John Walker Clark Fork (SOLD - I no longer have this guitar)

 Master Luthier's (Ex-Gibson Custom Shop) take on a Gibson Advanced Jumbo.

From the dealer's page:

"John's 4th guitar built, 1st Clark Fork made. Has Orpheum 3 inlay pattern (Gold Lip Mother of Pearl w/ Abalone), 15 year old red spruce top, Indian rosewood back and sides,  McFadden lacquer.

Sunburst. Serial number #004. Indian Rosewood back and sides, Adirondack Red Spruce top. Beautiful coloration of sunburst. Custom elaborate yet tasteful inlays in fingerboard and headstock. Fully bound, with Ivoroid bindings on body, fingerboard and headstock. Advanced scalloped Adirondack Spruce bracing. Hard Maple "rift-sawn" bridgeplate. Half-blackened back of headstock. Gold Waverly tuners ."

From John Walker's Site:

"The Clark Fork is my interpretation of "The Bone Crusher". It is similar to the Wise River, but with a long scale length and a special hand cut inlay in both the peghead and fingerboard. Also, the body construction is of Indian Rosewood or Curly Maple, and the tuners are Gold Waverly's. "

The folowing specs, based on those from John's site, are revised to reflect this specific guitar, based on my own nut measurement & email correspondence with John Walker:

  • Top:
    • Red Spruce
    • Red Spruce top bracing
    • Hard Maple Rift Sawn Bridge Plate

 

  • Back/Sides:
    • East Indian Rosewood
    • Ivoroid  Body Binding
    • Body Width of 16"
    • Red Spruce inside backstrip
    • Sitka Spruce back bracing
    • Spanish Cedar kerfing
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    • Honduran Mahogany headblock, and tailblock
  • Neck:
    • Honduran Mahogany
    • Scale length of 25-1/2"
    • Nut width of 1-23/32"
    • Inlays:Hand Cut Mother of Pearl & Abalone
    • Ebony fingerboard with custom Hand Cut "Orpheum 3" Inlay
    • Peghead with custom Hand Cut Inlay
    • Peghead with Mother of Pearl Logo Inlay
    • Ebony Peghead veneer
    • Ivoroid  binding on both the Neck and Peghead
  • Miscellaneous:
    • Hide Glue
    • Ebony Bridge
    • Ebony Bridge Pins with Mother of Pearl Dots
    • Ebony End Pin with Mother of Pearl Dot
    • Gold Waverly Tuners
    • Unbleached Cow Bone Nut/Saddle
    • Hard Shell Guitar Case

John Walker Guitars Website