The warm orange-burst relic finish over a solid sitka spruce top means that this Rathbone No.2 Orchestra Model (OM) gives a striking, old-school appearance, while delivering a warm and mellow voicing. Helped by the classic-sized body cavity, these guitars are remarkably punchy and dynamic with good mid-range projection. Added to this model is an pickup allowing you to connect this up to an amplifier for performance.

Due to the environment in which it was initially designed to be used, the 'OM' shape was not a large-bodied guitar. In fact, few of the early 'modern' guitars would be considered large today. So, the 'OM-sized' Rathbone No.2 is not a large bodied guitar either, but the neck joins the body at the 14th fret, so the scale length is one that we would recognise from most modern guitars. When first used, this 'long' scale length was found to help deliver a remarkably, and some may say disproportionately, powerful and dynamic tone. The tuned strings are under greater tension than on shorter scale guitars, so they give a far greater tonal response and 'punch'.