Bluegrass sensation Molly Tuttle teams with Thompson Guitars for limited-edition signature acoustic
An Adirondack spruce top and Sinker mahogany back and sides are complemented by elegant appointments and finishes

Renowned picker and International Bluegrass Music Association Guitarist of the Year Molly Tuttle has collaborated with Preston Thompson Guitars on a new high-end signature acoustic model.
The new acoustic guitar, dubbed the DMT-SMA, boasts an Adirondack spruce top and Sinker mahogany back and sides.
There’s also a Honduran mahogany soft-V neck, nickel Waverly tuners with butterbean buttons, an ebony belly bridge and tortoiseshell bridge and end pins.
Additional top-tier appointments include a palm leaf fretboard inlay, an 18-style three-ring rosette with redwood wood ring and a tortoise tail wedge and heel cap.
The guitar is finished in a vintage brown sunburst, with a white purfling-bound headstock and fretboard.
The DMT-SMA is limited to 30 models and ships with a label signed by Tuttle.
Each guitar is custom-made and offered for $7,850.
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Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.

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