole. Here are a few extras that the Turkowiak family mentions in their specs: • first in the world top with a 11th generation ‘WAVE RESONATOR’

• first in the world back&sides made of tonewood in 7th generation ‘HIGH-TECH PRESS’

• first in the world 8th generation ‘ACOUSTIC TUBES’ inside the guitar neck (European Patent Office EP 3340231) with

natural Baltic amber outlets

• first in the world ‘SIGMOIDAL’ joint of the sides (European patent no. 008177463-0001)

• innovative, hand-shaped 2nd generation African Ebony (Master Grade) Impedance bridge with stiffening wings

Condition: new

Comment: anyone browsing my site will realize I am fully invested in the Turkowiak line of guitars. The reason is simple: the family of Rafal, his two sons, and daughter in law are building consistently exceptional guitars at a reasonable price. These are concert level guitars that I would choose even if they topped $10k.  The voice is warm, even, clear. As an intermediate player, I find notes played above the 7th fret are easier to execute and they are precise in intonation, which is one big way concert guitars top lesser instruments. This applies to both the center sound hole and offset model, such as this one. What the offset produces is a significant boost in power with a stunning bass response that is so far in the cellar that no guitar I know of can match it.
The oil finish glistens while it eliminates the chance of moisture whorls, the bain of guitarists who may perspire in the heat of just on stage.

Note that this is one of three offset sound hole guitars available; the other two are cedar tops.

• asymmetric Turkowiak shape neck made of Flamed Sycamore Maple (Master Grade)

• single offset soundhole with African Ebony (Master Grade)

• double African Ebony (Master Grade) headplates with a hand made logo made of natural Baltic amber

• Nut made of hand-shaped and polished and semi-scalloped natural bone, width 52 mm

• Saddle made of hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped natural bone

• highest-quality tuning machines, with ebony buttons and black aluminium rollers with bearings, mother of pearl screw

inlay, ratio 18:1

• African Ebony bindings (Master Grade)

• natural bone side markers dots diameter 2 mm at 5, 9 and concentric diameter 4 mm at 7, 12 (double) fret – inlaid with natural Baltic amber

• highly-resonant, anti-static varnish (own recipe), hand polished, high-gloss

• 18% nickel-silver fretwire