Froggy Bottom F-12 Deluxe / Cutaway - Natural   incl. TKL American Vintage hardshell case

The Froggy Bottom F12 Model – a full-sized 16” guitar with 4.125” depth (significantly shallower than dreadnoughts) – was inspired by the instrument resulting from the chance conversion of a broken Martin F-7 arch top back in Greenwich Village of the 1960s.

In 1965, someone brought a old Martin F-7 with a trashed top into Marc Silber’s shop in the Village, wondering if it could be salvaged. Marc replaced the original arch top with a flat top and what had been a rather pedestrian guitar got a lot more interesting. As the guitar made the rounds in the Village scene, it caught the attention of players and builders alike. People started bringing the old F-7s into Matt Umanov’s shop for conversion. Word got around.

These early conversions demonstrated the sonic virtues of reducing the volume of air in the bodies of larger instruments and altered the course of contemporary flat top guitar design.

The shallower depth of the Froggy Bottom F makes the instrument comfortable to play and contributes to the guitar’s exceptional string-to-string balance, clarity, and projection.

Techn. details:

• Full size cutaway body,
• Solid spruce top,
• Rosewood back and sides,
• 1-piece mahagony neck,
• Scale Length: 25,25"
• Nut width: 1,75"
• Ebony fingerboard with 20-frets,
• Abalone fingerboard inlays,
• Abalone Soundhole surrounding,
• Abalone backstrip,
• Flamed maple purfling,
• 1-layer tortoise pickguard,
• Ebony bridge,
• 6x Gold plated Waverly tuners,
• Incl. TKL American Vintage hardshell case.