This Troublesome Creek exclusive design features an Appalachian Red Spruce top and a 13-fret neck joined to a uniquely profiled, comfortable depth, long, slope-D body. Our new Balanced Fulcrum Bridge with its smiling pin line blends performance, stability and beauty into what may be the ultimate steel string guitar bridge. All of our guitars have soundhole-adjustable, two-way truss rod systems and our signature hot-hide-glued top bracing. Our SD-1 and SD-2 models feature a choice of firestripe or tortoise pickguards.

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Series Specs

Upper Bout Width 11 1/4"
Lower Bout Width 15 3/4"
Body Length 20 3/8"
Overall Length 40 9/16"
Body Depth at Tail 4 5/16"
Body Depth at Neck 3 1/2"
Soundhole Diameter 4"
Neck Width at Nut 1 11/16"
Neck Width at 12th Fret 2 1/8"
Scale Length 25 1/2"
Fretboard Radius 16"
Frets 20

SD-0

Our innovative Sweet Dread, only with zero frills. Appalachian Red Spruce top and bracing with straight-grained quartersawn back and sides. Single line BWB rosette, simple top binding only. Resin logo inlay and side dots. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Nickel Kluson Prestige tuners w/ parchment buttons. Open Satin Nitro Lacquer finish. Troublesome Creek/TKL hardshell case included.

Model Specs

Top Materials Appalachian Red Spruce, Torrefied Red Spruce
Back/Side Materials View Available Woods
Logo Material Resin Inlay
Finish Open Satin Nitrocellulose
Rosette BWB
Binding Colors Black
Binding Top Only
Purfling N/A
Tuners Kluson Prestige

SD-1

The Sweet Dread with some refinements. Select Appalachian Red Spruce top and richly figured back & sides, herringbone rosette and BWB top purfling. Logo inlay and side dots. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Gloss Nitro Lacquer finish. Nickel Waverly tuners. Troublesome Creek/TKL hardshell case included.

Model Specs

Top Materials Appalachian Red Spruce, Torrefied Red Spruce
Back/Side Materials View Available Woods
Logo Material Abalone or MOP
Finish High Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Rosette Herringbone and BWB
Binding Colors Tortoise, Ivoroid, or Black
Binding Top and Back
Purfling Single BWB or BWB/Herringbone/BWB Combo
Tuners Waverly - Nickel

SD-2

Wide Abalone-and-Rope rosette. Select Appalachian Red Spruce top with BWB top purfling. Mop Logo faceplate inlay and green abalone side dots. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Gloss Nitro Lacquer finish. Gold Waverly tuners. Troublesome Creek/TKL hardshell case included.

Model Specs

Top Materials Appalachian Red Spruce, Torrefied Red Spruce
Back/Side Materials View Available Woods
Logo Material Abalone or MOP
Finish High Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Rosette Herringbone/BWB Combo with Abalone or MOP
Binding Colors Tortoise, Ivoroid, or Black
Binding Top and Back
Purfling Single BWB or BWB/Herringbone/BWB Combo
Tuners Waverly - Gold