Overview: Iconic in appearance and much more: This magnificent bench copy projects a large, full, elegant, concert sound very similar to the revered 1980 original upon which it is based: Its clear, flexible voice is deep, firm, inspiring, and wonderfully responsive to the slightest touch. Its smooth, resonant voice is also perfectly balanced and focused in all registers due in no small part to its unusually strong fundamental tones and well controlled overtones. Contrapuntal
separation, harmonic blending, and sustain are superb. Its broad range
of color and attack is both exciting and inspiring. Neck contour and string
action set up are excellent. As we have come to expect from this consummate maker, materials and workmanship are unsurpassed.
Daniel Friederich's
sound and luthiery style have always been a guiding influence in the
evolution of Stephen Eden's sound and approach. When Eden encountered
this original 1980 Friederich guitar, one of the most outstanding
examples of this maker's work, and the owner afforded him the chance to
produce a direct bench copy of it, Eden jumped at the
opportunity..Stephen Eden's beautiful bench copies have proved to be
highly successful concert guitars in direct line with the Friederich tradition. .
Materials: Dark
Indian rosewood back with Friederich style double laminated Indian sides, western red cedar soundboard with Friederich's unique cedar bracing pattern, Spanish cedar neck, ebony
fingerboard, Friederich style carved headstock veneer, French polish of shellac finish, Rodgers L387 Friederich style tuning machine
heads with mother of pearl oval buttons, 650mm string length, Hiscox Pro II hardshell case.