KEPMA GUITARS SOLID TOP SERIES - G1 GRAND AUDITORIUM NATURAL acoustic guitar

Very first model ever produced by Kepma, the G1 Dreadnought is the backbone of the Solid Top Series. Also available as a Grand Auditorium with cutaway, they feature a Solid North American AA+ Sitka Spruce top that has been custom tapered and individually hand tap tuned" (*) to provide the perfect frequency response and tonal balance, plus a precision-formed Indian Rosewood back and sides that adds in that sparkle top-end and low-end thump and clarity sought after by the world's most demanding players. Once it passes the final hand inspection test, the guitar is vibration "aged" for over 300 hours to ensure that it sounds and plays the best. In fact, the favored balance, resonance and tonal range of vintage guitars come from hundreds of hours of actual playing time. Kepma's custom designed simulators vibrate the instrument at a prescribed range of frequencies to bring out the tone of the guitars natural wood. Another highlighting feature - besides all of the above - is the use of the PLEK PRO state-of-the art technology. Latest innovation in guitar manufacturing, PLEK is an entire process that helps achieve the optimum playability of each instrument: with the help of a computerized machine which scans the whole fretboard (all the work performed on an instrument is done under simulated string tension to reproduce exact playing conditions), it files and cuts the frets accordingly, resulting in precise intonation and buzz free playing right out of the box! The Solid Top Series G1 guitars give you a very balanced rich warmth, sparkle and punch with an insane amount of projection and dynamic loudness that responds to your attack. Whether playing emotive soft passages or full on acoustic aggressive mayhem, the Kepma G1 Dreadnought and G1 Grand Auditorium deliver! The acoustic-electric G1E Dreadnought and G1E Grand Auditorium models are equipped with the LR Baggs Anthem Stage Pro Preamp, which received the Player's Choice Award by Acoustic Guitar magazine. Come standard with a TKL Custom Deluxe ABS case. (*) Hand "Tap" Tuning Each top is hand "tap" tuned to measure the overall balance and frequency response of the top. If the frequency profile is not precisely "matched" to the desired profile, then the top is put back into the tapering CNC for additional refinement until the response perfectly matches the desired response profile of the instrument. BODY Body Style: Dreadnought or Grand Auditorium with cutaway Top: HTT Solid North American AA+ Sitka Spruce HTT treatment: High Temperature Torrefied top = increased strength + stability Back &Sides: Indian Rosewood Finish: High gloss Bracing: X Sound hole Rosette: ABS and New Zealand shell handcraft inlay Binding: Rosewood and Maple Bridge: African Ebony Bridge pins: Ebony and Brass Saddle: Graphtech Tusq, Triple compensated Pickguard: transparent NECK Neck: African Mahogany Thickness: 21 mm - 22 mm (1st Fret - 9th Fret) Width at Nut: 43 mm / 1.7" Neck Finish: Smooth Satin Neck Binding: ABS Neck Reinforcement: Dual Carbon Fiber rods Truss Rod: Bidirectional Nut: Graphtech Tusq, 43mm x 6mm Fretboard: African Ebony, 400 mm radius Fretboard Inlay: Mother of Pearl white rose shell inlay Number of Frets: 20 Pleky: computer-assisted setup for optimum fret dressing Scale Length: 647.25 mm / 25.48" OTHER Strings: Elixir Acoustic Phosphor Bronze NANOWEBy Coating (.012-.053) Tuning Machines: Gold K High-Grade Series 18:1 Electronics (G1E models only): LR Baggs Anthem Stage Pro Preamp - TRU-MIC + Element undersaddle pickup - Onboard Chromatic Tuner - Controls: MIX, bass, treble, notch, phase Case: ABS TKL Custom Deluxe"