Sequent 014

LP-style Hollowbody. 

Built March 7, 2026.

Body Shell & Top

Steam-bent Hard Maple sides with Spanish Cedar reverse-kerf linings. Bookmatched Katalox (Mexican Ebony) top with grain-matched acoustic vents and Indian Ebony centre stripe. Alder centre blocks and lower bout skeleton. Figured quarter-sawn bookmatched Sycamore back and cavity cover. 3-ply binding front and back.

Neck Construction

7-ply core using Figured Maple, Purpleheart and Pau Amarello. Classical-style slotted headstock with bookmatched Blackheart veneered face, attached with 14º scarf-joint.
Neck tenon set at 3.5º to body mortise.

Finish

Osmo Satin Hard Wax/Oil.

Scale and Fretboard

• 25" scale
• Purpleheart (sapwood laced) fretboard with 14" radius 
• 22 Jescar FL47095-S-P3 Medium Stainless Steel frets
• Dual-action spoke-wheel truss rod, adjusted at 22nd Fret
• Dual Carbon fibre stiffening rods
• 3-ply B/W/B fretboard binding
• Abalone 6mm dots; 1.5mm black side dots
• Hosco NTC-2 Unslotted Shaped Carbon Nut (44.5mm)

Hardware

• Classical worm-gear and sealed bearing 3+3 tuners
• Schaller STM non-reverse bridge; black/brass
• Custom carved Ebony harp tailpiece
• P-90 Stacked coil pickup set (8kΩ neck, 18kΩ bridge)
• Controls: Volume, Tone, LP-style toggle pickup selector
• Puretone jack, D'Addario elliptical strap pins