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Julian Black

Name: Julian Black
Brand: Orangewood
Price: 795.0 USD
Availability: InStock

$ 795.00

Our all solid parlor guitar, Julian is known for its bright, intimate tone and comfortable shape. Vintage-inspired touches, including a slotted headstock and herringbone details, are a nod to iconic parlor designs, while the solid torrefied spruce top in a sleek black finish round out Julian’s classic-meets-contemporary construction.

Features

Body Shape: Parlor
Top Wood: Torrefied Solid Sitka Spruce
Back / Sides: Solid Mahogany
Neck: Mahogany
Fretboard: Ebony
Inlays: Mother of Pearl
Bridge: Ebony
Pickguard: Insert Included (Self-apply)
Hard Case: Included

Specifications

Strings: Ernie Ball Earthwood Phosphor Bronze Medium Light
Electronics: N/A
Tuners: Grover Open Gear Tuners
Neck Shape: C
Scale: 25.5"
Nut / Saddle: TUSQ
Nut Width: 44.5mm
Bracing: Scalloped X
Finish: Natural Satin

Dimensions

Overall Length: 40"
Body Length: 19”
Body Depth: 3 7/8"
Upper Bout: 10"
Middle Bout: 8 7/16”
Lower Bout: 14 1/8”

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Professional Setup in Los Angeles

With our expert setup, your guitar is ready to play right out of the delivery box. All Highland models come freshly restrung with Ernie Ball Phosphor Bronze strings.

Vintage Inspiration, Timeless Impression

Inspired by the beauty of vintage guitars, we added a solid spruce top and Grover open gear tuners to our Highland collection for an aged look and woody tone.

Deluxe Hard Case Included

Take your guitar everywhere with our durable hard case designed for gigging musicians.

Spectacular Parlor!

Orangewood is putting out some surprisingly good budget guitars, all perfectly setup. I recently bought the Julian Black, with a torrified spruce top. Wow! Such a well balanced and beautifully resonant guitar. First parlor sized guitar I’ve played that can handle C tunings well. Nicely done Orangewood!

Thanks for your review, Kenneth! The Julian Black is one of our favorites, too. We hope you enjoy your first parlor sized guitar!

Pleased

The guitar arrived nicely set-up as advertised. I am impressed with the Grover tuners, the smooth fret ends, slotted headstock, and the fit and finish is really nice. The case is an extra bonus. A lot better than most you get. The string spacing is very nice for fingerstyle. I was so impressed with this guitar; I purchased an Ava Cedar nylon string guitar.

Great instrument for the value, but lacks a little polish.

The sound and quality of the instrument are fantastic. The neck is super comfortable although a bit wide for my personal taste. If you're looking for a parlor guitar with quality materials, this is a great purchase. My only complaints is that the frets are a little gritty and can use some polishing which I will gladly do myself.

Don't hesitate to get this guitar, just don't expect the world. If you'd like a guitar with the same quality components but want the polish, look towards Eastman.

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