For Sale: Red spruce Macassar multi-scale baritone

Tim Mullin · #1 06-13-2018, 08:51 AM

One of my baritone show guitars has just completed a recording session in Toronto -- it's now for sale. This one is a 27-28.5" multi-scale medium jumbo with Florentine cutaway. Macassar ebony with red spruce top, African mahogany neck, Indian ebony accents. The inlays are rare green sea snail. The guitar is equipped with an LR Baggs Lyric system.

As you can tell from the video here (I hope the embedded YouTube works!), the guitar sounds awesome. Toronto guitarist Jeff Biggar is playing Andy Mckee's "Ebon Coast.
Please PM enquiries. Lacey Act restrictions prevent commerial shipping to the US -- you would have to travel to Canada and carry the guitar back with you. No CITES restrictions to ship anywhere else.

The original price on the guitar was CAD 6025, but it's been on display a lot this past year and tried by various players, and there is some minor travel damage to the case. For those reasons, I’m knocking this guitar down by 50% as a demonstrator. It’s still in exceptional condition, as seen in the video. Sales tax is extra – 15% if sold in Quebec, 5% if sold elsewhere in Canada. None if shipped outside.

jwhelan56 · #2 06-13-2018, 03:55 PM

Great sounding guitar. I don't see where you listed a price.....how much??

GLWTS!!

pjmacd · #3 06-13-2018, 07:49 PM

Jim, if I'm reading the OP's post correctly, the price should be 50% of the original, i.e. CAD 6025/2 = 3012.50. That translates to a USD price of approximately $2321.56. Then there's sales tax, but apparently none if sold to a US buyer (or other non-Canadian buyer) willing to travel to Canada to pick up the guitar. Tim, please correct me if I'm wrong.

Tim Mullin · #4 06-13-2018, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by pjmacd

Jim, if I'm reading the OP's post correctly, the price should be 50% of the original, i.e. CAD 6025/2 = 3012.50. That translates to a USD price of approximately $2321.56. Then there's sales tax, but apparently none if sold to a US buyer (or other non-Canadian buyer) willing to travel to Canada to pick up the guitar. Tim, please correct me if I'm wrong.

Mostly right. Picking up the guitar here would require Quebec sales tax, doesn’t matter where the buyer is from.

TomB'sox · #5 06-13-2018, 08:23 PM

Can I just say Mr. Biggar is a HECK of a player. That is a lot of guitar for the money I would say. GLWS, again beautiful guitar especially at that price!

Diamondave · #6 06-13-2018, 10:12 PM

Sounds superb....! lotta guitar for the moola.... nice

fitness1 · #7 06-14-2018, 12:31 AM

What a cool instrument - shouldn't last long. I just sent the link to a friend in Ottawa.

What is the nut width and saddle spacing? If you have closeup pics and want to send them to me (email in my profile) I'll post them for you.

You've got my wheels turning on how I could get this!

Tim Mullin · #8 06-14-2018, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by fitness1

What a cool instrument - shouldn't last long. I just sent the link to a friend in Ottawa.

What is the nut width and saddle spacing? If you have closeup pics and want to send them to me (email in my profile) I'll post them for you.

You've got my wheels turning on how I could get this!

Email sent.

For others, nut is 46.0 mm, saddle string spacing 59.0 mm. More pics available next week when the guitar returns to the shop.

fitness1 · #9 06-15-2018, 01:27 PM

Couple of pics....

Tim Mullin · #10 06-18-2018, 01:16 PM

Fitness1 was kind enough to post a couple of pics I forwarded to him (Thanks!!), but several folks have written to ask for more pictures. I just reconnected with the guitar over the weekend, after its recording date in Toronto, and it is now back in my shop. An absolutely horrible day here, so not possible to take photos outside, but I've done a series in the shop.

The photos can be found HERE.

I'll try to link a couple of examples in a subsequent post.

I can answer any questions here on the forum, or you send me an email.

A few detailed specs:
BODY STYLE: Medium Jumbo with Florentine cutaway
LOWER BOUT: 406 mm (16") by 118 mm (4-11/16")
TOP WOOD: Red spruce (Picea rubens)
TOP WOOD GRADE: AAAA
TOP BRACING: Lutz spruce (Picea x lutzii) 8 mm (5/16'') scalloped
TOP BRACING PATTERN: Standard ''X''
ROSETTE: Custom radial w/ Macassar ebony and green sea snail
TOP BINDING: Indian ebony (Diospyros ebenum)
TOP INLAY: Fine herringbone
BACK MATERIAL: Macassar ebony (Diospyros celebica)
BACK PANELS: 2 piece
BACK INLAY: BW maple
SIDE MATERIAL: Macassar ebony (Diospyros celebica)
SIDE INLAY: BW maple
ENDPIECE: Indian ebony (Diospyros ebenum)
ENDPIECE INLAY: BW maple
NECK MATERIAL: African mahogany (Khaya spp.)
NECK SHAPE: Low profile
HEADPLATE: Indian ebony (Diospyros ebenum)
BACKSTRAP Indian ebony (Diospyros ebenum)
HEADPLATE INLAY: Mullin script logo in green sea snail (Turbo marmoratus)
TUNING MACHINES: Gotoh M6 Gold 16:1
SCALE LENGTH: 686-724 mm (27-28.5") with 9th fret parallel
FRETS CLEAR: 14
FRETS TOTAL: 20
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Indian ebony (Diospyros ebenum)
FINGERBOARD TYPE: Multi-radius 300 -360 mm (12-14")
FINGERBOARD AT NUT: 46 mm (1-13/16")
FINGERBOARD AT 12th: 58 mm (2-9/32")
FRETS: EVO Gold Standard height/profile
FINGERBOARD BINDING: Indian ebony (Diospyros ebenum)
FINGERBOARD POSITION: 6 mm Green sea snail (Turbo marmoratus)
FINGERBOARD SIDE DOTS: 2 mm Green sea snail (Turbo marmoratus)
NUT MATERIAL: Bone
HEELCAP: Macassar ebony (Diospyros celebica)
BRIDGE MATERIAL: Indian ebony (Diospyros ebenum)
BRIDGE STYLE: Mullin angled "Wave" belly
BRIDGE STRING SPACING: 59 mm (2-11/32")
BRIDGE PINS: Polished water buffalo horn
SADDLE: 400 mm (16") Radius/Compensated/Bone
FINISH : Mohawk Nitrocellulose gloss lacquer
STRAP BUTTON: Gold heel mounted
STRINGS: Elixir 80/20 Nanoweb Baritone 17-70
PICKUP: LR Baggs Lyric

Tim Mullin · #11 06-18-2018, 01:39 PM

Oh well, I tried, but the pics don't seem to show.

Best is to use the hyperlink to the Dropbox folder in previous post. Sorry.

fitness1 · #12 06-18-2018, 02:04 PM

A few more....

Tim Mullin · #13 06-18-2018, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by fitness1

A few more....

Thanks for that!

Tim Mullin · #14 06-24-2018, 01:37 PM

Away all of next week — contact by email only. Thanks.

Tim Mullin · #15 07-22-2018, 04:47 PM

I guess I’m allowed to bump this?

Considerable interest from US members, but I quite understand no one wants to deal with US Fish and Wildlife on the Lacey paperwork on the shell. Of course, you can always cross into Canada with your valuable greenbacks and take the guitar back with you.

Realistically, this baritone should mainly interest non-US buyers. Happy to answer questions.