Friday, February 15, 2008

Doolin guitars fan fret acoustic

Posted by Jon in • Acoustic Guitars, Cool Guitars,

Doolin fan fret
Doolin Guitars make very interesting acoustic guitars. Firstly the guitars all feature a double cutaway, I’ll let Mike explain:

“ My double-cutaway design maintains the structural integrity of the upper bout while allowing full access to the last fret. The area below the waist (the “lower bout”) is unaffected, and is constructed according to traditional design. Simply put, my guitars are acoustically the equal of the finest non-cutaway instruments ”

For more technical info about this double cutaway click here.

Doolin Guitars also feature an Adjustable Neck Angle System. This system allows the guitar’s action to be adjusted without changing the height of the saddle or removing the neck. The saddle stays at the optimum height for tone, while the neck angle sets the height of the strings over the frets. The available range of adjustment is wide enough to accommodate changes in string gauge, top deformation due to string tension over time, and seasonal humidity changes, for the life of the instrument.

And if all that wasn’t enough the guitar picture above uses Novax’s Fanned-Fret Technology (see my other post on the Fan Fret Phenomenon) where each string has its own scale length, offering subtle tonal advantages, and the slant of the frets follows the arc of the player’s hand as it moves up and down the neck, providing an ergonomic advantage.

For information on ordering one of Doolin’s guitars check out their Ordering page.