7520 Cavendish Road ~ Hunter River R.R#2 ~ Prince Edward Island ~ CANADA ~ C0A 1N0
(902) 963-2837 ~ brian@bckingston.com
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The CR–P was inspired by those beautiful faded amber bursts on the old Gibson archtops. The 5 piece body binding / purflings are curly maple and ebony. It is left natural and the sunburst colours disappear into the inside perimeter ebony purfilngs so that at first glance you perceive it to be regular plastic binding, then the warmth of the curly maple does its thing. |
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Also left natural are the curly maple laminates below the headcap and fret board, and at the front of the headcap and fret board. The f-holes are bound in maple and ebony and are elegantly subdued under the tops' colours. |
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The sections of the three piece neck are separated by a sandwich of .040 curly maple between .020 Swiss pear laminates dyed black. This same black laminate is also below the curly maple wrap that extends under the fret board and headcap. AAA European spruce for the top and AAA European curly maple back and sides. |
All hardware, including tuning machines, are gold plated.
The standard finish is the amber burst pictured, but if ordering, it is your choice of all of my finishes, which also include blue burst, yellow-tobacco burst, honey blond, natural or amber toner.
Other features of the CR-P but shared by both the CR–E, and CR–I include –
- 17” body, 25.0” fret scale, 3” deep
- Custom suspended ebony finger rest, bound in ebony/maple with custom ebony volume knobs and Bennedetto S6 humbucking pickup
- Custom ebony “torch” tailpiece with etched definition
- 0.200 carbon fiber rods extending back 6” into the neck, through the peghead on each side of the LMI two way adjustable truss rod
- Multiple solid wood ebony/curly maple bindings (fabricated in shop) around the f-holes, body, fret board and peghead
- Custom ebony adjustable two piece bridge
- “Aircraft Grade” sitka spruce end blocks – and all interior braces. Quartered spruce kerfling
- “BC Kingston” in MOP on the solid ebony headcap, and triangle sequence fret markers in MOP and 2 mm MOP position dots.
- Schaller M6 tuners with ebony buttons
- 3 piece neck of Prince Edward Island curly maple
- 5 ply deluxe Cedar Creek custom case
- Limited warranty to original purchaser