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The Rathbone No.2 uses a now classic 'Orchestra Model' body shape. This beautiful body shape is said to have been originally created in an attempt to lure members of dance orchestras away from their banjos, toward greater projection of the steel-stringed guitar.

 

R2CRE:

  • Body shape: Orchestra Model
  • Top: Solid Cedar
  • Back & Sides: Rosewood

 

R2K:

  • Body shape: Orchestra Model
  • Top: Double top: Koa-carbon fiber-Koa
  • Back & Sides: Koa

 

R2M:

  • Body shape: Orchestra Model
  • Top: Solid Mahogany
  • Back & Sides: Sapele Mahogany



R2MLH:

  • Body shape: Orchestra Model
  • Top: Solid Mahogany
  • Back & Sides: Sapele Mahogany

 

R2SB:

  • Body shape: Orchestra Model
  • Top: Solid Englemann Spruce
  • Back & Sides: Bocote

 

R2MPBK:

  • Body shape: Orchestra Model
  • Top: Solid Sitka Spruce
  • Back & Sides: Maple

 

R2VSM:

  • Body shape: Orchestra Model
  • Top: Solid Sitka Spruce relic
  • Back & Sides: Mahogany
  • Rathbone No.2 Orchestra Model R2MLH (left handed)

    Rathbone Rathbone No.2 Orchestra Model R2MLH (left handed)

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    Designed specifically for Lefthanded players. The all-mahogany tonewoods of this R2M Orchestra Model are rich and mellow in appearance and deliver a warm and vocal tone. Helped by the classic-sized body cavity, these guitars are remarkably punchy and dynamic with good mid-range projection.  Due to the environment in which it was initially designed to be used, the 'OM' was not a large-bodied guitar. In fact, few of the early 'modern' guitars would be considered large today. So, the 'OM-sized' Rathbone No.2 is not a large bodied guitar either, but the neck joins the body at the 14th fret, so the scale length is one that we would recognise from most modern guitars. When first used, this 'long' scale legnth was found to help deliver a remarkably, and some may say disproportionately, powerful and dynamic tone. The tuned strings are under greater tension than on shorter scale guitars, so they give a far greater tonal response and 'punch'.  Quick Spec Body Size Orchestra Model Type Acoustic Top Solid Mahogany Back & Sides Sapele Mahogany Orientation Left-handed Neck Mahogany Pickup N/A Gigbag Not Included

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