The Saluda is built from solid exotic hand selected timbers throughout, It has a solid sitka spruce top fitted with an ebony pin-bridge. the bridge pins are hand turned from ebony and inlaid with pearl. The bridge is fitted with a 'TusQ' saddle that is hand worked to give precise intonation. The soundboard is decorated with a neat double abalone sound hole rosette, the top-to-side binding is matching in koa wood inlays. A custom tortex shell scratch plate is fitted for protection. The back and sides are built from solid figured maple. The top, back and sides are fully bound to protect all body edges in koa binding. The fast mahogany neck is a dream to play, it has a solid ebony fingerboard with falling mapl leaf inlays at the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th,15th, 17th & 19th frets. The hard steel frets are perfectly worked, rounded and polished precisely. Mini dot markers are also positioned into the side binding at the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 12th, 15th & 17th frets. The ebony faced 'Eggle' headstock is inlaid with the distinctive 'PJE' in natural mother of pearl and fitted with a matched set of PJE Gotoh G5 tuners for trouble free, precise and positive tuning. This world class hand crafted Patrick James Eggle small jumbo guitar is finished in a hand rubbed, durable high gloss lacquer. All Patricks guitars are a dream to play ...The Saluda is no exception, their response to the player, tonal quality and volume are second to none. Complete with deluxe Hiscox flight case. Patrick ensures that only the best materials are used in building his guitars, he spends much of his time travelling and researching remote locations to buy beautiful and unique tonewoods, increasing his supplier list and learning the stories which accompany the wood that he works with. We have developed a very good relationship with Patrick and work closely with him to bring you some of the best guitars available. Let us know if you have an idea for an Eggle guitar and we'll do our best to make it a reality
