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Fairbanks Nick Lucas Guitar

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Dale's Website: www.fairbanksguitars.com/
My friend Mark lent me this stunning example of a Nick Lucas style guitar, hand crafted by one of America's finest luthiers - Dale Fairbanks.

I've already ordered a custom J-35 and can't wait to show it off!!

Here is a description of the guitar from Dale's website.

The Fairbanks F-20NL is a faithful reproduction of the second model endorsed by the crooning troubadour of guitar music in the early twentieth century, Nick Lucas. Like the F-10NL, the F-20NL uses the same templates and molds as the standard F-20 and adds roughly 1/2" to its total body depth, creating a much larger presence in relation to its body size. Thin, unscalloped top bracing creates a loud, well-balanced tone all the way up the neck. In addition, standard NL appointments include double-bound fingerboard, soundhole, top and back, and MOP Nick Lucas-style fingerboard and headstock inlays. Specs are below.
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Specs
  • Top and bracing: red spruce
  • Back/sides/neck: genuine honduran mahogany
  • Scale length: 24-3/4"
  • Width, upper bout: 10-1/4"
  • Width, lower bout: 14-3/4
  • Depth, neck block: 4-1/8"
  • Depth, tail block: 4-1/2"
  • Frets to body: 12, 13, 14
  • Nut/saddle/pins: unbleached bone
  • Nut width: 1-3/4"
  • Saddle spacing: 2-3/8"
  • Body binding: ivoroid/B/W
  • Fingerboard binding: ivoroid/B/W
  • Fingerboard inlay: MOP Nick Lucas
  • Headstock inlay: MOP fleur de lis, "Fairbanks"
  • Finish: nitrocellulose over shellac




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