Pellerin Folk C #55 Signature Series (Pre-Owned)

Description

This beautiful 2008 Folk C Pellerin guitar was completely re-voiced and rebuilt in 2023 by Michel Pellerin. Please see the information below with a full description of all the work Michel performed. Please check out the interview video we have made which tells the story and history of the amazing transformation of this instrument.

MODEL:               Pellerin Folk C #55 – Rosewood and Cedar (Signature Series)

Soundboard: Salvaged figured Western Red Cedar

Bracing for top: F14 – 25 1/2″ (Adirondack) – All Hot Hide Glued

Back and Sides: Indian rosewood (solid)

Bracing for back: Western Red Cedar HHG

Neck: African Mahogany

Rosette: Abalone and maple

Back Strip: Maple

Fingerboard: Gaboon Ebony with ebony bindings

Scale: 25 1/2″

Frets: Gold-Evo Medium

Headplates: African blackwood

Logo: Mother of Pearl

Bridge: African Blackwood

Bindings: Flame Maple with walnut purfling

Inside finish: Schellac

Soundbox and neck finish: Very thin High Gloss Polyurethane

Truss Rod: Double-Action

Assembly: Spanish Assembly (Integral neck design)

Nut, saddle and bridge pins: Bone with MOP (pins)

Nut width: 1 3/4

String spacing and saddle: 2 1/4″ (2,250″)

Tuners: Schertler (cosmo black) with ebony buttons

Pickup: Stonebridge NS3

Case: TKL Pellerin

Special feature: Completely revoiced and rebuilt in 2023

-New Adirondack bracing for the top (except for X brace and transverse, but reshaped)

-Plates thinning to meet specific deflection and frequency

-New bridge with actual design, weight and measurements

-New binding for the back, using the same wood I used in 2008

-New cedar bracing for the back, with back reinforcements

-New bridge plate in Padouk

-Weight removal at specific areas

-New Rosette

-New Headstock to match my 2023 work

-Fingerboard cleaning and levelling

-New Gold-Eco frets

-Neck reshaped

-Complete Polyurethane refinish (very thin)