Cardinal Zenith Douglas Fir Milk Paint Finish

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT (512) 243.6036 OR sales@austinguitarhouse.com

Sam Evans, designer and builder of Cardinal Instruments creates unique, inspiring, and beautifully hand crafted guitars, basses and lapsteels. Using locally harvested woods, locally made custom hardware, eco-friendly finishing processes, and pickups made in-house, Cardinal offers players the tools needed to best express their musical identity.

• Model: Zenith
• Serial Number: Z17117
• Body Wood: Solid Douglas Fir (65+ Year old reclaimed stock)
• Neck Wood: Maple
• Neck Profile: Medium C-Carve, 0.84" depth at 1st fret, 1.00" depth at 12th
• Fingerboard: Indian Rosewood
• Scale Length: 25.5"
• Fretboard Radius: 10"-12"
• Frets: Jumbo, 21-EVO
• Inlays: White Dots
• Binding: Tortoise Shell
• Nut: Vintage Bone, 1.73" width
• Tuners: Hipshot Open Gear w/Pearloid Buttons
• Bridge: Cardinal T-Bridge Aged
• Pickguard: None
• Pickups: Cardinal CITb (Bridge) @7.7k  and Cardinal CI90 (Neck) @8.1K
• Controls: Volume and Tone, 3-Way Toggle (CTS, Switchcraft)
• Finish: Mil Paint Finish on body. Tru-Oil Finish on Fretboard and Neck
• Case: Gator Hardcase
• Weight: 6 lbs 15 oz
• Observations: Back Wood Reclaimed 65 Year Old Stock (Last guitar of the batch), Tortoise  Binding, Cardinal Hardware
• Handmade In Austin - Texas

"Cardinal Instruments creates unique, inspiring, and beautifully hand crafted guitars, basses and lapsteels. Using locally harvested woods, locally made custom hardware, eco-friendly finishing processes, and pickups made in-house, Cardinal offers players the tools needed to best express their musical identity.

Zeniths started out as a catchall for custom ideas, and that led to some amazing guitars. But when I stumbled onto some 70-year old Douglas fir, that changed…..immediately. Its resonance and consistency were exactly what I was looking for in a body wood. An added bonus was the discovery that Orford cedar and western red cedar were equally as wonderful. Consider the Zenith now dialed-in."

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT (512) 243.6036 OR sales@austinguitarhouse.com