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Kostal MDW – German Spruce/Fiddleback Mahogany

Serial Number: 167

Kostal Guitar’s second complete redesign, the MDW is the result of a collaboration with fingerstyle musician Michael Watts. It was an amazing project in which we both described what we wanted a guitar to do, and what we needed it to do, and then set out to create the guitar to meet those high expectations. The body is similar to a scaled down version of the MD, adding to its comfort and playability with total dimensions that make it only slightly smaller than the OM. The 12 fret body joint adds a level of beauty, warmth and sustain not experienced in other guitars, and the overall size and look is elegant in every way. This guitar was originally intended to be a “one off” and was named the “MD-W” for Modified Dreadnought – Watts, but I soon realized that MDW were Michael’s actual initials, and so the hyphen was removed, and Kostal Guitar’s first signature model was created. The MDW has since become my most popular model, and with every new MDW I make, I am reminded of just how extraordinary this instrument is.

Other specifications include:

  • Top Braces Sitka Spruce
  • Back Braces Mahogany
  • Rosette Stained Glass
  • Back Headcap Veneer Ebony
  • Fingerboard Ebony with Ebony Binding
  • Body Joint 12 Fret
  • Neck 1 Piece Honduran Mahogany
  • Nut 1.75″
  • Strings John Pearse
  • Fretwire Medium Tall
  • Soundboard German Spruce
  • Back and Sides Figured Mahogany
  • End Graft Decorative
  • Hedcap Veneer Two-tone
  • Binding Ebony
  • Cutaway Florentine
  • Tapered Body None
  • Side Postion Makers White
  • Backstrip Ebony
  • Bridge Ebony
  • Tuners Gotoh 510 Gold/Ebony
  • Saddle Bone
  • Nut Bone
  • Overall Length 12 fret: 39.25″
  • Overall Length 14 fret: 40.625″
  • Body length: 19.375″
  • Upper Bout Width: 11.250″
  • Waist: 10.00″
  • Lower Bout Width: 15.00″
  • Depth at Neck: 3.75″
  • Depth at End: 4.25″
  • Scale Length: 25.00″
  • Hoffee Custom Case
  • #167

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$21,900.00

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PLEASE CALL: 314-274-9571

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