Jeff Sigurdson enjoys building student models of classical, flamenco and steel-string guitars. These instruments are completely hand-crafted, and have the same great playability and sound that Jeff’s guitars are known for. The woods chosen for these guitars may contain visual imperfections, but are still tonally and functionally excellent. The following list outlines the features of Sigurdson student model guitars:
- Spruce or cedar soundboard
- Indian rosewood back and sides for classical or flamenco negra models
- Alaskan cypress back and sides for flamenco blanca models
- Indian rosewood or mahogany back and sides for steel string models
- Mahogany or Spanish cedar neck
- High-grade rosewood or lower-grade ebony fingerboard
- Hand-rubbed oil finish
- 12-hole tie-block
- No purfling
- Compensated nut and saddle
- Radiused fingerboard
- Organic hide-glue where it most contributes to tone
- Gotoh tuning machines
- Standard position markers on classical and steel-string models
- No position markers on flamenco models
- D’Addario strings
- Entry-level hardshell case
- Flamenco: $3000
- Hauser: $3000
- Steel-string: $3000
- Friederich: $4000
- Balsa-core double top: $5000
- Neck width
- String spacing
- String height
- Scale length
