Huss & Dalton: DS Custom

This slope-shouldered guitar is designed for brawny power. Big in sound but not short on clarity, this guitar is a nod to the traditional slope-shoulder guitars of the 1930s and ’40s. Its standard woods are Sitka spruce paired with either Indian rosewood or mahogany. In concept, we think of the rosewood version as a slope-shouldered D-RH and the mahogany version as a slope-shouldered DM. The pairs sound similar, and all four sound their best with medium strings and hard playing. The DS comes standard with a beautiful vintage sunburst, maple bindings, and 42-style snowflake fretboard inlays.

Build Style: Radius Top

Soundboard: Custom Ordered Torrefied Sitka

Back & Side Wood: Mahogany

Neck Wood: Honduran Mahogany

Neck Finish: Matte/Gloss face

Truss Rod Access: Peghead

Fretboard + Bridge: Ebony

Bridge Style: Belly

Peghead Veneer/Headplate: Ebony

Top Finish: Custom Ordered "Lighter" Tobacco Burst

Body Finish: Natural

Finish Material: Catalyzed Urethane

Rosette Style: two rings of Ivoroid surrounded by B/W/B

Top Purflings: B/W/B

Body Bindings: Maple

Fretboard Bindings: Maple

Peghead Bindings: None

Wedge/End Graft: Maple

Backstrip: Zipper

Fretboard Inlays: '42-style Short pattern snowflakes

Peghead Inlay: H&D Logo

Pickguard: Tortoise

Tuning Machines: Gotoh Open-Back SXB510V Nickel w/Nickel knobs

Standard Dims

Neck Profile: Custom Ordered "Slightly Thinner Neck"

Frets: 14

Nut Width: 1-23/32 inches

Saddle Spacing: 2-7/32 inches

Scale: 25.4 inches

Soundhole: 4-3/8 inches

Body Depth: 4-7/8 inches

Body Width: 15-3/4 inches

Body Length: 20 inches