Jim Hurst Model
Jim Hurst is an extraordinary musician of many talents. Jim plays a wide variety of different styles of guitar from flatpicking to fingerstyle. In 1988, a group of Jim’s friends wanted to get him a nice guitar and gave Jim a Gallagher Doc Watson model. In 2008, Gallagher decided to honor Jim Hurst’s long tradition with Gallagher with his own model. This Model honors Jim’s playing style and is truly a performer’s guitar.Mahogany Back and SidesAdirondack Spruce TopSlope Shoulder Body1 3/4″ Neck With the help of Jim Hurst, Gallagher designed a model to fit the needs of a versatile guitar player like Jim! The Jim Hurst Signature is a slope shoulder body with mahogany back and sides and an Adirondack spruce top. The body, fretboard, and headstock are bound with tortoiseshell. The neck has a 1 3/4″ nut spacing and big C-shaped profile. The ebony fretboard is inlayed with 3mm abalone dots and the ebony headstock is inlayed with an abalone G. Serial Number: 3980
Top Material: Adirondack Spruce
Body Material: Mahogany
Binding: Tortoise Shell
Neck Material: Mahogany Fingerboard Material: Ebony abalone dotted inlay
Headstock: Ebony with Abalone Gallagher "G" inlay
Scale Length: 25.4
Nut Width/Material: 1 3/4"Tuners: Schaller Tuning MachinesFinish: Nitrocellulose lacquer Case: TKL 8815
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