Wow! That’s beautiful!OK, well, I pulled the saddle and there's nothing under it. However, when this guitar made the journey from Chazmo-to-Rich-to-Richard-back-to-Chazmo, it was set up, and perhaps the luthier removed the shims. I know for a fact that the saddle is lower now than when I sold it to Rich originally, but I'll eternally have egg on my face if the shims were the reason as I left that guitar alone so someone else would "make it theirs." Now it's mine (again) and will remain mine, and plays beautifully since the action was lowered from the factory...
Saddle and bridge shown below. Took some quality time to bore oil the bridge and the fingerboard.
I know you do, GG! That's all for now. I just played it for 10 minutes after tuning it back up and realized how much I like the sound of those JP PB strings on this guitar. A keeper for sure. It sounds like nothing else I have.Show off all you want. It's a gorgeous guitar and we love pix!
Here are the measurements of mine:Brad, can you run a tape measure across the upper and lower bout?
Bingo! Orchestra = OOO, for Guild Orpheum at least.Here are the measurements of mine:
lower bout: 15 6/8”
waist - 10”
upper bout - 12”
length - 19 9/16”
depth lower bout - 4 1/4”
depth upper bout - 3 3/4”
The measurements of mine match the specs for the Orpheum orchestra model on the Guild website except for two areas: 1) the lower bout is 15 11/16” rather than the published 15 3/4” and 2) the lower bout depth is 4 1/4” rather than 4”. Not sure if this is my measurement skills, incorrect specs on the Guild website, or variations in production. I could see a 1/16” variation in the width (or my lack of measurement skills) but 1/4” depth in the lower bout was pretty easy to measure and not what I would consider a normal variance within manufacturing.Bingo! Orchestra = OOO, for Guild Orpheum at least.
I didn't look for exact match with your body measurements against my OOO, but they're extremely close, Brad. I call them equal.The measurements of mine match the specs for the Orpheum orchestra model on the Guild website except for two areas:
Yes, adi top and bracingA cool guitar for sure. Is that an Adirondack top? Adi bracing on that one?
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'zackly! I think all the Orpheum models had this, and hide glue construction of the box as well.Yes, adi top and bracing
I know the pins on both of mine are bone, and correct on the hide glue throughout.'zackly! I think all the Orpheum models had this, and hide glue construction of the box as well.
I could be wrong about this, but I think the bridge pins are plastic, not bone... But, I'm not sure. Specs say bone, but having just pulled them and looked at them, I'm uncertain.