Sankey Ultraviolet - Rubio Monocoat
Black Mountain Guitar Co
One-of-a-kind instruments, hand made by luthier Michael Sanke
Michael Sankey has been making musical instruments from his base in Ottawa, Canada since 1997.
Through the creation of over 130 completely unique instruments and over a decade of international exhibitions, he has established himself as one of the worlds’ most experimental and original contemporary luthiers. His work represents a challenge to traditional interpretations of what a guitar can be, yet pays homage to the craft of lutherie through a deep study and appreciation of its history and practice.
Each guitar is one-of-a-kind, and requires a huge amount of research, experimentation, and handwork; an output of less than 12 guitars per year is a guarantee of excusivity. A Sankey guitar may not be for everybody- but each one is for somebody.Related to the "electric feather" and "la cremonese"; soundboard is "coopered" - made of staves like a baroque viola da gamba; neck joint is "bent and keyed", a new type of joint I've invented; adjustment at tail end for countering string tension over the body.
- Body - Spruce
- Neck - Spanish Cedar
- Fretboard - Indian Rosewood
- Headstock - Indian Rosewood
- Binding - Violin-Style
- Scale Length - 630mm
- Fretboard Radius - 400mm
- Nut - 44mm
- Stainless Steel Frets
- Bridge - Indian Rosewood with Bone Nut
- Pickups - Undersaddle and Soundhole Mounted Piezo Transducers
- Tuners - Gotoh Stealth