Schoenberg Soloist Guitar

For your consideration. A beautiful Schoenberg Soloist featuring a bear claw Sitka Spruce top and Brazilian Rosewood back and sides. I purchased this guitar from a pilot here in New Jersey in about 1992. It was the first expensive guitar I ever purchased and I've loved and cared for her for 23 years. This guitar is a fingerpickers dream. I've included a video link of another 1989 soloist to give you an idea of what she sounds like but it is not this actual guitar in the video.

Eric worked with Dana to develop the specs. They based much of this guitar on a specific Martin OM from 1931, attempting to replicate the same neck shape, and the lightness of the bridge plate and bracing (Martin stopped using scalloped braces from 1944 through the mid-Seventies). They voiced this guitar in a way that would improve upon the original by applying hand-building techniques to the original factory specs. This involved hand-splitting the braces and˜tap-tuning' the top, back and assembled box. Then they would add the cutaway. The guitar is finished in nitro.

This guitar is in fantastic condition. The bridge was professionally reglued at some point and there are a few minor touch ups. Engraved gold Waverly tuners were also added. You can see a slight indent where the original Kluson tuners were because they have a slightly larger footprint than the Waverlys.The original gold Kluson tuners are included but the Waverly's are a dream and the indents minor (see pic). Tuner upgrade required no modifications.There are a few minor finish cracks at the purfling (see pic). I am being anal here :)

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This guitar is 26 years old and has opened up beautifully. I never thought I'd part with this guitar but the time has come. Brazilian Schoenbergs seem to hover in the $8-$10k range. There is one on Ebay now for $13k. Please contact me with any questions.

Excellent items are almost entirely free from blemishes and other visual defects and have been played or used with the utmost care.learn more

We understand the importance of online privacy and are committed to complying with the EU General Data Protection Regulation. To reflect our commitment, we updated our terms and conditions. By continuing to use , you agree to these updates, and to our cookie policy. Learn MoreSchoenberg Soloist The Schoenberg Soloist is the 14-fret body style, based on the 1929 OM with 1 13/16 width at the nut, 2 3/8 at the bridge. The basic option set includes simple ebony and maple purflings and rosette with ivoroid bindings. It is available in 00 and 000 size, cutaway or non-cutaway and various wood combinations.

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From a recent purchaser of a used Soloist: I played it and loved it... It's made for my hands and it's a living, breathing organism when played. Good shape, been played a lot, plenty of saddle left, good neck..you know. Love the string spacing at the bridge. Blind testing with my friend's assistance, it smoked both a two-year-old Brazilian Rosewood and a 10-year-old Indian Rosewood, the latter of which was of course meticulously constructed, way overpriced but simply average sound-wise.

The Schoenberg Soloist 00 is a new concept: a 00-sized Orchestra Model, the first issue of a long-planned addition to our 'stable'. You'd be very surprised with the big, full sound that comes out of this smaller box. Back & sides are Australian Blackwood, top is Adirondack spruce. Pyramid bridge, neck is a slim perfectly shaped OM style neck, with 1 3/4 at nut. Schoenberg's concept is that the important feature of an OM is the scale length, not the body size. By combining the OM neck with the smaller body, one ends up with an equal quality instrument with just a different balance and tonal type. The builder of this one is Bruce Sexauer.

We do the Schoenberg Standard because of the unique quality of sound that resides only in the 12-fret body. There's a throaty, rich tone that combines with an openness, a freeing-up of tone that is very exciting. The photographed guitar is a 00 of Engelmann spruce and Cocobola, a Brazilian rosewood alternate that is heavier yet with a punch and clarity that is unique. It was made by Bruce Sexauer.

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Schoenberg AR The Schoenberg AR, In the continuing tradition of growing toward the past, the AR, or advanced rosewood jumbo, is patterned in many ways after Gibson's Advanced Jumbo.

The AJ was an interesting departure for Gibson in the 1930s. Primarily, the long scale (25.4) in a D-size rosewood body created a link between Gibson’s short scale slope-shouldered jumbos and Martin’s Dreadnought. It retains the Gibson jumbo shape, which I believe affects the tone (although nobody knows how), the bracing and wood thicknesses are different, and the top has more arch built in. The resulting tone is very different from the Martin. Each individual guitar is different, but what I’ve seen is a different balance (more treble) and different quality in the sound. The bass has a power and oomph to it, while the treble has a Gibson-like scream that’s made for blues. It tends to be a rougher, more raw sound than the refined Martin quality, possibly wanting a stronger touch.

The guitar in the photo is our first AR. It is of Adirondack spruce and Indian rosewood, and was made by Bruce Sexauer. We feel it came out surprisingly similar to the 1936 AJ we used as the model, if one can imagine what the old one sounded like before its 65 year break-in period. Time will tell how it continues to stack up.

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The Schoenberg OM45 Deluxe is our unabashed emulation of one of the most beautiful guitars in the world. Since we have one of the originals, we are able to make ours as close to the original as is possible. CF Martin & CO. made fourteen in 1930, their top catalogued model of all time. We are well on our way to having made the same number.

As in the original, we use only the highest grade Brazilian rosewood, and topwood, either Engelmann, European, Appalachian or Italian. Only available on a custom order basis.

The Schoenberg OM45 Deluxe Cutaway is a more recent iteration of our Deluxe model. This particular guitar was made with the finest materials available, and the owner's name inlaid on the last fret. It has the same specs as the above Deluxe except for a different pearl treatment around the neck heel/cutaway join. The builder was Bruce Sexauer.

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Schoenberg OC Standard The Schoenberg OC Standard Thanks to Bruce Sexauer, who first conceived this model, the 0C takes advantage of the beguiling Martin Single 0 12-fret body in exactly the same way as the Schoenberg 00 and 000 Standard models. The long scale takes the traditional 0 and amplifies its unique qualities into a full-on concert quality instrument. There is a magic to this body size (and shape); we don't really know why, but we know the result. It is a happy instrument, with the sweetest musical quality, while maintaining a precision, clarity and punch needed to give a guitar the authority needed in the concert hall or recording studio.

This one is out of European spruce and Madegascar rosewood; bound with snakewood, with nut width of 1 13/16 (with our specialized neck shape, this still feels narrow) and traditional early Martin string spacing at the bridge. These little guys have been consistently strong, full instruments. I've taken mine all over the world; Our special custom case is form-fitting with no excess unused space, and fits in an overhead with ease. Tonally, it is a big, concert quality guitar with an exciting treble that can be pulled out with very little effort!

Schoenberg Quartet The Schoenberg Quartet is our newest model, designed by Eric to his ideal of the complete grand piano guitar, an anti-dreadnaught to be everything a dreadnaugh isn't, the biggest small guitar on the planet. The concept is to take the 0000, which Martin has been calling the M, derived from an early Martin Arch-top, the F; Marc Silber replaced a damaged top witha flattop, creating a model that became well known through the playing of Dave Bromberg. It is 16 wide yet only 4 deep.

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Schoenberg created a 12-fret version, then added the cutaway, a body that supplies the greatest bass while retaining the clarity and punch of the smaller boxes. The name Quartet came about as a combination of two concepts: the four 0 body, and the tonal completeness of a string quartet. The Quartets are being built by Randall Kramer, of Truckee, CA.

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