DS5 Taran
may 2019
Materials
Back and Sides - Macassar Ebony
Double sides with Macassar Ebony
Taran Guitars Compression Braces on back
Soundboard - Master grade Swiss Moon Spruce
Rosette - Asymmetric with hot sand fade Scottish Burl Elm with Scottish Sycamore, Macassar Ebony and 0.2 black and red veneer lines
Bindings - Ebano and double Scottish Sycamore purfling
Front purfling - Rippled Scottish Sycamore purfling on soundboard stopping at the micro bevel
Linings - Laminated Scottish spalted Beech with black centre seam
Bevel - Taran micro bevel in Ebano and red
Neck - Negative taper reclaimed Mahogany with 2-way truss rod and carbon fibre reinforcements
Fretboard - Ebano bound with Ebano with 0.3mm Scottish Sycamore pin line
Fret markers - 9ct gold circles with dyed Scottish Heather in red and gold circles at 12th fret
Frets - Evo gold wire with semi-hemispherical fret ends
Headstock - Hot sand fade Scottish Walnut front and back with Scottish Sycamore grafts with black 0.3mm veneers under sheaths
Tuners in gold with black button Gotoh 510 21:1
Hand-carved solid Ebony bridge with Ebony pins
t. hand-cut from solid 9ct gold sheet
Case - Calton hard case in teal and black
Sizes
Scale - 645mm
Frets to body - 14
Body length - 480mm
Max body width - 382mm
Depth - 106mm
Width at nut - 45mm
Spacing at saddle - 57mm
String weight - 12-53
