Guitar Gallery is pleased beyond words to be associated with Kevin Ryan Guitars! Kevin is one of the premier guitar builders in this Golden Age of guitar luthiery. His guitars feature only the choicest materials and woods. Kevin devotes the same care and attention to each guitar he creates and the end product is a world class instrument. Many renowned artists(grin!) play his guitars....among whom are: Murial Anderson, Laurence Juber, Karne Lafferty, Pat Donohue, Peter Finger of Germany, Charles David Alexander(Nat'l Fingerstyle Champion, N.Carolina), Steve Bell(Canada), John Morgan(Ohio), Tena Moyer(California), Tim Sparks(Nat'l Fingerstyle Champion, Minnesota). "The Ryan Mission Grand Concert effortlessly yields an enchantment of balanced sound unlike what you have heard from a guitar before. Lithely constructed with innovative acoustic features such as a scale length that complements the sophisticated alternate tunings of today, bracing that is light and supple and a responsive soundboard that is tensioned by the sides, this instrument is truly an advancement in acoustic purity." Standard features include hand chosen, master-grade tops of Cedar of Sitka Spruce. The 1 3/4" neck is constructed of Mahogany crowned with an ebony faceplate on the headstock. Stylish gold or violet chrome Super-Tuners are utilized. The fretboard, bridge, and bridge pins are ebony. The body is bound with CocoBolo and CocoBolo adorns the heelcap as well. Maple or Ebony are other binding choices at no additional charge. Kevin uses genuine bone nut and saddles, and an adjustable truss rod. His Mission guitars are 15.25" at the lower bout and 4.62" deep. The scale lenth is 25.70". Kevin has several models. The Mission Grand Concert, The Abbey Parlour, the Nightingale Soloist and the Cathedral Grand Fingerstyle, a 12 string and several Signature Models.