Unknown Builder
Venetian
Back & Sides:
Birch
Top:
Birch
Lower Bout:
13 3/8"
Scale Length:
25.0"
Nut Width:
1 7/8"
Notes:
Circa 1930's "Venetian" parlor made by an unknown builder. Some aspects such as square kerfing on top/back are Oscar Schmidt like but there is a dovetail neck joint. Fancy gold sparkle and elaborate decals. Rebuilt by Dan Lambert to enhance its full potential while maintaining as much vintage originality as possible including repairs/enhancements to the original ladder bracing, retaining orginal wood whenever possible. New Ebony strips added to fretboard sides to increase width, new Rosewood bridge, NOS bridge pins and end pin, new large frets, new Ebony nut, and new bone saddle. Mahogany neck. "C" neck profile. 10.0" upper bout. 3 11/16" deep at end pin. 2 5/16" string spacing at the saddle. New carbon rod has been inserted into the freshly reset neck to enhance structural integrity for another 100 years of playing.
