Before becoming the exquisite luthier that he is today, Adriano Sergio lived many lives as a navy seal, furniture maker, professional bassist, and touring road tech for many rock giants. Upon picking up one of his beautiful musical creations, you can feel Adriano's passion in each hand carved line and curve. The AÇORES has a definite artful and modern aesthetic, however Adriano's approach to instrument building is very "Old-World" in the truest sense. His preferred method of building is by starting from scratch with each new model. Making jigs and witling away with a knife and other hand-tools until he reaches perfection. Each new model is a limited build with only a small number of pieces made. 

The AÇORES is a fully hollow and carved Archtop that works for a large variety of playing styles. From finger picking, flat-picking, Jazz, Avant-Garde music, Country, Gypsy Jazz and even heavier styles as the unique bracing pattern allows this guitar to not only sound great overdriven but excel in that tonal realm. When introducing gain to the AÇORES the whole guitar opens up beyond what is imaginable. When you find the sweet spot on your amp these guitars have interesting sustain elements with single notes, much like using an E-Bow. This type of liveliness is what blew us away upon first picking up Ergon’s work. You can expect a fast percussive response and long piano-like sustain despite the carved top and hollow-body construction. The AÇORES acoustic voice is more like a Flat-top than Archtop. Very open with even note separation and a nice woody tone. With a clean amp, you can expect a warm, complex open and inviting tonal palate. The pickup is a custom hand wound Häussel (Germany) mini humbucker with tons of liveliness and presence.

This model is equipped with a sound-port at the bass side. Looking inside of the instrument, is just as fascinating as looking at the outside. The workmanship is extremely clean and carved to perfection. Next to the sound port, you will find a master volume and master tone for the pickup with hand carved knobs made of spruce and ebony. The top of this particular example is carved out of Spruce while the back, sides and neck are all lightweight Spanish Cedar. A lovely combination. The finish is a mix of Oil and Wax. 

Playability wise, these are some of the smoothest and most effortless instruments we’ve ever experienced. The AÇORES features a zero-fret which keeps the action at the optimal height in first position. You will never over press on the first fret and go sharp like on many guitars with a standard nut. The rest of the neck tapers in a uniform way that keeps the action in the sweet spot all the way up the board. The truss rod and tailpiece are both adjustable to achieve the correct break angle, no matter what gauge strings you use. On top of getting a masterfully handcrafted instrument of the highest quality, Ergon Guitars are one of a kind works of functional art that you can cherish and be inspired by for a lifetime. 

SPECIFICATIONS AÇORES – MJ

NECK:

• – Hand Carved Spruce top, Spanish Cedar back & sides, Spruce braces
• – Ebony fingerboard
• – 25″ scale
• – 12″ radius
• – 22 Jescar Evo Gold medium frets
• – Mother of pearl side dots
• – Double-action truss-rod (custom single stainless steel rod)
• – Ebony string guide with Evo Gold zero fret
• – Schertler tuners

BODY:

• – Spruce braced hand-carved arch top with 1 Spanish cedar back
• – Custom Adriano Sérgio designed floating bridge with vintage bone saddle
• – Custom cover jack plates made from cymbal brass
• – Häussel custom mini humbucker pickup with ebony cover
• – Bourns pots, 1 Volume, 1 tone
• – Pure-tone Multi-Contact Jack
• – Flush-mounted Jim Dunlop Straploks

FINISH:

• – Rubio Monocoat Oil and Wax

ACCESSORIES:

• – Benedyck ARTcase with bespoke inner structure

WEIGHT:

• 4lbs 9oz