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Polymnia - Acoustic / Electric Archtop


Polymnia is our top equipped archtop guitar of the range, featuring a traditional pickup configuration.

Made with premium selected solid European tonewoods, handmade traditional construction, such as the X-bracing  tap tuned and hand-graduated top and back, with the addition of some modern crafting elements that allow this guitar to deliver fully electric sounds while maintaining  its acoustic sound properties.

Polymnia is extremely comfortable to play, as it is equipped with our patented “Fremediti suspension tailpiece“. Our tailpiece is custom made out of titanium alloy and features 6 independent spring suspensions with different densities (one for each string), parallel to the movement of the strings. This design is not in any contact with the top of the guitar, so it allows the top to vibrate freely and at the same time it offers a softer, more comfortable feeling the neck.

A piezo acoustic handmade ebony bridge and a pair of VF-10 Jazz pickups provide an extended electric and acoustic tone variety. The onboard “Fremediti acoustic/electric control system” is used for the control of the acoustic and electric sounds that can cover the complete range of the jazz territory and beyond.

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Delivery time
1 week

$9,180.00
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Features

Hand-graduated and Tuned

This is the most traditional way for curving the top and back of an archtop.

Top and back plates are hand carved and very carefully graduated through their surface, using different kind of chisels and techniques. We curve the back and the top plate especially (with the help of its bracing), in such a way, that they transmit vibrations evenly through their entire surface.

In the final stages of back and top curving, we enter into one of the most crucial procedures that will define the sound qualities of the guitar, the so called “tap tone tuning”. We carefully remove tiny parts of wood adjusting the wood thickness, checking contiguously by taping in specific areas of the back and top plate, until we achieve the “tuning” of both woods in the desired key.

Using these tuned pieces in the construction, the guitar can produce a louder, more resonant primary tone and rich over tones.

Fremediti Titanium Tailpiece

Our Fremediti tailpiece suspension is a patented original design that contributes to the playability of the guitar.

On the tailpiece there is a suspension system, which absorbs a small part of the string tension when we press the strings against the frets, resulting in a "lighter" feeling on the strings, especially on string bends. Furthermore, the tailpiece suspension mechanism does not have any contact with the soundboard, allowing it to vibrate and “breath” effortlessly, preserving this way the acoustic characteristics of the guitar.
In addition, this system absorbs a part of the structural stress, created from bending, preserving this way the structural integrity of the more delicate materials and construction used on an acoustic instrument.

Our Fremediti tailpiece is machined from titanium alloy, providing added stability and reduced weight, while at the same time making the sound brighter and more clear.

Finally, an ebony cover with exotic top veneer, adds to the classic aesthetics of the guitar.

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Fremediti Piezo Bridge

Height adjustable ebony bridge with a specially undersaddle Fishman acoustic piezo pickup and 1/8” width ebony saddle.

The 1/8”ebony saddle width allows the achievement of a perfect intonation by giving the exact shape at the point of each string.

Fremediti Acoustic/Electric System

A system designed to manage the choice of acoustic or electric sounds as well as the unlimited possibilities of mixing them.

Additionally, the system provides an acoustic pickup face selector, separate tone control for acoustic and electric sounds as well as a master volume control.

Three-piece neck

All of our semi and hollow guitars come with three-piece neck, which provides stability but also the ability to control the elasticity of the neck.

No pickup holes at hollow bodys

For our hollow guitars we have designed the pickups in such a way that no holes are needed in the body, thus not affecting its free vibration.

VF-10 Jazz

Our VF-10 jazz pickup set is a vintage-output humbucker that can stay clear even under distortion.

Description
Our VF-10 jazz is an incredibly versatile humbucker that can shine in almost every style of music.

It features an alnico 5 bar magnet plus a special coil wind that give it a glassy treble response and full, tight bass, while it’s slightly scooped mids help each note to be heard clearly even under high gain.

It is wound in our Fremediti workshop VF-10 jazz uses a nickel bottom plate, 2-conductor shielded cable and it is wax potted for squeal-free performance.

Wooden Binding and Purfling

We wanted to offer an impeccable aesthetic appearance to our top of the line archtop and hollow-body models.

Our Eumelia and Polymnia, as well as Amphion AC and Euphony AC, come with wooden bindings, multiply wooden purfling, multiply veneers and strips in every possible area.

The same aesthetic detailed craft is applied also to the f-holes of the above models.

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Sounds

Guitar Video

Polymnia played by George Filippopoulos

Guitar Video

Polymnia played by Nikos Arvanitis

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Specifications

Body

  • Body type
  • Body size
    17” lower bout, 3" body depth
  • Body top
    European spruce
  • Back & sides
    European curly maple
  • Bracing
    X - bracing

Neck

  • Neck wood
    Three-piece curly maple
  • Neck shape
    C profile
  • Truss rod
    Fremediti 1-way
  • Fretboard wood
    Ebony
  • Fretboard radius
    12"
  • Frets
    21 jumbo
  • Width ut nut
    1-3/4"
  • Nut
    Bone
  • Fretboard inlays
    MOP block inlays
  • Headstock face
    Curly maple with MOP logo

Hardware

  • Hardware color
    Gold
  • Tuners
    Gotoh Midsize 510
  • Tailpiece cover

    Ebony with drop top curly maple veneer

  • Pickup rings (set)
    Curly maple
  • Pickup covers (set)
    Maple (black color) (no-holes)
  • Pickguard
    Curly maple
  • Knobs
    Ebony
  • Strap buttons
    Ebony

Guitar

  • Guitar binding
  • Guitar color
    Antique burst
  • Guitar finish
    Gloss acrylic
  • Strings
    Customer's choice
  • Case

    Hard shell case

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