2006 Michael Thames Brazillian/Bearclaw Italian classical - SOLD - SOLD - SOLD

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THAMES IS SOLD



650mm scale - 52mm nut
Bearclaw Italian Spruce top (French Polish)
Brazillian Rosewood back and sides (French Polish)
Ebony fingerboard/Brazillian rosewood bridge
Sloane tuners w/ebony buttons
Body Length: 19 ¼", Upper Bout: 11", Lower Bout: 14 ½", Body Depth @ Heel: 3 5/8", Body Depth @ Tail: 3 7/8"


An incredibly lightweight and wonderful sounding instrument from the shop of Michael Thames.  Woods are much more beautiful in person. Extremely balanced sounding instrument - nice clarity and really full trebles - wonderful intonation.

Regarding condtion, being French Polished, there are some areas to note that are not perfect in the finish.  Most notably below the bridge where there are a lot of small marks from string changes apparently (see picture)  The top is very clean otherwise.   The back has two small scratch/indentations (one I managed to picture - the other is much thinner and a little longer)   There is also some minor clouding in the finish on the back when you get it into the right light.  I may contact Michael to see if there is anything I can do about this before I ship it out.  

Only other thing cosmetically is there are some imperfections (looks like it was just part of the polishing process) along the neck heel on both sides in the Brazillian.  

The case does have some abrasions on the top (lower bout mostly), but is totally solid and all latches work.  It seems to have a sturdier top than some of the newer Humicase Metros that I've had here. Maybe an older model that is built better?  

Action is currently at 3.5mm with plenty of saddle to bring it down if you so choose.  I've just cleaned the entire body, cleaned and conditioned the fingerboard, polished the frets and installed a new set of Curt Mangan normal tension strings.  I'll throw in 2 extra sets of those with the purchase.

WAY below market value at 3400.00

Shipping will be actual on my Fedex account and to the CONUS only.   Paypal is accepted add 75.00 and I'll cover the rest.

Here's a clip I recorded quickly today (11/13) - turn the volume slider up on the Box player before listening.

https://app.box.com/s/uy2hrlgo5n4mu68eayd4gn0eui2jnua7

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Here's a pic of the label and a couple attempting to show the bearclaw in the Italian top better (it's really quite stunning) Also the Sloane tuners.

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Here's a clip I recorded quickly today (11/13) - turn the volume slider up on the Box player before listening.

https://app.box.com/s/uy2hrlgo5n4mu68eayd4gn0eui2jnua7

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I've dropped this about as low as I'm going to go - would like to ship it tomorrow.  If you are interested and "close" (please be reasonable) send me a PM.