{"product_id":"beeton-style-a-tricone-serial-01-aus-1997","title":"Beeton Style A Tricone Serial #01 : AUS 1997","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eGreg Beeton is widely regarded as Australia's foremost builder of resophonic guitars. Working from his own workshop in NSW since founding Beeton Guitars in 1994, he handles every stage of construction himself, metalwork, woodwork, hand engraving and finishing, turning out genuinely limited-run instruments that have found their way into the hands of some of the country's best-known slide players, including Jeff Lang, John Butler, Dom Turner and Phil Manning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis example is about as significant as a Beeton comes: it's serial number #01, hand-dated 22nd August 1997 on Beeton's own hang tag, still with the guitar. Beeton Guitars was founded in 1994, which makes this the earliest catalogued example of his work we've come across, the first Style A Tricone off his bench, and very possibly the first serial-numbered instrument he ever built. That's a genuinely rare thing to have in the shop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt's a round-neck Style A Tricone, built around a nickel-plated bell brass body with Beeton's own hand-engraved floral scrollwork covering the top, back and sides. The three internal resonator cones are fed by a T-bridge coverplate flanked by two diamond-lattice grilles cut into the upper bout, all hand-pierced and engraved to match the body. The neck is reinforced rock maple with a solid ebony fingerboard, bound in ivoroid, joining the body at the 12th fret over a 25-3\/8\" scale. The peghead carries a cream pearloid veneer with Beeton's script logo, fitted with gold-plated Irving Sloane\/Waverly-style vintage tuners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt shows some honest wear consistent with a nearly 30-year-old working instrument, light surface scratching and a developing patina to the nickel plating, nothing that takes away from what is a genuinely important piece of Australian lutherie history. It comes complete with its original black hardshell case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSpecifications:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWeight:4.65kg \/ 10.26lb\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAction at 1st Fret: 0.25mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAction at 12th Fret: 2.25mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eNeck Depth at 1st Fret: 23.38mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eNut Width: 47.25mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWidth at 12th Fret: 56.75mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eModel: Beeton \"Style A Tricone\" (nickel-plated bell brass)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSerial Number: 01 (hand-dated 22nd August 1997)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBuilder: Greg Beeton, Beeton Guitars (Brass Guitars Australia), NSW\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eNeck: Round neck, reinforced rock maple\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFingerboard: Solid ebony, bound with ivoroid\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFrets Clear of Body: 12\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eScale Length: 25-3\/8\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTuners: Irving Sloane\/Waverly vintage-style, gold-plated\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFinish: Nickel-plated bell brass, hand-engraved scrollwork throughout\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eCase: Original black hardshell case (OHSC)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Beeton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527425364121,"sku":"26195","price":5995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0283\/1905\/6012\/files\/1_31450a85-30be-4cb2-8cdb-bf215cd046fc.png?v=1790209235","url":"https:\/\/www.premierguitars.com.au\/products\/beeton-style-a-tricone-serial-01-aus-1997","provider":"Premier Guitars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}