B&G Little Sister Private Build 2018 USED

The Little Sister was the model that established B&G Guitars, built in the company’s Tel Aviv workshop. The Private Build version was B&G’s fully handmade line, using a chambered mahogany body, solid figured maple top, set mahogany neck and the company’s proprietary brass hardware.

This example has a particularly strongly figured flame maple top over an African mahogany body, with a Honduran mahogany neck and ziricote fingerboard. The neck has a substantial vintage-style profile, with a chunky Gibson-like feel without being especially narrow or wide.

The pickups have been changed to Seymour Duncan P-Rails. These combine a P-90 coil and rail coil in each pickup, allowing several different coil combinations depending on the switching arrangement. The additional mini-toggle is not part of the standard specification and has been added to control the coil splitting on the P-Rails.

The guitar has minor standard playwear, frets are essentially like new. It plays very well and includes its original metal B&G pickguard in the case, never installed. All paperwork is included, including the COA, together with the original B&G-branded Ameritage hardshell case. The original pickups are not included.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Model: B&G Little Sister Private Build Cutaway
• Construction: Set neck, chambered body
• Body style: Single cutaway chambered electric
• Body wood: African mahogany
• Top: Solid highly figured maple
• Top construction: Carved
• Body length: Approx. 450 mm / 17.7″
• Body width: Approx. 330 mm / 13″
• Body thickness: Approx. 44.5 mm / 1.75″
• Binding: Natural maple edge treatment
• Finish: Gloss nitrocellulose
• Finish colour: Sunburst
• F-holes: Twin
• Neck wood: Honduran mahogany
• Neck construction: One-piece set neck
• Neck profile: Substantial vintage-style profile, B&G Soft V type
• Nominal neck depth at 1st fret: Approx. 22.6 mm / .89″
• Nominal neck depth at 10th fret: Approx. 24.3 mm / .96″
• Fingerboard: Ziricote
• Fingerboard radius: 12″
• Scale length: 24.75″
• Neck joint: 14th fret
• Frets: 20
• Fretwire: Nickel silver
• Inlays: Pearloid dots
• Nut: TUSQ
• Nut width: Approx. 42.8 mm / 1.68″
• Headstock: B&G slotted headstock
• Truss rod: Traditional single-action design with spoke-wheel adjustment
• Tuners: B&G-style slotted-head tuning machines
• Bridge: B&G solid brass adjustable ABR-style bridge
• Tailpiece: B&G proprietary solid brass trapeze tailpiece
• Hardware finish: Gold/brass
• Pickguard: Original metal B&G pickguard included but currently removed
• Neck pickup: Seymour Duncan SHPR-1n P-Rails
• Bridge pickup: Seymour Duncan SHPR-1b P-Rails
• Controls: Master volume, master tone
• Pickup selector: Three-way toggle
• Additional switching: Added mini-toggle for P-Rails
• Electronics: CTS 500k potentiometers, Switchcraft switching and jack, vintage-style wiring
• Case: Original B&G-branded Ameritage hardshell case
• Documentation: Original Certificate of Authenticity and paperwork included