This very special Historic Series guitar is a loving recreation of Tony Rice’s infamous D28, a guitar previously owned by Clarence White, hence its name – The White Rice! With its instantly recognisable enlarged soundhole and overhanging fretboard, the original guitar is generally agreed to be one of the best sounding D28s in existence. We set out to build a no-compromise Dreadnought that would honour this exceptional guitar and its legendary owners.
While our regular Sitka spruce and East Indian rosewood Dreadnought packs plenty of power, sustain and projection, this guitar is something else. Thanks in part to the oversized soundhole, which lets more air in and out of the guitar, The White Rice combines incredible power – in Alister’s words, “it sounds like a cannon!” – with an openness and resonance that is unique. With a detailed custom relic finish, this is not just the ultimate White/Rice tribute but, perhaps, the ultimate Dreadnought.
Specifications
- Top Torrified Sitka Spruce
- Back & Sides East Indian Rosewood
- Neck Mahogany
- Backstrip Zipper Style
- Headstock Overlay East Indian Rosewood
- Truss Rod Adjustable Double Action
- Fretboard Ebony
- Bridge Ebony
- Rosette Black/White/Black
- Purfling Herringbone
- Binding Grained Ivoroid
- Fretboard Binding Grained Ivoroid
- Bracing Pre-war scalloped
- Pickguard Hand moulded Resin
- Lacquer Finish Aged or Mirror Nitrocellulose
- Nut & Saddle Bone
- Tuners Nickel Gotoh Open
- Side Dot Fingerboard Markers Black Celluloid
- Case Atkin Hard Shell
- Dimensions
- Body Length 20"
- Body Depth 4 7/8"
- Lower Bout Width 15 5/8"
- Total Length 40 1/4"
- Scale Length 25 1/2"
- Nut Width 1 11/16"