I specced this beautiful guitar out with Ron in 2003/4 and i am the original owner
It is a unique thorn from the early days and sounds unbelievable - you may be aware of ron thorns stellar build quality and reputation although there are very few of his guitars in Europe
We chose a single piece of incredible flame redwood which ron hollowed out so it is just a single of wood with lovely grained koa neck and one of the first set of koa capped WCR pickups that ron did way back
He also later added the ebony tailpiece for me with inlaid Thorn firesun logo in red coral so its sort of a brighter richer ES 330 type vibe but on a thorn double cut chassis -
Weight under 7lbs!!!!!!!!!!
The addition of the tone styler and split/parallel/series wiring for the neck pickup makes it amazingly versatile and it rings for days
Thorn Artisan Master Series "Madeleine" - 8/3/04
Body - 1-pc. Flamed Redwood
Semi-Hollow w/ No Sound Hole
Top - 1-pc. Matching Flamed Redwood (Body and Top were 1-pc originally)
Neck - Straight Grained Koa
Headstock - Flamed Redwood
Fingerboard - Curly Koa / 12" Radius / 24.75" Scale / 22 Fret
Nut - Tusq 1.687" wide
Fretwire - 6150
Neck Carve - '58/'59 FatBack
Matching Inlaid Truss Rod Cover - Koa & 14K Gold
Bridge - Tuneomatic with floating ebony bridge plate and T inlay
Tuners - Gold Sperzel Locking w/ Pearl Buttons
Dunlop Straploks - Gold
Purfling - Red Coral - Body Top & Sides (Pending )/ Fingerboard / Headstock
Inlaid Logo - Coral / Opposite redwood used on overlay (no pearl)
Side Dots - 14K Gold
Fingerboard Inlays - Coral Firesuns w/ Redwood centers. "Madeleine" inlaid @ 12th in script font.
Pickups -
Neck - WCR 59s - koa top 4-conductor
Bridge - WCR 59s - koa top 4-conductor
Matching Wood Pickup Rings - Koa
Controls - Vol. x 1, Tonestyler x 1 , 3 way mini switch split/parallell/series on neck HB, 3-way Toggle
Color:
Body - Natural
Neck - Natural - Satin
Headstock - Natural - Gloss
Appointments: Matching Wood Knobs and Back Plate - Koa
TKL Alligator Deluxe Hardshell Case Included
Just one nick on the lower bout as photographed and one tiny pinprick on the back that i cant foto
Never gigged and in 9.5/10 condition with case and tags( which i think i still have)
request more pics or questions happy to discuss by email- sales at swedishinteriordesign.co.uk
Payment by wire transfer/uk bank transfer preferred please - no paypal only
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