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Ray Kraut Guitars I met Ray at the Healdsburg guitar festival in 2009 and was immediately struck by his designs. He got his first start at wood working at the age of fourteen. Early on he found that he was intrigued by the nature of woodworking and quickly found an artistic outlet in it. Some of his early work could be found in the former Governor of Ohio Bob Taft’s office after winning awards in the Ohio art exhibition while just entering high school. Soon after his introduction into woodworking he discovered another artistic outlet, the guitar. It wasn’t until the fall of 2004 while living in Phoenix Arizona that he got the idea to build a guitar. It was then, that in the spring of 2005 Raymond attended the “Roberto Venn School of Lutherie” in Phoenix Arizona. After attending the esteemed “Roberto Venn School of Lutherie”, Raymond furthered his education by moving to Oakland California to study as an apprentice under the renowned Master Luthier Ervin Somogyi. Through the twenty-four month apprenticeship Somogyi introduced Raymond to the principal elements of voicing and designing a guitar to reach it’s fullest potential. Utilizing his mentors teachings Raymond has developed a design aesthetic and voicing that reflects the quality of his luthiery education. July 2007 marked the opening of Raymond’s new shop in Springfield Oregon where he currently builds approximately twelve guitars a year. . |
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Kraut Custom OM
A bit bigger than a standard OM this is an incredibly versatile guitar with rich tones and fantastic definition and separation. And it has one of Ray's beautiful one off, never to be repeated, inlays.
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• Sitka spruce top
• Rosewood back and sides
• 14 frets to the body
• 25” scale
• 1 ¾” nut width
• 2 ¼” string spacing at saddle
• 15 5/8” lower bout
• Mahogany neck
• Sharp cutaway
• B/W top border
• Rosewood bindings
• Rosewood headstock veneer
• No position markers
• Custom rosette
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony pinless bridge
• Alessi tuners
• Ebony tuner buttons
• Scalloped bone nut and saddle
• Bone saddle
• No pickguard
• Ameritage case
£ 6,495.00
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