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The guitars in this 30-piece collection are made from the historical benches from the Hollywood Bowl.
This guitar was completely hand built by the small, but dedicated team of luthiers at Black Volt in Los Angeles, California. These guitars are built completely by hand on period correct machinery. No CNC machines are used in the construction of these instruments which results in a very unique, personal feeling and sounding instruments. The process used to develop these instruments and finish is more like a careful restoration process or a negotiation with each unique wood to coax the next generation of life from it.
This wood is very rare with tons of mojo and historical iconography as the benches were witness to thousands of legendary shows at the iconic venue for many decades years before they were replaced with the new benches. Now as instruments this wood is ready to continue it's musical story.
#19 is a rare specification among this limited edition series with a Honduran Mahogany neck and P-90 pickups.
 
Top: Hollywood Bowl Bench #111 (Alaskan Yellow Cedar)
Back: Reclaimed Pacific North West Sequoia Redwood
Neck: Honduran Mahogany, Hand-Carved Soft V Profile
Fretboard: Vintage Indian Rosewood
Fretboard Inlays: Mother of Pearl
Side Inlays: Copper
Tuners: Vintage Style Grover Deluxe
Frets: 0.095" X 0.055" Jescar Silver Nickel
Neck Pickup: Lollar P-90 (8.08k)
Bridge Pickup: Lollar P-90 (9.44k)
Pots: 500K Vintage Taper
3-Way Switch
0.022 Capacitor
Bigsby B5
Jazzmaster Bridge
Aged Hardware
Natural Oil Finish
Nitrocellulose Lacquer on Neck
Custom G&G Canvas Print Vintage Blanket Hard Case
Each instrument will come with a special tour poster designed by Geoff Gans for these instruments, inspired by the history and memorabilia surrounding The Bowl.
Geoff is a 5 time Grammy award nominee who has done most of the art work for Bob Dylan over the past 25 years, designing many album packages for Paul Simon, and most recently working with Kurt Vile and Lukas Nelson on their recent releases. We are very excited to have Geoff working with us to bring one of a kind artwork to this limited edition project.