McPherson #1680 4.0 Bees Wing Mahogany/Adirondack Red 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.

Bees Wing Mahogany: A stunning Mahogany with small wavy grain and interlocking flame pattern similar to that of a bees wing. Beeswing’s tight grain and figure make this an excellent choice for those that are looking for a mahogany guitar.

Adirondack Red Spruce: Some call it the “holy grail” of top woods. It was widely used on pre-war and vintage instruments. Adirondack has a crisp, clear tone with high headroom and strong fundamental content.

The History of McPherson Guitars

Located in Sparta WI, McPherson was incorporated in 2001 with a business plan of building the best acoustic guitars on the market.  Since then, McPherson Inc. has focused on building a small number of acoustic guitars incorporating some of the highest standards in the industry.  The McPherson name has come to stand for excellence, integrity, and character.

McPherson guitars started as a quest to achieve a better sounding acoustic guitar back in 1979. Matt McPherson and his father Mander McPherson felt that acoustics were lacking in tone, projection and resonance and decided to look into building a new guitar to achieve that end.

Rather than follow the designs of the past Matt and Mander re-examined every portion of the guitar.  He found that placing the guitar’s soundhole in the center of the soundboard, eliminated a prime area for vibration and resonance.  They proceeded to make an acoustic guitar with 3 soundholes.  Two were placed at the edges of the waist and one near the tail block.   Moving the soundhole to the edge of the top allowed a larger central portion of the soundboard to vibrate, producing better resonance and sustain. This “three-hole” design was produced in Japan in the early 80’s retailing between $500 and $800.

In 1995 Matt McPherson felt that there was still more to be pulled from the instrument and completely redesigned the McPherson Guitar from the ground up.  Experimenting with different soundhole locations and bracing patterns led to several technological breakthroughs. 

Matt’s innovations include a unidirectional carbon fiber truss rod and triangulated heel design which stabilizes the neck and eliminates the need for adjustment.

McPherson’s unique cantilevered neck design elevates the fretboard above the top, allowing the soundboard to resonate to its fullest potential.

A Patented Overpass-Underpass bracing uses laminated tonewoods to achieve a better transfer of energy and sound.

Offset soundhole technology allows vibrations from the bridge to travel directly across a longer unencumbered soundboard, increasing sustain and resonance.