Geoge’s entry into the parlor-guitar realm, and it’s hugely successful. You could almost say it’s a shrunk-down “F” model. But tonally, it’s hardly what you would call a “travel guitar.”

“My concern in designing this guitar was how to get the balance to be even between bass and treble, because the smaller body was going to emphasize the trebles, and the shorter scale-length would as well,” he said. “First of all, I reduced the tension of the back. Normally, on most acoustics, and certainly on mine, there is quite a noticeable longitudinal arch on the back, and that creates some tension, which is good on a larger-body guitar, because you want to tighten up the sound; you don’t want it to be too loose, you don’t want it to vibrate too much. But on a small guitar, you want to reduce the tension, so the first thing I did was flatten out the curvature on the back. Then one of the other things I did was that I chose the height of the bracing in such a way that it encouraged the whole soundboard as one piece, which is also going to increase bass response.”

• scale: 24+”

• lower bout: 13-¼”

• top: cedar

• b&s: Indian rosewood

• frets to body: 14 (not 12, as on many parlors)

• 5-piece neck, for incredible stability and strength

• fingerboard: ebony

• bridge: rosewood, pinless, w/double saddle

• body binding/purfling: sycamore, walnut, rosewood & mahogany

• neck binding: ebony w/white strip

• rosette: abalone

• pickup: Baggs “Anthem” full-size

• finish: satin

• Tuners Gotoh 510s w/ebony buttons

• case: OHSC

• here’s a terrific video review of this very guitar by Teja Gerken at PegheadNation.com