The D-28 Authentic 1937 VTS Aged is the hide-glue D-28 Authentic 1937 with its Vintage Gloss worn in by hand and a Vintage Toner on the top. The aging runs across the top, back, sides, neck, headplate, bridge, pickguard, ivory pattern pins and the Waverly nickel open-back tuners.
Beneath it, the build is the Golden Era recipe: Adirondack spruce with VTS for the top and the scalloped Authentic 1937 Forward-Shifted X-Brace, Guatemalan rosewood back and sides, and a genuine mahogany neck in the Authentic 1937 shape with the Standard Taper. The nut is 1 3/4", opening to 2 1/4" at the 12th fret, and the Authentic Belly bridge spaces the strings 2 5/16" apart, which gives the picking hand more room.
The trim is period Style 28, with a bold herringbone top inlay, Zig-Zag Authentic back strip, antique white binding, 1937 Diamonds and Squares Long abalone inlays, grained ivoroid side dots and an Authentic Style CFM Script Overlay on a Guatemalan rosewood headplate.
The D-28 Authentic 1937 is the same guitar with a clear top and no aging. For mahogany with the same treatment, see the D-18 Authentic 1937 VTS Aged.
SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Country of Origin: USA (Nazareth, Pennsylvania)
Body Size: Authentic D-14 Fret
Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint - Hide Glue Construction
Back Material: Guatemalan Rosewood
Side Material: Guatemalan Rosewood
Back and Sides Finish: Vintage Gloss - Aged
Back Detail: Aged
Side Detail: Aged
Back Purfling/Strip: Zig-Zag Authentic
Back Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
Bracing Pattern: Authentic 1937 Forward-Shifted X-Brace
Brace Shape: Scalloped
Brace Material: Adirondack Spruce with VTS
Brace Size: 5/16"
Endpiece: Antique White
Endpiece Inlay: Multi-Stripe
Top Material: Adirondack Spruce with VTS
Finish Top: Vintage Gloss - Aged
Top Color: Vintage Toner
Top Inlay Material: Bold Herringbone
Top Detail: Aged
Binding: Antique White
Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern Aged
Rosette: Multi-Stripe
NECK
Neck Shape: Authentic 1937
Neck Taper: Standard Taper
Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany
Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
Finish Neck: Vintage Gloss - Aged
Scale Length: 25.4"
Number of Frets Total: 20
Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
Heelcap: Antique White
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/4''
Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4''
Fingerboard Inlay Style: 1937 Diamonds and Squares Long Pattern
Fingerboard Inlay Material: Abalone
Side Dots: Grained Ivoroid
Headstock Shape: Solid with 1937 Taper and Diamond
Headplate Material: Guatemalan Rosewood
Headplate Logo Style: Authentic Style CFM Script Overlay
Headplate Detail: Aged
HARDWARE
Bridge Material: Ebony
Bridge Style: Authentic Belly - Glue in Long Saddle - Aged
Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/16''
Bridge Pin Material: Ivory Pattern - Aged
Bridge Pin Dots: Black Plastic
Saddle: Bone
Saddle Radius: 16"
Tuning Machines: Aged Waverly Nickel Open Back
Knob: Butterbean
Nut Material: Bone
CASE
Case: Hardshell



