This slope-shouldered guitar is designed for brawny power. Big in sound but not short on clarity, this guitar is a nod to the traditional slope-shoulder guitars of the 1930s and ’40s. Its standard woods are Sitka spruce paired with either Indian rosewood or mahogany. In concept, we think of the rosewood version as a slope-shouldered D-RH and the mahogany version as a slope-shouldered DM. The pairs sound similar, and all four sound their best with medium strings and hard playing. The DS comes standard with a beautiful vintage sunburst, maple bindings, and 42-style snowflake fretboard inlays.
Standard Appointments
Build Style
Radius Top
Soundboard
Sitka
Back & Side Wood
Mahogany or East Indian rosewood (IRW)
Neck Wood
Honduran Mahogany
Neck Finish
Matte/Gloss face
Truss Rod Access
Peghead
Fretboard + Bridge
Ebony
Bridge Style
Belly
Peghead Veneer/Headplate
IRW = IRW / MAH = Ebony
Top Finish
Tobacco 'burst
Body Finish
Natural
Finish Material
Catalyzed Urethane
Rosette Style
two rings of Ivoroid surrounded by B/W/B
Top Purflings
B/W/B
Body Bindings
Maple
Fretboard Bindings
Maple
Peghead Bindings
None
Wedge/End Graft
Maple
Backstrip
Zipper
Fretboard Inlays
'42-style Short pattern snowflakes
Peghead Inlay
H&D Logo
Pickguard
Tortoise
Tuning Machines
Gotoh Open-Back SXB510V Nickel w/Nickel knobs
Standard Dims
Frets
14
Nut Width
1-23/32 inches
Saddle Spacing
2-7/32 inches
Scale
25.4 inches
Soundhole
4-3/8 inches
Body Depth
4-7/8 inches
Body Width
15-3/4 inches
Body Length
20 inches
all measurements +-
The Steel Wheels, Trent Wagler with his custom DS
