Fan Fret OM Guitar – 2023

A very special 12 fret guitar with an amazing tone. Why fan fret? Like on a piano, longer bass strings and shorter treble strings sound best. Many think that a fan fret guitar must be difficult to play. It is actually more comfortable to play that the standard, single scale length guitar. The angle of the frets follows the angle of your index finger as you move your hand up and down the neck. The neck feels like a natural extension of your hand. Ready to deliver. Shipping available.

  • Balanced – Full spectrum sound
  • 24”-25” multiscale for improved tone and comfort
  • Falcate, carbon fiber reinforced bracing system
  • Koa back and sides
  • Master grade Sitka Spruce top
  • Ziricote fingerboard w/ Holly position markers
  • 12″-16″ compound radius fingerboard
  • Cocobolo Rosewood binding
  • Cocobolo Bridge
  • Honduran Mahogany neck
  • Amboyna Burl rosette
  • Amboyna Burl headstock
  • Celtic knot styled purfling
  • Pink Abalone inlay
  • Scorpion shaped side sound port
  • Bone nut and saddle
  • Bone bridge pins
  • Grover 306 tuners, imitation ivory buttons with Abalone inlay
  • K&K Trinity passive pickup system – internal microphone plus bridge plate mounted piezo pickups
  • External preamp/mixer, with a belt clip.
  • Crossrock Fiberglass Case
  • Lower bout: 15″
  • Waist: 9-3/8″
  • Upper bout: 11-1/4″
  • Body length: 19-1/2″
  • Overall length: 38-1/2″
  • Weight: 4 lbs 3 oz!
  • Nut width: 1-3/4″
  • String Spacing
    • Nut: 1.56″
    • Saddle: 2.57″

Price: $6000

Full front view of a classical acoustic guitar with light wood top and slotted headstock.
Full back view of a classical acoustic guitar with natural wood grain and slotted headstock.
Front view of a classical guitar headstock with slotted design, wood grain, and tuning machines.
Angled side view of an acoustic guitar showing the body depth, wood grain sides, and neck joint.
Rear view of an acoustic guitar headstock showing tuning machines and wooden neck finish.
Close-up of an acoustic guitar soundhole with decorative rosette, strings, and fretboard.
Acoustic guitar resting inside an open red hard shell case with a dark blue plush interior.
Closed red hard shell guitar case with a contoured shape and black trim.

K&K Trinity Pickup System

Box packaging for the K&K Sound Trinity Pro System acoustic guitar pickup and microphone set.

Falcate Bracing system

Falcate means sickle shaped. The braces are made from Sitka Spruce and are bent to form the shapes shown below. Sounds waves are not straight so why should the braces be straight? Beyond just bending the braces, I also carve them to achieve the ideal combination of resonant frequencies. It is important that the final resonant frequencies fall between notes on the musical scale. If this is not done, it could cause wolf tones. Wolf tones are a note that is either louder than the others, sometimes squawky, or the note could be really quiet and dead sounding. There are no wolf tones on this guitar. This type of bracing opens up the sound to deliver a fuller, more complex sound that is nothing short of amazing. Adding the small of carbon fiber allows me to make the braces even lighter than usual. This has the benefit of more volume and sustain. This is a very responsive guitar. Play it soft or play it loud. You gotta hear this guitar!

Interior view of an acoustic guitar body showing custom wood bracing and kerfing.

Resonant frequncies

  • Air chamber frequency: 99.3
  • Top frequency: 178.5
  • Back frequency: 229.1
  • All other peaks are all the harmonics.
Sound pressure level frequency response graph showing peaks and dips from 50 Hz to 1 kHz.

Sound Samples

This was recorded in May 2024 at the La Conner Guitar Festival. The PA system was down. I recorded this using my cell phone. This guitar projected to the back of the room with no amplification.

Here is my attempt to be a guitar player.

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