Avant Garde is Elferink top of the line flagship model guitar. The name Avant-garde originally comes from France and means forefront, dare to go further and more innovative than the others. Only the very best spectacular flamed maple and fine grained European spruce is used. The Avantgarde features fancy art deco design on the headstock pickguard and tailpiece. The combination of the 18 inch body size with the hand carved top and back and and the decorative arm rest bevel gives a huge acoustic voice and makes the Avantgarde very comfortable to play. The almost invisible integrated pickup (patent applied for) gives the warmest acoustic jazz tone on the market. Archtop Artistry, design, appearance, sound and playability all in one.
Specs: Avantgarde
Body: Archtop: 18″ lower bout, 2,75 to 3,25” tapered body depth, Venetian cutaway
Top: Master grade Carved, hand–graduated and tuned European spruce
Back: Master grade Carved, hand–graduated European flamed maple
Sides: Solid flamed European maple
Bracing: X–braced spruce
Binding: Macassar ebony with wooden purfling
Neck: Select highly flamed European maple
Fingerboard: Ebony, 12″ radius, with black celluloid bindings and wooden purfling
Width at Nut: 1 ¾”, bone
Scale: 25″
Frets: 18
Bridge: Macassar Ebony, adjustable with black wheels and posts
Tailpiece: Macassar Ebony with tail adjuster
Inlays: Halfmoon (Gretsch style) inlays on fingerboard.
Pickup: Elferink Tensor integrated in neck extension
Controls: Volume mounted on fingerrest
Tuners: Gotoh 510 series gold with black buttons
Fingerrest: Macassar Ebony
Finish: Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Case: Hiscox
Price range: € 6900,= to €7900,= (prices depend on options and export outside EU in EU)