Model Overview
Focusing solely on Patrick James Eggle's historic acoustic body shapes, our new PJE Legacy Series guitars set a new bar for professional excellence.
The Sitka Spruce tops of these guitars have been kiln-aged through a process of torrefaction or torrefication. The Spruce is air dried before being roasted in a kiln with precise controls over atmospheric and oxygen levels to reduce its moisture content. Then as the wood cools, precise amounts of moisture are re-introduced to the wood. The resulting timber is more stable - always good when used as a topwood - and aurally, it produces a rich, mellow tone with a mature voicing which would take perhaps 20 years of waiting to achieve under normal circumstances. Treating Spruce this way has its benefits on the way it looks too with it taking on a golden-caramel colouring that sees this series radiate an authentic, grown-up vibe.
They also feature solid high-figure, Flamed Maple bindings, Figured Ebony fingerboards and bridges, and bone nuts, saddles and bridge pins. Also for the first time in our history each guitar has a solid Figured Ebony pickguard.
Based upon the Patrick James Eggle 'Kanuga' model, this Mars is a classic drop-shoulder dreadnought design. Tonally a great all-rounder, the Mars attracts the player with an eye and ear for tradition.
Specification
Pickguard Macassan - Figured Ebony
Top Wood - Torrefied Canadian Sitka Spruce
Back Wood - African Khaya Mahogany
Side Wood - African Khaya Mahogany
Binding Solid - Flamed Maple
Bracing Material - Hand-Scalloped Quarter-Sawn Spruce
Bracing Pattern - Patrick James Eggle X-Brace Design
Rosette - 5mm Abalone with Fibre Border
Neck - Mahogany
Neck Finish - Satin
Neck Joint - Patrick James Eggle Bolt-On Design
Fingerboard - Macassan Figured Ebony
Fingerboard Radius - 16"
Fingerboard Inlays - Mother of Pearl 'F' at 12th Fret
Machine Head Grover - Rotomatic 18:1 Nickel
Trussrod - 2 Way
Nut / Saddle Natural Bone
Nut Width 45mm / String Spacing 55mm
Bridge - Macassan Figured Ebony
Bridge Pins - Natural Bone
Finish Type PU - Lacquer High Gloss all-over
Preamp / Pickup - Fishman Flex Blend / Condenser Mic
Hardcase - Faith Premium Hardcase Included
Dimensions
Upper bout 292mm
Lower bout 405mm
Depth at neck 105mm
Depth at base 120mm
Body Length 516mm
Soundhole Diameter 100mm
Scale Length 650mm
Fingerboard Radius 16 inch
