{"id":8935,"date":"2026-05-08T12:05:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monkeyguitars.ca\/?page_id=8935"},"modified":"2026-06-25T17:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T21:10:10","slug":"052-pisctachio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/monkeyguitars.ca\/?page_id=8935","title":{"rendered":"052 Pisctachio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Serial Number 052<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Orchestra Model Modern – Pistachio<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Started on May 08, 2026, completed on June 24,, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This one has been long awaited – using Ebony back and sides. I have always held off on certain woods because of the price point but I feel this is a good time to start getting into those woods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It didn’t take long on deciding on a 4A Caucasian Spruce soundboard set knowing that I will be using Macassar Ebony for the back and sides. This would be a premium build for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building an Orchestra Model size was the best option in terms of using up the most of the Ebony boards. I feel this way when I have woods with really great pattern or figure. I feel it would be a waste to use it up on a Parlour build unless it was a customer build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I had to add wings to the lower bout on the back as the boards are slightly small for OM size. I did consider to make a bevel on one or both of the lower bouts because of this but when I tried to visualize it, it just didn’t seem right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black Walnut for a neck was chosen after some colour comparison with a couple of other tonewoods I had in mind for the build. It doesn’t quite match the Macassar Ebony colours but it does keep the colour theme on the darker side. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After checking the inventory list and seeing how the Ebony fingerboards looked, I decided on a piece of Macassar Ebony. Didn’t even know I had some. Kind of my usual on keeping the same tonewoods for the build. Even though the fingerboard colour isn’t quite the same as the body wood, I felt it was a better match compared to anything else I had in stock. And staying with the Ebony theme, I just went with a piece of 3A Ebony for the bridge as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I initially was hoping to get some cat themed shapes CNC’d but there was another project going on at the same time. Eventually I ended up using the dremel to cut out cat paw prints and a cat along the side panels. I also cut a partial cat head shaped sound hole but it is little on the small side as it is hard to get my hand in. I am hoping not to need to do any work in there in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A new thing I tried on this guitar is a carbon fibre bridge plate. I did see it on a modern Martin guitar and thought that it would be worth trying. I imagine it should help with the tone as carbon fibre has a faster velocity of sound than any wood and it would add strength to the bridge area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wasn’t sure what to expect from an Ebony guitar but this build has good volume considering how small the sound hole is, a clear tone and lots of sustain to go with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SPECS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Body <\/strong>Orchestra Model<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scale<\/strong> 25.34\u2033<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top <\/strong>Caucasian Spruce 4A<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back<\/strong> Macassar Ebony<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sides <\/strong>Macassar Ebony<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neck <\/strong> Turkish Walnut with Bloodwood strip<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fingerboard<\/strong> Macassar Ebony<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bridge <\/strong>Ebony 3A<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuning Machines<\/strong> Gotoh 510s<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strings<\/strong> D\u2019Addario EJ26 Phosphor Bronze<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Serial Number 052 Orchestra Model Modern – Pistachio Started on May 08, 2026, completed on June 24,, 2026 This one has been long awaited – using Ebony back and sides. I have always held off on certain woods because of the price point but I feel this is a good time to start getting into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8935","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monkeyguitars.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monkeyguitars.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monkeyguitars.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monkeyguitars.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monkeyguitars.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/monkeyguitars.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8935\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monkeyguitars.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}