GILLANDER GUITARS
The Four Diamonds Orchestra Model
This guitar was built for the 2025 Artisan Guitar Show in Harrisburg, PA as a raffle prize that raised $10,000 to benefit the Four Diamonds Children's Cancer Charity. The materials were donated by Stewart MacDonald, the case was donated by TKL, and the inlays on the fretboard were done by Aulson Inlays. My intention for this guitar was to create an instrument that highlighted the charity's logo, and yet stood alone as a design scheme that would stand the test of time. You will notice the Four Diamonds logo, made from Royal Blue Opal on the headstock, the fretboard, and the engraft. The rosette utilizes the same opal diamonds, and the blue purfling carries the color scheme throughout the guitar.
To read more about this project, and the show that made it possible, please visit: https://artisanguitarshow.com/the-caring-continues-four-diamonds-for-the-kids/
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Style/ Size – 14 Fret Orchestra Model
Top – European Spruce
Bracing –Sitka Spruce (1/4” X)
Pattern – Standard placement scalloped
Back and Sides –Bois de Rose
Bracing – Spruce
Pattern - Ladder
Fingerboard – Ebony With blue purling and Ebony Binding
Fret markers – Royal Blue Opal with White Pearl 4 diamond Pattern
With “Artisan Guitar Show” in White Pearl
Side markers – White Pearl
Fret material – Stewmac Gold
Neck – Mahogany with Bound Ebony headplate Front
Neck joint – Traditional Dovetail
Reinforcement – Dual Action Trussrod
Bridge – Trad. Belly
Bridge/Endpin –Ebony
Nut/Saddle – Bone with compensated saddle
Nut width 1 ¾
Bridge spacing 2 5/16
Neck profile – standard
Scale length 25.4
Toneport - Oval with Blue 4 Diamond logo suspended inside
Tuners - Waverly with Ebony Buttons
Pickup – none
Purfling style – Blue and White
Binding – Bois de Rose
Rosette – Royal blue Opal diamonds inlayed into holly and surrounded with black blue black purfling
Backstrip – Bois de Rose
Volute – yes
Finish – Polyester with oil neck
Case – TKL
