SECTOR SPOTLIGHT ACOUSTIC GUITARS
Ibanez AW370ECE NT £391.20
Crafter DV250 £489.99
The Crafter DV250 is a purely acoustic guitar with a solid Engelmann Spruce top, with a Vintage Burst finish, and solid maple back and sides. It comes with a padded bag.
Both back and sides of the Ibanez AW370ECE NT cutaway dreadnought electro consist of rosewood and are fitted with a top made of solid cedar. Other features include a Fishman Sonicore pickup with Ibanez SST preamp, mahogany neck with dovetail joint, rosewood fingerboard, 20 frets, dot inlays as fret markers, bone saddle, contoured rosewood bridge, and chrome Grover tuners.
Recording King RD-27 £490
The RD-27 dreadnought with solid rosewood back and sides and solid Engelmann spruce top, and one-piece mahogany neck features fully scalloped forward cross-bracing for strength and resonance in lower registers and more clarity in the highs.
The RD-27 Dreadnought with solid
rosewood back and sides and solid Engelmann spruce top features fully scalloped forward cross-bracing for strength and resonance in lower registers and more clarity in the highs. Series II models have a Recording King
‘crown’ M.O.P. headstock inlay and abalone snowflake position markers. Retailing at around £490, 30s-style
features on this guitar include the traditional diamond volute, a vintage- style bevelled pickguard and classic butterbean tuners. This RO126 model has herringbone top purfling, to provide aesthetic appeal for traditional players. Made with all- solid woods and offering authentic pre- war-style features, it has a solid mahogany back and sides, fully scalloped forward cross-bracing, one-piece mahogany neck, ebony fretboard and vintage-style slot-through bridge. It has the redesigned ‘torch’
abalone/M.O.P. headstock inlay and abalone snowflake position markers. RRP is £465. Particularly successful since its recent
release is the Vintage Gordon Giltrap Signature Guitar Series, retailing at £499 for the six-string version (with a 12- string option costing £529).
50 miPRO JUNE 2011 Designed in conjunction with luthier
Rob Armstrong, the Giltrap signature model’s bridge is high grade rosewood, with a gradually compensated Graphtech Nubone saddle, while the mahogany neck comes with a top quality rosewood fingerboard, genuine abalone inlays and side dot markers. The guitar’s top is solid North
American red cedar – high grade, close grained – with mahogany back and sides. Electrics are provided via a Fishman Presys Blend preamp and Sonicore pickup system, which features a built in- microphone with mic blend control, notch, anti feedback control, phase control button, three band EQ and volume control as well as a built-in guitar tuner, with flip-top easy battery access. Vintage also produces a range of acoustics that come in at under £500. The Vintage V880N, for £199, is parlour shaped with a solid cedar top, and mahogany back and sides, while the Vintage V200 is available in spruce and cedar top versions, both for £199. The Super Jumbo Series of acoustics includes the VJ100 Super Jumbo. With a solid spruce top and mahogany laminate body and sides, it is available in Natural and Cherry Sunburst, both at £209. The V700 Super Jumbo, meanwhile, comes in
at £299, and features a solid spruce top with flame maple body and sides. Finishes available are Natural and Vintage Sunburst. The V300 Folk Series contains a
number of highly playable models from £189, and the guitar has previously won the Guitar Magazine award for Best Acoustic Guitar Under £1,000. Meanwhile, the V400 acoustic took the award for Best Acoustic Guitar Under £500 at the Guitar Awards 2010 (mahogany model, £189). Other Vintage V400s are available for retail at £179 and £189 for the dreadnought version. Two 12-strings are also available, the V400 (£199) and V800 (£279). The Vintage acoustic Dreadnought
Series includes the V800 (available in Natural and Vintage Sunburst, for £249), the V900 (for £289, in Natural). With a solid German spruce top and solid mahogany body and sides, the Vintage V1300 (available in Natural, Black and Vintage Sunburst at £359) and V1400 (available in Natural and Cherry Sunburst for £399) ranges of acoustic dreadnoughts are a serious proposition for professionally minded players. Finally, the acclaimed Vintage V1500 series comes in Natural and Natural Gloss at around £469.
One guitar name which created a real stir in acoustic guitar circles following its introduction back in the 1970s, and which was available into the mid to late 1980s, was that of Paul Tebbutt’s Pilgrim brand. A UK company, based in Leicestershire, Pilgrim’s small-scale production ensured that the guitar’s premier quality construction was always the prime focus, even if it did mean that production levels never ran into big numbers. The impressive performance ensured that Pilgrim guitars gained cult status amongst players of the time, garnering many accolades and awards, and are still sought after today. The Pilgrim by Vintage acoustics
(available in Natural Cedar and Vintage Sunburst, £429) come with a free guitar bag. The tops are of sold cedar, with a satin finish, and the body of contoured fibreglass. A Fishman Sonicore pickup and Fishman Presys preamp is fitted. Lag’s Tramontane range of acoustics
are named after the wind that blows through southern France, signalling a change of climatic conditions. Apparently. With a deep-gloss finish, spruce top and mahogany back and sides, the T66 entry-level range features sides accented by black and ivory binding; the necks are
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