(SOLD) Pratley Classic OM Maple/Bunya SCE 2023 (New)
Pratley Classic OM, natural finish, made in Australia 2023. The all solid bunya and QLD maple body delivers a dry, warm tone with an understated, tuneful low end and a chalky, open midrange. The LR Baggs pickup is simple and reliable too, it sounds natural and clear. If you're a gigging player after a comfy, practical night-after-night companion, this will do the job nicely.
Pratley Guitars kicked off in 2004, under the guidance of Martin Pratley, a keen woodworker with a background in pro industrial design. There's a few interesting things about the design of all Pratley's offerings. First, the neck: the idea was to get as close as possible to the feel of an electric guitar neck on an acoustic. It's a slim, round C shape, and the join is a set-neck style, so there's a block inside the body that's glued to the neck with a wedge style join not dissimilar from a horizontal dovetail. The upshot is that the clunky heel is gone, and you get easy access all the way up to the top frets. The top has a clever A/X bracing pattern too, so there's two long braces extending along the whole top coming together to a point near the rear strap pin. This allows for plenty of resonance and a nice open tone, but was also specifically designed to eliminate any swelling tendencies in the top and make sure that bridge stays nice and flat and firmly attached. They also use a bunch of environmentally friendly and attractive Australian tonewoods like Queensland maple, bunya pine, Tasmanian blackwood and Johnstone river teak. They're very sustainable timbers to use, as the trees grow to a large size much faster than spruce, rosewood and mahogany, which are old growth species that have to be shipped long distances to get here.
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Model: Pratley Classic OM Maple/Bunya SC
Made: Gold Coast Australia, 2023
Serial: 112310684
Finish: natural, satin nitro
Body: solid bunya top, solid Queensland maple back and sides, OM size, A/X bracing
Neck: Queensland maple neck, Johnstone River teak fretboard, 25.5" scale, 12" radius, set neck/wedge join construction
Weight: 2.055kg
Mods: none
Pickup: LR Baggs
Accessories: Pratley semi-hard case, original documentation, manufacturer's warranty
Cosmetic condition notes: brand new with manufacturer's warranty. No major marks.
Overall: brand new condition (10/10)
Playing condition notes: Action is low, neck is straight, intonation is good. Setup with 12/53 Elixir strings.
Fret Life: brand new, 10/10