The OM-42 dresses the 25.4"-scale 000 body in abalone. It runs around the top and through the rosette, the ebony board carries Style 45 Snowflake inlays in abalone, and the board and headplate are bound in antique white with multi-stripe. The East Indian rosewood headplate has the Golden Era block logo inlaid, the bridge pins are dotted in abalone, and the tuners are gold open gear.
Underneath, it is built like the OM-28: East Indian rosewood back and sides, a spruce top in Aging Toner, Golden Era Scalloped X bracing, a bone nut and a compensated bone saddle. The neck is genuine mahogany in the Golden Era (GE) Modified Low Oval with the High-Performance Taper, 1 3/4" at the nut, and it is finished in gloss where the OM-28's is satin.
It suits a fingerstyle player who wants the long-scale OM with pearl appointments. The OM-28 is the same body and woods with herringbone, and the OM-45 adds abalone around the sides and swaps the snowflakes for Style 45 Hexagon inlays. On the 24.9" scale, the 000-42 is its counterpart.
SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Country of Origin: USA (Nazareth, Pennsylvania)
Body Size: 000-14 Fret
Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint
Back Material: East Indian Rosewood
Side Material: East Indian Rosewood
Back and Sides Finish: Gloss
Back and Sides Color: Natural
Back Purfling/Strip: Style 45 with Black Stripe
Back Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
Side Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
Bracing Pattern: X Brace
Brace Shape: Golden Era Scalloped
Brace Material: Spruce
Brace Size: 1/4"
Endpiece: Antique White
Endpiece Inlay: Multi-Stripe
Top Material: Spruce
Finish Top: Gloss
Top Color: Aging Toner
Top Inlay Material: Abalone with Multi-Stripe
Binding: Antique White
Pickguard: Faux Tortoise
Rosette: Abalone with Multi-Stripe
NECK
Neck Shape: Golden Era (GE) Modified Low Oval
Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper
Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany
Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
Finish Neck: Gloss
Scale Length: 25.4"
Number of Frets Total: 20
Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
Heelcap: Antique White with Multi-Stripe
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8''
Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4''
Fingerboard Inlay Style: Style 45 Snowflake
Fingerboard Inlay Material: Abalone
Fingerboard Binding Material: Antique White with Multi-Stripe
Side Dots: Black
Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper and Diamond
Headplate Material: East Indian Rosewood
Headplate Logo Style: Block Inlay Golden Era
Headplate Binding Material: Antique White with Multi-Stripe
Pleked: Yes
HARDWARE
Bridge Material: Ebony
Bridge Style: Golden Era Modern Belly - Drop-In Saddle
Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32"
Bridge Pin Material: Bone
Bridge Pin Dots: Abalone
Saddle: Compensated Bone
Saddle Radius: 16"
Tuning Machines: Gold Open Gear
Knob: Butterbean
Nut Material: Bone
CASE
Case: Hardshell



