Joe White Inca acoustic. Luthier made all solid cedar/rosewood, double-x bracing

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This is an 'Inca' acoustic OM guitar built by luthier Joe White in 1997.It has thefollowing specs/ features Solid cedar top and solid Indian rosewood back and sides. Mahogany neck Ebony fingerboard Ebony bridge Ebony bridge pins Ebony headstock face Bone saddle and bone nut measuring 43mm. (Also comes with an� ebony nut which was installed in the first set of photos, today (Sunday) I decided to put a bone nut back on it again because bone is the standard nut material for this sort of guitar. I will include the ebony nut so you can try both - I tried the ebony as an experiment a while ago, it gives a slightly woody soft tone, quite nice. Bone is louder/brighter and more resonant. Just to clarify, though the first set of photos show it with an ebony nut it now has a new bone nut on it)� Maple and ebony binding and rosette Ebony truss rod cover The top bracing (spruce) is laid out in a� symmetrical� double 'x' pattern (main x bracing is like standard but has a lighter 'x' supporting the lower bout between bridge and end block). The back bracing is mahogany. Two vintage strap buttons Grover tuners Brand new Martin medium strings just fitted. Hard case The top is very thin and a beautiful select piece of tight grained quarter sawn cedar, the whole guitar resonates vibrantly. Joe told me in an email that he had tuned/voiced the top to D specifically for DADGAD playing. It is very loud and rich in tone, louder than my dreadnoughts (I was surprised to hear it was louder when a friend was playing it). The tone is warm, sweet and rich (typical cedar rosewood combo).� 14 frets to the body, action 2.5mm bass side / 2mm treble side at the 14th.� � The frets are in good shape, no wear or buzzes, and the neck plays well. � � It may have had a neck reset at some point because the lacquer appears to be a very slightly different shade around heal. I didn't notice this until about a year after I bought it! If it was reset, it was done by a luthier (probably Joe White though) because it is a first rate job, invisible other than the lacquer shade variation. If I hadn't mentioned this I'd bet no one would notice but I like to be completely honest in my listings. The only other point to mention is cosmetically there is some lacquer checking on the top, they are definitley not cracks in the wood, just in the lacquer. The top is very thin and you can see at certain angles the way it forms over the guitars bracing. I think the lacquer is just not as flexible as the wood, so tiny cracks appear. From straight on you don't see them.� The guitar has lots of character, suits fingerstyle very well, but has a powerful growl when played hard or strummed. I am only selling because this is one of my most valuable and I really need the money at the moment. Comes with it's original case. If posted, it will be packed very carefully in a well protected thick guitar box. � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Here are some photos of the guitar with new bone nut. Also some of the bracing inside. � I played a gorgeous Lowden cedar/rosewood in Wunjo guitars in Denmark Street a couple of weeks ago, it was close to £2000, way out of my budget but it made me realise how good this Joe White is, the tone is almost identical, just slightly less of the volume from the big Lowden body. Here is a clip of me playing it ages ago. And another without capo, probably best if you can ignore the playing and hear the tone!International postage costs vary so please contact me before paying and I will get an accurate quote. I only charge the actual postage cost, not for packing/time etc.As requested, here is the reply email from Joe White explaining a bit about the guitar's history. Joe is a really nice guy, very happy to talk guitars! From: J. White Guitar Workshops � Subject: Re: About one of your guitars � To: "Reubs" � Date: Thursday, 9 December, 2010, 9:12 � Hi ... read more

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