Steve Patience Grand Concert | Narra / Adirondack | Serial No. 0710100 | Nitrocellulose

Up for sale is my Steve Patience Grand Concert Cutaway [essentially a GA deep body] with a highly figured Master grade solid Narra back and sides and a solid Adirondack Spruce top with a beautiful rich creamy yellow golden hued aged patina ; Bloodwood bindings and accents.

Serial No. 0710100 signed by the late Steve Patience. This is Steve Patience 100th guitar build and he used some pretty exotic woods for this one ; Steve himself mentioned to me this one was the best piece of exquisite Adirondack he had available ; and i see it's beauty shows for itself ; creamy yellow , tight straight grained ; this build is gorgeous and honestly everytime i pull out this guitar and look at the figured Narra , I'm noticing more varigation in the wood figure ; every turning of the wood in the light shows more chatoyance and depth of figuring ; the smooth high gloss nitrocellulose finish only enhances this movement ; if a "red guitar" is high on your appeal list , as most do , you will love this aesthetic!

This guitar is all Acoustic. All solid woods on this instrument. Steve Patience appears to have all the build inspiration of Dowina Guitars with a Custom guitar uniqueness with each build. Steve was very particular about the quality of the woods he choose and the aesthetic combination. I dealt with him on a few guitar purchases and on one custom build , and he really knew his wood selections well.

The headstock logo is quite cool a brilliant piece of round silver/blue/green abalone and Steve's unique cut to represent his Initials.

I am the original owner of this guitar several years now which I had purchased direct from Steve Patience out of CA , USA ; however it has little play time on it - my reason for selling is to thin the herd.

I'm a man-cave player , so this beautiful Grand Concert guitar has never been out of my home , and unless played , it's in the case , in my temp/humidity controlled environment.

It is in Excellent to Mint condition, no scratches, no dings, and may find only the faintest micro swirling - just 'cause that's the way i keep all my instruments. If I have to mention anything there is some very slight seam separation [not splitting] down the top centre join ; it's essentially aesthetic in my opinion [not an entirely unsual occurrence in my experience and nothing worthy of needing a repair] ; has been there probably since the year I received it and is entirely stable.

I give this guitar two thumbs up for it's deep rich balanced "Mahogany" like wood tone ; the top end on Steve's guitars are thick and chimey [not shrill] and very well balanced sonorous tone between the mids and bass ; this tone accentuated with that beautiful Adirondack top. I play only fingerstyle guitar and this one has a solid great feel and tone to it.

This guitar has amazing construction , wood selection and specs for the price , with some of the key features being...

- American hand built construction [100th build special]

- Solid Adirondack Spruce top with a creamy yellow golden hued aged patina

- Gorgeous Figured Master grade Nara back and sides

- Bloodwood bindings and accents

- Figured Narra headstock veneer to match the body and bindings

- Ebony fretboard with abalone dots and Abalone rosette

- high gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish full body and headstock plate

- 14 fret body join

- bone nut and saddle

- low oval C shape neck carve with gloss finish

- Wilkinson closed back nimi tuners

Using digital calipers the nut width is 1" &¹³/¹⁶"

String spacing at the saddle is 2" &⅜" [outside to outside on the E strings]

Scale Length is 25" &⅜"

Nara body depth...

Lower bout at the end = 4" &⅞"

Upper body at the heal neck join 4.0"

Lower bout 15" &¾"

Upper bout 10" &¼"

I would describe the neck as a fast medium oval or C shape great for fingerstyle guitar which is what I play.

As for the radius I give it a 12 inch , I don't have the instrument to measure this exactly , but I've owned many guitars and this neck radius is quite normal , not too rounded nor too flat.

Strings on are a new set of D'Addario EXP 80/20 Brz 12-53

It also comes with an ACCESS arch top tolex covered hardshell case with plush black interior.

My asking price is set reasonable , therefore i do not consider a best offer option at this time with the sale price reduction.

SHIPPING Rates [Instructions]:

Check my shop page or Shipping Instructions for more detail.

If you are within Canada I can work out an exact shipping rate with liability coverage via Canada Postal service (is the only carrier i personally will deal with as i have a business account) ; [I will only do an estimate if the interest is serious about the purchase and will pay the shipping via an e-transfer exact amount , so you won't get dinged another set of sales taxes on Reverb , and I won't get dinged the reverb fee atop all that!]

Buyer Prepaid Shipping Label:

box dimensions: 48.00" x 23.00" x 9.00"

box weight with case/guitar in: 25 lbs

[this would be the best method for us both]

[Feel free to select from Canada Post , UPS or FedEx services with your pre-paid label]

Once the purchase is made via Reverb you will receive the exact ship from address.

Important notice for Local Pick-up only:

This guitar is available for Local Pick-up in the Greater Toronto Area ; Meeting will need to be arranged at a pre-agreed area inside of a major mall within the GTA only.

Local Pick-up will require a $500 deposit fee paid in advance via an e-transfer prior to meeting ; this will help ensure a commitment to complete the purchase ; the full amount deposit fee will be deducted from the listed selling price in the final payment.

My sales are very controlled by myself only as I am a private seller and not a store shop, so if the guitar is up for sale on Reverb then it is available for purchase; the guitar shipped to you will be exactly the one in the advertisement pictures. Once I list a guitar for sale on reverb it is not used or touched again unless there is a seller's reason to do so.

The guitar will be in the exact condition i have advertised it and all the pics are taken the same day this adv. was posted.

The sale is final and there is no refund policy.

Thanks for looking and let me know if you are interested - the best way to contact me is via direct messaging Reverb platform.

Thank you ! erik@ag