Details of the specialist guitars (dimensions in millimetres)
Bass | Requinto | Quint | Soprano | |
Pitch | Octave Below Standard | Perfect 4th Above Standard | Perfect 5th Above Standard | Octave Above Standard |
Scale length | 750 | 600 | 540 | 400 |
String Type/Make Used | Hannabach 841MT | Hannabach Quart 837MT | Hannabach Quint 839MT | Hannabach Octave 8351MT |
Strings Scale Length Range | 750 – 760 | 540 – 600 | 530 – 550 | 380 – 440 |
Body length (B) | 540 | 470 | 420 | 330 |
Total Length (F) | 1110 | 950 | 865 | 695 |
Upper Bout Width (C) | 300 | 265 | 255 | 220 |
Lower Bout Width (D | 420 | 350 | 325 | 290 |
Body Depth (G) – Upper Bout | 110 | 95 | 80 | 75 |
Body Depth (H) – Lower Bout | 110 | 105 | 86 | 82 |
Waist Width (C) | 250 | 220 | 205 | 200 |
Fret Board Width | 56 at nut to 68 at sound hole | 52 at nut to 65 at sound hole | 51 at nut to 65 at sound hole | 52 at nut to 63 at sound hole |
Sound Hole Diameter | 92 | 85 | 84 | 75 |
No. of Frets | 18 1/2 | 19 1/2 | 19 1/2 | 18 1/2 |
Wood Used | Mahogany/Cedar Rosewood/Ebony | B.E Maple/Spruce Rosewood/Ebony | B.E Maple/Spruce Rosewood/Ebony | B.E Maple/Spruce Rosewood/Ebony |
The range of the guitars compared to a piano keyboard (Open 6th string to 12th fret on the 1st string)