The Mercury was originally designed for Duncan McKenzie, who needed a guitar to suit his “softer “ style of playing, but would have the sound and punch he needed for larger venues.

The body shape and depth gives the Mercury a large internal volume, but without looking like a large guitar. Duncan’s Mercury guitar has Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, but the standard model's Mahogany or Indian Rosewood body still makes for a fabulously sounding guitar.

Mercury – the winged messenger, who used his speed to deliver wealth to the world

Specification - Dimensions ( mm / ~inch )
	Phaedra	Pegasus	Phoenix	Mercury			Beltane	AB49	Rezolution BB	Rezolution SB
Body length	500	500	495	506 /	19	29/32	506	500	500	500
Width	370	390	395	400 /	15	11/16	400	390	390	370
Depth	110	120	125	120 /	4	11/32	125	120	115	100
Scale length	630	630	650	650 /	25	1/2	736	860	647	647
Nut width	46.5	45.5	46	46 /	1	13/16	46.5	45.5	46-47	46-47

Specification - Standard Materials & Options
Top	European Spruce  or  Sitka Spruce  or  Western Red Cedar
Back & Sides	Mahogany  or  Indian Rosewood
Neck	Quarter sawn Mahogany with twin Carbon fibre inserts and two way truss rod
Fingerboard	Ebony bound with Ebony, so no fret ends showing !
Bridge, Bridge Pins,    & head veneer	Ebony
Nut & Saddle	Bone
Position/side Dots	MOP  or  Abalone
Bindings	Flamed Maple
Bracing	X braced - scalloped
Purflings	bwbwb to front :  bwbw to back
Rosette	Herringbone + bwb purfling surround
Bridge Pins	Ebony
Finish	Nitro Cellulose
Frets	Dutch – Medium
Tuners	Gotoh nickel or chrome, as available.
Case	Hiscox Liteflite case inc in standard price
Pick ups (optional extra)	Headway         (see Headway pickups on the Custom Guitar page )

Notes

• Each guitar is individually handmade using the very highest quality materials and construction techniques.
• In addition to the above, this guitar can be custom built to your specification - please see the Custom Guitars page.
• Mercury Guitar shown in photo is a Custom Brazilian Rosewood model.