Product Overview
Our listings are different from the rest, because here at Delgado guitars every instrument we sell has been hand selected by Manuel Delgado himself. With over 95 years in business, you can trust that the instruments we sell are a cut above the rest. Like all of our instruments, this one has been professionally set up and tuned at Delgado Guitars to meet our standards of intonation and playability.
Players around the world have fallen in love with the high-end sound of Recording King's Tonewood Reserve guitars. The classic combination of Adirondack Spruce and solid Rosewood delivers traditional acoustic tone for bluegrass players, flatpickers, and songwriters.
Recording King has upped the ante with the Tonewood Reserve Elite Series Dreadnought, featuring everything great about the Tonewood Reserve with upgraded aesthetic appointments for boutique, high-end style.
The Tonewood Reserve Elite Dreadnought delivers the power and projection players want from a top-shelf dreadnought. Full bass and crystalline, piano-like treble characterize the big tone of this big body powerhouse. Cut through the mix, accompany your own voice or show off your flatpicking prowess with this eye-catching conversation piece.
In response to requests from flatpicking players, the TWR Elite Dreadnought has a 1-¾” nut width for comfortable picking.
Model Number: | RD-342 |
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Model Name: | RK Tonewood Reserve Elite Dreadnought |
Body Shape: | Dreadnought |
Top Material: | Solid AAA Adirondack Spruce |
Back Material: | Solid East Indian Rosewood |
Side Materials: | Solid East Indian Rosewood |
Top Bracing Pattern: | Scalloped X Bracing |
Top Braces: | Sitka Spruce |
Neck Material: | Mahogany, 1 Piece |
Neck Profile: | Thin V |
Neck Joint: | Dovetail |
Fretboard Material: | Ebony |
Scale Length:: | 25.4" |
# Of Frets Clear: | 14 |
# Of Frets Total: | 20 |
Nut Material: | Bone |
Nut Width: | 1-3/4" |
Headstock Overlay: | Rosewood |
Headstock Inlay: | None |
Tuning Machines: | Nickel Butterbean |
Body Binding: | Ivory |
Rosette: | Multi Ring |
Top Purfling: | Abalone |
Fretboard Inlays: | Abalone Snowflake |
Fretboard Binding: | Ivory |
Bridge Material: | Ebony |
Bridge Shape: | Belly Bridge |
Saddle: | Bone |
Bridge Pins & Endpin: | Ivoroid with Abalone Dot |
Pickguard: | Tortoise |
Finish: | Gloss Natural |