VALS QUARTZITE FLATTOP
Built for Pius Truffer, owner of a natural stone quarry in Vals, Switzerland, this guitar’s unusual features only begin with the fact that it has a stone top.
Other innovative elements include our Top Cut with an integrated soundhole – a design that we first used on the Stalder Acoustic Bass, and which allows the entire top surface to vibrate freely. Uninterrupted by a soundhole in its center, it also shows off the stone’s natural beauty.
As far as we know, the guitar’s string-path through the top is another first.
Providing the necessary string angle over the guitar’s archtop-style bridge, this design is a key element in the instrument’s success as a flattop-meets-archtop concept.
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