"The Essential" B-4 red spruce / Indian rosewood

Red spruce top

Indian rosewood back & sides, peghead backplate and heel cap

Sapele laminated neck

Macassar ebony fretboard

Honduran rosewood bridge

Madagascar rosewood peghead overlay & end wedge

Tortoise celluloid bindings

Ebony bridge & end pins

EVO fretwire

Epifanes oil varnish finish

Nickel Grover Sta-Tites w/ ebony buttons

25" (635mm) scale

1 13/16" nut width

2 3/8" bridge string spacing

Interview

I was interviewed by my friend Buck Curran for "Work & Worry"

Interview: Guitar Maker Laurent Brondel

B-4 Red spruce / African blackwood

Red spruce top

African blackwood back, sides, bridge & headplate veneer

Honduran mahogany neck w/curly maple laminations

Ebony fretboard, bridge & end pins

White pearl side and bridge pin dots

Amboyna burl rosette inlay

Tortoise shell celluloid pickguard

Nickel Waverly tuners w/ ebony buttons

EVO fretwire

Oil varnish finish (Epifanes)

25.6" (650mm) scale

1 3/4" nut width

2 1/4" bridge string spacing

Particularities: double sides (Spanish cedar inside lamination)

B-3c Red spruce /cocobolo

Red spruce top

Cocobolo back, sides and peghead backplate

Brazilian rosewood bridge and peghead veneer

Figured Indian rosewood bindings

Honduran mahogany neck

Ebony fretboard, bridge pins and end pin

Gold Gotoh open-gear tuners with ebony buttons

Bone nut and saddle

Sunburst, oil varnish finish

25.59" (650mm) scale

1 3/4" nut width

2 1/4" bridge string spacing

A-1c Red spruce / cocobolo

25.59" (650mm) scale

1 25/32" nut width

2 5/16" bridge string spacing

Red spruce top

Cocobolo back, sides, binding and peghead veneers

Honduran mahogany neck

Ebony fretboard, bridge and bridge pins

Waverly gold tuning machines

Epifanes oil varnish finish

00 "The Essential" all-Koa

25.6" (650mm) scale
1 3/4" nut width
2 3/8" bridge string spacing
Top, back and sides: Koa
Neck: Honduran mahogany
Fretboard & bridge pins: Ebony
Headplate: Brazilian RW
Bridge, binding and end graft: Indian RW
Tuners: Gotoh mini 510
Nut & saddle: Cattle bone
Oil varnish finish
Hide Glue construction

First build of "The Essential" series.

This guitar is available for sale at Schoenberg Guitars

B-2c Carpathian spruce / cocobolo

Top: Carpathian spruce
Back & sides: cocobolo
Neck: Honduran mahogany
Fingerboard, bridge, bridge pins and end pin: ebony
Headplate, backplate & butt wedge: cocobolo
Bindings: curly maple
Tuning machines: Gold Gotoh open gear tuners w/ebony buttons
Finish: oil varnish
Scale length: 25" (635mm)
Nut width: 1 13/16"
Bridge string spacing: 2 5/16"
Particularities: fully adjustable neck (Stauffer/Turner), laterally arched (5' radius) top & back, 24 fret beveled fingerboard, hot hide glue construction.