Description
Pratley Custom Shop Dreadnought Camphor Laurel
The Pratley Custom Shop Dreadnought Camphor Laurel is a beautifully crafted Australian-made acoustic-electric guitar, built with premium tonewoods, refined appointments and serious stage-ready electronics.
Featuring a solid AAA spruce top, premium select camphor back and sides, and Pratley’s proprietary Dipole Bracing System, this limited Custom Shop model delivers a rich, open acoustic voice with the power and projection you would expect from a dreadnought body.
Finished in Premium Vintage Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer, with elegant detailing and a premium Pratley hard case included, this is a standout guitar for players who appreciate Australian craftsmanship and high-end acoustic tone.
Premium Camphor Laurel Back and Sides
The back and sides are crafted from premium select camphor, giving this guitar a unique Australian character both visually and tonally. Camphor laurel offers a beautiful natural figure and a warm, complex voice that pairs extremely well with a spruce top.
Solid AAA Spruce Top
The solid AAA spruce top gives the guitar clarity, projection and dynamic response. Whether you are strumming, flatpicking or playing more detailed acoustic parts, the spruce top helps the dreadnought body deliver volume and definition.
Pratley Dipole Bracing System
Pratley’s proprietary Dipole Bracing System is designed to bring out more resonance and balance from the instrument. Combined with quarter-sawn bunya brace material, it gives the guitar a responsive and lively feel under the hands.
Stage-Ready LR Baggs Electronics
For live performance or recording, this Custom Shop dreadnought is fitted with an LR Baggs Stagepro Element pickup system. It gives players a reliable plugged-in acoustic tone with practical onboard control, making the guitar ready for the stage as well as the studio.
Premium Custom Shop Appointments
This model features a wenge fingerboard and bridge, Queensland maple silkwood neck, rosewood head face, white mother of pearl rosette with wenge outer rings, and matching gold hardware. The result is a guitar that feels refined without being overdone.
Key Features
- Pratley Custom Shop Dreadnought Camphor Laurel
- Model: PRSTD-SCE-CS Camphor Limited
- Dreadnought cutaway body shape
- Premium select camphor back and sides
- Solid AAA spruce top
- Wenge fretboard
- Wenge bridge
- Queensland maple silkwood neck
- Rosewood head face
- White mother of pearl rosette with wenge outer rings
- Pratley proprietary Dipole Bracing System
- Quarter-sawn bunya brace material
- Graphtech nut, saddle and pins
- Premium Pratley gold tuners
- Gold strap buttons
- Black/white/black purfling with beach colour binding
- 1/8" white mother of pearl dot inlays
- Premium Vintage Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish
- LR Baggs Stagepro Element pickup system
- Premium Pratley hard case with gold hardware included
- Elixir Phosphor Bronze 12-53 Nanoweb strings
Specifications
- Body shape: Dreadnought
- Cutaway: Yes
- Top: Solid AAA spruce
- Back and sides: Premium select camphor
- Neck: Queensland maple silkwood
- Fretboard: Wenge
- Bridge: Wenge
- Head face: Rosewood
- Scale length: 25.5" / 647.7 mm
- Nut width: 44 mm
- Bridge string spacing: 11 mm
- Neck joint to body: 14th fret
- Bracing: Pratley proprietary Dipole Bracing System
- Brace material: Quarter-sawn bunya
- Nut, saddle and pins: Graphtech
- Tuners: Premium Pratley gold
- Pickup: LR Baggs Stagepro Element
- Finish: Premium Vintage Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Strings: Elixir Phosphor Bronze 12-53 Nanoweb
- Case: Premium Pratley hard case with gold hardware
Who Is It For?
The Pratley Custom Shop Dreadnought Camphor Laurel is ideal for players looking for a premium Australian-made acoustic-electric guitar with strong projection, refined tonewoods and professional electronics. It suits performing musicians, serious acoustic players, collectors and anyone wanting a high-quality dreadnought with a distinct Australian voice.
Our Take
This is a very special Pratley. The camphor laurel back and sides give it a unique visual character, while the AAA spruce top, Dipole bracing and LR Baggs electronics make it a serious player’s guitar. The premium nitro finish, gold hardware and included hard case round it out beautifully.
Available from Colemans Music in Melbourne, with online Australia-wide delivery.
