CCAN2EC-BLBL – Australian Blackwood top, back and sides
All solid timber grand auditorium full body and cutaway guitars with Cole Clark 3 way pickup, snowflake fretboard inlays and binding.
UNIQUE CONSTRUCTION
Cole Clark steel string acoustic guitars are the only main stream acoustic to use a Spanish heel or integral neck construction. This means the neck is glued to the face along with the sides and the back so the neck is one piece all the way to the sound hole. On other guitars, the body is made then the neck attached, mostly with a bolt or dove tail join. Due to our method, the sound is unique. Cole Clark also has a carved top and back and uses a ridge system to join the sides to the top and back instead of kerfing.
NATURAL PICKUP
The Cole Clark patented pickup system is the most acoustic sounding pickup available.
Aimed at finding a more natural tone when amplified and eliminating piezo ‘quack’, our pickups comprise different elements that only hear certain frequencies which they’re best equipped to handle. This is done using a combination of 6 loaded piezos under the saddle for bottom end, a face sensor that can be blended in to hear frequencies in the mid to high range (350hz maximum crossover) and a condenser microphone shelved to hear only extreme highs.
TIMBERS
Cole Clark guitars are all solid timber using mostly native Australian tone woods that are largely sustainable.
Australian Blackwood: This is the stiffest timber we make tops out of. It has a character all of its own, quite like Koa as it is a very close cousin. It is normally dark brown and grainy but can vary. It is native to Australia and sourced from Tasmania or Victoria.
Air Dry Density 640
Modulus of Elasticity 13
Janka Hardness 5.9
An acoustic sound in the tradition of an American all Koa guitar
For a medium to hard player amplified
Best top for a percussive player
Handles climate extremes better than the softer timbers. This is a sustainable timber.
Australian Blackwood: This is our number one selling back and side timber. This is an Australian native timber sourced from Tasmania or Victoria and is sustainable. It is a beautiful timber to look at with a very similar tonal characteristic to Koa as it is a very close cousin.
Air Dry Density 640
Modulus of Elasticity 13
Janka Hardness 5.9
Good low mid’s
Good mid-range punch
Good high frequency definition
Good for amplifying
Signature Cole Clark acoustic sound, sustainable.
Product Specifications
- All solid timber cutaway Grand Auditorium with internally carved top and back
- Cole Clark 3-way pickup system
- Finish: Nitrocellulose (natural satin)
- Neck: Queensland Maple
- Top: Australian Blackwood
- Back and sides: Australian Blackwood
- Inlaid timber binding, purfling and rosette
- Bridge/Fretboard: Rosewood
- Inlays: Abalone Snowflake
- Machine Heads: Grover
- Nut/Saddle: Graph Tech Tusq
- Strings: Phosphor Bronze 12-53
- Comes with Cole Clark Hard Case
- Pick Guard supplied in case
