2006 Model C cutaway

It's not often one of my guitars comes up in the used market, but this one just has. A fine 2006 Indian rosewood and Italian spruce Model C. The guitar is is good solid condition - it's clearly been well played but there are no issues with her. A transparent scratch plate has been fitted, but there is some pick marks under the strings. But nothing too serious.

When she arrived here at N K Forster HQ last week I noticed the frets had been rather harshly levelled, too much so for my liking so she has had a complete refret and set up by yours truly. I also lightened the bridge a little to be more in line with how I do them now.

The sound is great, if i compare the sound to my current guitars I would say it is a lot more "Sobell" than Forster - which is no bad thing and some may even prefer this. The guitar was made in late 2005 and was just a couple of years after I left the Sobell workshop. Many of the ideas I had to make a difference to the sound didn't make as much difference as I had anticipated, so what we have here is a very clear, loud, powerful sounding guitar that will make you heard in any noisy session and comes with a pickup so it's great for the stage too.I have to say I only hope the person selling her doesn't decide to come round and try her out again. He may well change his mind!

The guitar comes with a LR Baggs pickup and a fitted Calton case.
A new guitar with this spec would be £4900, and you'd be lucky to get one before mid 2012, this fine specimen is available now for £3500.