The Bay State Monarch is, essentially, a classical guitar with extreme steel string lineage. Its’ steel string lineage shows up in its’ steel string finger spacing (1 3/4″) and Atlantic size body. As a result, a steel player would feel right at home playing this instrument. The only difference would be in the response of the classical strings vs. their steel counterparts. The instrument may feel like a steel string but it has that sweet tone of the classical instrument! Although its’ bracing is classical (Santos Hernandez), the guitar utilizes a double mortise and tenon fully mechanical neck joint, Bay State rosette, semi-hemispherical frets, and Tone Enhancer™ technologies from its’ steel string brethren. In spite of its’ lineage, the guitar is still very much a classical instrument. The instrument features a german spruce top, indian rosewood back and sides, ebony fretboard and brazilian rosewood bridge. All purfling detail on the instrument is done in the classical manner. The instrument is one of the prototypes for the Bay State guitar line.
