#088 Chicagoan Special (They’re all Special!)
2025 Chicagoan (#088) Specifications
- 17″ Lower Bout, 3.25″ depth
- Low Density Sitka Spruce Top
- Flamed Romanian Maple Back and Sides
- One piece Flamed Red Maple neck
- Violin style purfling on top and back
- Flame Maple Body Binding
- 1.72″ Bone Nut Width
- 12″ Fingerboard Radius
- 25.25″ scale
- Medium Wide Fret Wire
- Indian Ebony Fingerboard
- Elliptical side position markers in MOP
- Rear Headstock veneer in Macassar Ebony
- Carved Ebony Tailpiece
- Carved and compensated, adjustable Ebony bridge
- Gotoh 510 HAP tuners with Ebony buttons
- Oil varnish finish
- Fitted with a Ron Ellis “Frissell” humbucker
- Strung with Thomastik-Infeld Bebop strings
- Fitted with a custom Hoffee Case
#088 Chicagoan Portrait
#088 Koentopp Chicagoan
#088 Front Perspective
Very old European Maple on this one
#088 Beautiful Maple grain. Speckle for days!
Close up of front with unbound Fholes
I LOVE this shot!
Great close up of purfling detail and horn lines
Close up of rear cutaway
One piece flamed Red Maple neck
knob detail
#088 Head in Ebony and maple
Rear headstock veneered with Macassar Ebony
#088 Close up Perspective
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