McPherson #1653 3.5 Brazilian Rosewood/Engelmann Spruce Acoustic Electric Guitar

Combine exquisite craftmanship and cutting edge guitar design and you have McPherson Guitars. Featuring their revolutionary offset soundhole technology, state of the art bracing, and their unique "no-touch" cantilevered neck design. Collectively, these technologies allow the top of the instrument to vibrate and resonate to it's fullest potential.

Back and Sides: Brazilian Rosewood - Generally considered the best tone-wood for steel-stringed instruments; Brazilian Rosewood is a highly prized choice for back and sides. Endangered and becoming very rare, Brazilian Rosewood has everything other rosewoods have to offer and more. A rich powerful sound full of overtones and depth. Sometimes called "jacaranda", this species of rosewood ranges in color from brick red to violet, with spidery black streaks known as "spiderwebbing". The wood smells like roses when freshly cut. Brazilian rosewood is endangered and on the CITES convention list. Hence it is more costly and difficult to obtain than other tonewoods. It is extremely sonically reflective, producing full, deep basses and brilliant trebles. There are certainly some bragging rights that come with an instrument made out of such a rare tonewood.

Top: Engelmann Spruce - Light in color with a rich, complex tone, this wood best suits a more gentle touch. Great for finger-picking with warm bass and complex overtones.

Depth at the tail block is 3.5 inches. As on all McPhersons, the depth at the neck block is 4 inches.

All McPherson® guitars include the following unless otherwise specified:
 
- Scale length: 25 1/2 inches
- Upper bout: 11 1/8 inches
- Waist: 10 1/4 inches
- Lower bout: 16 inches
- Body length: 20 1/8 inches
- Overall length: 41 1/2 inches
- Neck width: Standard 1 3/4 inch @ nut, 2 5/32 inch @ 12th
- Wide 1 7/8 inch @ nut, 2 5/32 inch @ 12th
- String spacing: E to E - 2 3/16 inches
- Offset sound hole.
- Cantilevered neck.
- Truss Rod: Non-adjustable, unidirectional high-modulus carbon fiber
- Ebony bridge
- Ebony bridge pins: Unslotted with mother of pearl dot
- Fingerboard: Ebony with 14 inch radius
- Nut: Natural Bone
- The Buzz Feiten intonation system
- Three custom bone saddles set up for low, med, and tall action
- Binding: Flamed Koa
- Electronics: L.R. Baggs RTS2 system
- Ribbon transducer pick-up, pre-amp and volume control
- Tuners: Schaller M6G Gold Tuning machines
- Gold strap button
- Case: Custom fit Ameritage case with built in humidification system
- Inlay: McPherson® mother of pearl inlay on head cap and mirror image on bridge plate.
- Finish: Lawrence-McFadden UV finish.
- Strings: Elixir Nanoweb medium gauge