Capitol 59 Natural Vintage Amber Aged

Body

BODY

BODY CONSTRUCTIONTHINLINE 
BACKARCHED MAPLE
TOPARCHED MAPLE
FINISHNITROCELLULOSE
BINDINGCREAM
COLOR OPTIONSCHERRY, NATURAL AMBER, ANTIQUE BURST, BLACK 
Neck

Neck

HEADSTOCKMAYBACH SOLID PEGHEAD ORIGINAL LARSON
WOOD MAHOGANY
TRUSSRODDOUBLE ACTION
FINISH NITROCELLULOSE HIGH GLOSS
NECK JOINTSET NECK - LONG TENON
Hardware

Hardware

STOPTAILALUMINUM
TUNERSGOTOH SD 90
KNOBSTOP HAT BLACK
STRINGSD’ADDARIO EXL 110 LIGHT GAUGE 0.10 - 0.46
Electronics
PICKUPSAMBER SPIRIT OF 59
POTSCTS TVT 500kΩ
CAPACITOR0,022 UF
WIRING
MODERN WIRING
CONTROLS
2V/2T
SWITCH
3-WAY TOGGLE SWITCHCRAFT

ELECTRONICS

Fretboard
WOOD

INDIAN ROSEWOOD
(DALBERGIA LATIFOLIA)

RADIUS

12“
FRETWIRE
MEDIUM JUMBO
NUT
REAL BONE
NUT WIDTH
42.8“
FINGERBOARD INLAYS
M.O.P DOTS
BINDINGCREAM

FRETBOARD

No hum, no drone

This guitar design was a sensation in 1958 – because it represented the missing link between hollow and solid bodies. Built like a thinline archtop with an arched top and back, ingenious minds ensured that the only weak points of such archtop guitars were a thing of the past. Because thanks to the new two humbucker pickups, there were hum-free sounds for the first time in history. And so that these sounds could be played at high volumes of the new music of this time – Electric Blues, Rock ’n‘ Roll, and, from the 1960s, Blues Rock to Rock without feedback and drone, a center block ran lengthwise from the neck to the lower end of the body,  suppressing all the body’s own resonances. Thus, the semi-acoustic guitar was born! And the rest is history. 

THE YEAR 1959 WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAYBACH® CAPITOL, WHICH IS AN AUTHENTIC HOMAGE TO THE ARCHTOP CLASSIC.

Available Colours

The MAYBACH® Capitol

For the Maybach Capitol, the 1959 model year inspired us to pay homage to this semi-acoustic classic. The Capitol produces exactly that warm, woody tone that Jazz and Blues musicians have discovered for their art from the beginning, and which helped them to incredible musical heights.