Description
The AF30 is our entry-level solid top but it’s anything but entry-level in terms of quality, tone and finish. Our tone woods are carefully cured; our components such as neck blocks and wood joints are carefully designed. We believe our multi award-winning Artist Series is one of the finest solid top guitar lines in the world today and demonstrates our commitment to design. The term “solid top” of course refers to the soundboard of an acoustic guitar being made of solid wood, rather than being laminated. However, just because the top is solid, it does not necessarily mean the sound automatically benefits from this feature. The tone of the instrument only improves significantly when the whole guitar is built correctly to optimize the energy a solid soundboard can generate. FST2 is a forward shifted X brace design, this means the axis of the X is closer to the soundhole and therefore creates a larger soundboard area allowing for more energy and vibration to be harnessed. Both the X braces and asymmetric tone bars are carefully scalloped. The scalloping design was the result of years of continual development in our Yairi workshops. The Artist Series sound and personality is open and powerful. FST2 also creates very good balance so both the treble and bass registers are clearly present and balanced in relation to each other. Along with a more angled headstock, our bi-level bridge increases string tension by making the break angel of the strings from the saddle to the top more acute. Improved string tension adds to our sound, feel and response, which are also heightened by the use of real bone nuts and saddles. Artist Series also demonstrates our great finishing capabilities; the gloss models have a clear deep shine from a finish that is applied as thinly as possible, again to help optimize tone.
- Top Wood: Solid A Sitka Spruce
- Back & Sides Wood: Mahogany
- Shape: Folk/OM
- Neck: Mahogany, 50/50 Semi gloss finish
- Bracing System: FST2M – Forward Shifted, Scalloped X
- Bridge: Bi-Level Rosewood
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Headstock Plate: Rosewood
- Nut & Saddle: Real Bone
- Tuner: Chrome Die Cast
- Binding: Black ABS
Scale: 24 13/16″
Number of frets: 21
Nut Width: 1 3/4″
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