An FX-White Lady with stock inlays and trims. The slothead headstock is optional. Of all of the guitars I make, my favorite for both flatpicking AND fingerpicking is the FX. It has all of the punch and power I could ask for, very similar to a great D style guitar, but much more articulate and crisp, the sound I like for lighter fingerpicking. |
The FX is a Greven original, my 12 fret version of the ever popular F guitar. The FX is a super all around fingerpicking/flatpicking guitar with outstanding power and clarity. More Dreadnaught like in sound but with much better bass to treble balance, the FX has a bit more bass than the F-14 fret sister guitar. My own personal guitar is a lacewood FX which I use for ragtime and bluegrass! Both the 14 fret F and the 12 fret FX are available with either a rounded or sharp cutaway. The slot headstock design is an additional option, but one I do not recommend as it structurally weakens the headstock. My caution comes from years of repair work which included many broken slothead headstocks on vintage Martins.
Closup of the headstock from the FX-White Lady pictured at the top left. (Return to MODELS page.) |
