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Dreadnought / No. RG-26-001

Cascade D-12

$4,850

Our standard dreadnought: Sitka over East Indian rosewood, forward-shifted scalloped X, and the low end that argument was invented for.

Body shape
Dreadnought
Soundboard
Sitka Spruce
Back & sides
East Indian Rosewood
Bracing
Forward-shifted scalloped X
Scale length
25.4″
Nut width
1.6875″
Lower bout
15.625″
Body depth
4.875″
Finish
Gloss nitrocellulose
Serial
RG-26-001
Build time
13 weeks
Annual run
8 per year
Timber cured in our own loft for four years or more, documented on the build sheet.
Fifty-point setup and a two-week approval window from the day it reaches you.
Ships in a fitted arched case, humidity-conditioned, insured door to door.
SKU: RT-CASCADED12 Category:

Description

The D-12 is the guitar we build most often, and the benchmark we measure everything else against. A carefully selected solid spruce top over matched rosewood back and sides gives it a strong, confident voice — it takes a heavy pick without complaint and holds a bass line down inside a band.

The neck is carved from a single piece of mahogany and fitted to the body by hand, with an ebony fingerboard and a bone nut and saddle. A thin, hand-rubbed finish protects the wood while leaving the top free to vibrate.

Measured build sheet

Every figure below was taken off this instrument on the bench, not copied from a model specification.

Body shapeDreadnought
SoundboardSitka Spruce
Back & sidesEast Indian Rosewood
BracingForward-shifted scalloped X
Scale length25.4″
Nut width1.6875″
Lower bout15.625″
Body depth4.875″
FinishGloss nitrocellulose
SerialRG-26-001
Build time13 weeks
Annual run8 per year