Little Sister Cutaway - Kikbuckers

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Private Build Series

Little Sister

Name: Little Sister Cutaway Kikbuckers All Mahogany
Brand: B&G Guitars
SKU: LS-C-KB-AM-RH
Price: 3950.0 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Cutaway - Kikbuckers

All Mahogany

Every B&G Private build guitar is passionately crafted by renowned artisans Eliran Barashi and Yotam 'Kiki' Goldshtein.

Kiki Yotam, Eliran

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Description

The story of the Little Sister began with the puzzling question of how the early delta bluesmen fascinated a listener with a guitar and their simple, yet soulful vocal lines.

We collected samples from the 1920s and 30s, many of which were in poor condition and needed complete restoration, and began to create the unique design that would best serve the guitar sound we became hooked on. And so the Little Sister was born.

This All Mahogany version shares the vision of the original Little Sister. The key difference is the top tonewood - a carefully selected piece of African mahogany instead of the classic maple. Complemented with brass hardware and pickup covers, it has a vintage-inspired vibe further enhanced by the satin nitro finish.

Slotted Headstock

The B&G signature slotted headstock is inspired by the Golden Age lutherie establishing the Little Sister as a truly unique vintage-looking instrument

Handmade Electronics

Each pickup is wound by hand with a quality magnet wire and Alnico magnets

Solid Mahogany Top

One-piece air-dried chambered genuine mahogany body, one-piece genuine mahogany neck, single-action truss rod, Indian rosewood fingerboard, slotted headstock, and our in-house solid brass hardware.

The Little Sister, All-Mahogany

The Little Sister, All-Mahogany comes with our in-house hand-wound Kikbuckers pickup set. While being hum-canceling, they project a delicate balance between warm, raw throaty grit, and unmatched airy quality. Perfect for cutting through the mix, the slight dryer tone shines in translating the dynamics of the playing style. If played aggressively, the Little Sister, All-Mahogany is also capable of a raunchier "in your face" attitude.

Highlights

Golden era lutherie

B&G Private Build guitars are hand-built using the traditional techniques from the ‘Golden Era' of electric lutherie, delivering a vintage feel, look, and sound, straight out of the case.

Pre-war mythology

The Little Sister design is a reinterpretation of pre-war acoustics. B&G's goal was to create a classic yet fresh, unique instrument, as easy and cozy to play as those almost mythical guitars. Hence the neck joint at the 14th fret, the slotted headstock, and the classic non-cutaway body shape.

Chambered lightweight body

The carved, chambered body, in genuine mahogany, delivers unique acoustic features. It achieves a delicate balance between body resonance and resistance to feedback, that results in an organic, vocal quality to the sound, and a tactile, responsive playing feel. The guitar is by consequence featherlight, but without any compromise on her stability and strength.

Traditional glues

Glue is one of the critical elements in the building of a guitar. Traditional hide glue for the neck joint, fish glue for the frets, and urea-formaldehyde for the top, all crystalize like glass when dry, creating a substantially thinner layer between the different parts, which allows for optimal string energy transfer -- significantly better than modern synthetic glues.

One-way truss rod

Single, one-way truss rods are lighter and require a smaller channel in the neck. This building technique also demands neck woods that are perfectly aged, plus accurate installation of the truss rod. Private Build B&G Guitars only use this specific truss rod design, for improved tone transfer and sustain.

B&G Private Build pickups

Private Build pickups are developed and hand-wound in-house, to ensure that specific nuance of vintage tone we wanted for our guitars. The COL comes packed with a set of our crystal clear P90s, unpotted. They are based on AlNiCo magnets and 42AWG Lacquered enamel copper wire, which are voiced to perfection. The brass cover is also integral to the tone equation, resulting in the unparalleled, airy, warm, and organic tone of a B&G Guitar.

Proprietary aged brass hardware

Brass is a beautiful metal for guitar hardware. It brilliantly transfers the entire frequency spectrum, without sounding too ‘metallic'. B&G is using proprietary brass hardware for a vintage look and tone.

Rule of 18

The vintage-size frets are precisely installed on the fingerboard, using the historic "Rule of 18" (24 ¾" scale), to ensure the comfortable playability that only a vintage instrument can deliver.

Mahogany top

Mahogany topped guitars deliver a very focused tone, with a vocal midrange quality and a rounded, sweetened top end. The fundamental tone is pronounced, while the harmonic spectrum is slightly in the background.