The Recording King Classic Series RD-227 and the RO-227 (000-style) has a beautiful abalone rosette and abalone purfling on the top. Made with all-solid woods and featuring the most authentic pre-war-style features, this classic guitar is perfect for all styles of playing. The Classic Series with abalone has a solid Sitka spruce top, solid East Indian rosewood back and sides, fully scalloped forward-x bracing, a one-piece mahogany neck, a vintage-style beveled pickguard and an ebony fretboard and vintage-style slot-through bridge. This guitar also has a wider 1-3/4" nut that makes it great for flatpickers, bluegrass players and singer-songwriters, plus a redesigned “torch” abalone/M.O.P. headstock inlay and abalone snowflake position markers.

 

Style:	Dreadnought	000-Style
Top:	Solid Spruce, Sitka	Solid Spruce, Sitka
Back & Sides:	Solid Rosewood (RD-227)	Solid Rosewood (RO-227)
Neck:	1-Piece Mahogany	1-Piece Mahogany
Finish:	Glossy	Glossy
Rosette:	Abalone	Abalone
Purfling:	Abalone	Abalone
Fretboard:	Ebony	Ebony
Headstock Inlay:	M.O.P./Abalone "Torch" Design	M.O.P./Abalone "Torch" Design
Fretboard Inlay:	Abalone Snowflake	Abalone Snowflake
Frets:	Nickel, 20	Nickel, 20
Tuners:	Gold, Open-Geared Butterbean	Gold, Open-Geared Butterbean
Bridge:	Ebony	Ebony
Pickguard:	Vintage-Style Beveled Tortoise	N/A
Truss Rod	Yes	Yes
Strings:	Martin Phosphor Bronze	Martin Phosphor Bronze
Nut, Width:	Bone, 1-3/4"	Bone, 1-3/4"
Scale Length:	25-3/8"	24.9"
Depth:	5"	4"
Upper Bout:	11.75"	11.5"
Lower Bout:	15.5"	15-1/8"
Body Length:	20"	19.5"
Total Length:	40.75"	39.5"