Yenson Guitars: multiscale OM

Sitka spruce / Honduras rosewood / koa binding

I built this multiscale OM for open C & D tunings, with a scale ranging between 26” on the bass side & 25.25” on the treble. This allows the player to maintain a bit more string tension when tuning lower, like a mini-baritone. Ergonomically it feels great; I hardly notice the difference between this one and my normal 25” OM.

The nut width is a hair wider as well, at 1-13/16”. I built #5 — a standard OM — at the same time, using virtually identical wood.

Material

• Top: Sitka spruce

• Sides and back: Honduras rosewood

• Neck: Honduras mahogany

• Fingerboard: African Ebony

• Bridge & peghead overlay: Indian ebony

• Binding: Koa with western maple pinstripes

• Heelcap & end graft: Curly koa with western maple pinstripe

• Soundhole inlay: Two types of koa, walnut, and English sycamore

• Peghead inlay: Copper, abalone, and Indian ebony

• Fret marker side dots: Copper rings

• Tuners: Gotoh 510

• Satin finish

• Bone nut & saddle

• FlexStrong Dual Action truss rod