Barbarossa Guitars

The B1 Guitar

This page provides the details on the B1 guitar (Size 1) and shows you some examples of this size guitar.

This is a wonderful fingerstyle guitar, easy to transport, easy to play, very nice sound. I compared
this guitar to a Martin jumbo (J-42). Guess what, this guitar blew away the Martin jumbo! Cool
vintage style, based on early 20th century Martin Size 1 guitar. It's quite a small guitar. I used to

play one while sitting in the driver's seat of my Honda Civic (while parked!)

Basic B1 in Engelmann spruce and Pacific madrone:

Here's a recent custom Size 1 with European spruce top, Pacific aMadrona back and sides, customized body,
lower bout chamfer for comfort, and a bass upper bout sound port:

Basic specification of the B1 guitar:

Scale Length:   24.9

Frets clear of the body:   12

Width at lower bouts:   13

Width at upper bouts:   9.25

Body depth at tail:   4.15

Body length:   19

Overall length:   38

(Important: Dimensions are generally plus or minus 1/8 inch)

The other guitar sizes for comparison, along with Martin standard sizes.

Dimension	B1	B0	B00	B000	OM	GA	D	Martin 0	Martin 00	Martin 000	Martin D
Scale Length:	24.9	24.9	24.9	24.9	25.4	25.4	25.4	24.9	24.9	24.9	25.4
Frets clear of the body:	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	12	12	14	14
Width at lower bouts:	13.00	13.75	14.50	15.25	15.25	15.63	15.63	13.50	14.31	15.00	15.63
Width at upper bouts:	9.25	9.88	10.60	11.75	11.75	11.62	11.50
Body depth at tail:	4.15	4.25	4.30	4.15	4.15	4.50	4.88	4.19	4.06	4.13	4.88
Body length:	19.00	19.13	19.13	19.38	19.38	20.00	20.00	19.13	19.63	19.38	20.00
Overall length:	38.00	38.00	38.50	40.00	41.00	41.00