Kevin Kastning - Baritone specs – November 2004
1. 13-fret D baritone, voiced for low G tuning.
2. Cutaway.
3. Cocobolo back and sides (perfectly quartered; densest possible, vertical and
close-grain).
4. Carpathian red spruce top, widest grain possible.
5. Bracing: scalloped, with bass scallop and double-tapered tone bars.
6. Radiused top.
7. 4” soundhole.
8. Slothead.
9. All maple violin purfling.
10. Rosette: all maple violin purfling.
11. Black body binding.
12. Black fingerboard binding, no fingerboard purfling.
13. Side-dot position markers in the fingerboard binding.
14. No pickguard.
15. No fingerboard inlays.
16. New SCGC / Grover 18:1 tuners; nickel w/ ebony buttons.
17. Long scale – 28.5"
18. Headstock overlay: cocobolo from back set.
19. SCGC flowerpot inlay in headstock.
20. Unbound peghead.
21. 1 13/16” nut width.
22. Dart and V-neck profile.
23. Bridge spacing = 2 5/16”.
24. Bone nut and bridge saddle.
25. 16" fingerboard radius.
26. Bridge saddle width: 1/8” with saddle angled extra further back on bass side
towards pins.
27. 10° bridge saddle tilt.
28. No strap button.
29. No end pin.
30. No center back strip.
31. End graft: cocobolo from back set with same B/W/B maple edge purfle.
32. Heel cap: cocobolo from back set.
33. Satin finish on back of neck.
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