Maton EBG808 Artist Series Sitka Spruce and Blackwood AP5 Pro ID-10121

Maton EBG808 Artist With Sitka and Blackwood

The combination of a “AAA” Sitka Spruce soundboard, Ebony fingerboard, Ebony bridge and Blackwood back, sides and neck produces a tone that is rich, full, well balanced and with the glassy highs essential to the tone of this fantastic guitar. This Maton EBG808 could be just what your collection has been missing.

One of the most visually stunning furniture timbers available, Blackwood has also become an important tonewood. Most of the Blackwood comes from the Otway Ranges in Victoria, Australia. It often displays "fiddleback" character and "AAA" grade Blackwood can be intensely figured. It has a warm, full tone with a particularly pleasing mid frequency response and has become one of the most sought after timbers. It may be of interest to learn, that whenever a Maton employee gets to make their own guitar, they almost always choose Blackwood.

It is used in nearly every Maton either as a neck, back & sides, or internal component.

The AP5 Pro Pickup System includes a separate microphone and piezo pickup, both of which can be blended via their individual controls. The microphone is direct mounted to the preamp casing via an adjustable arm, which permits easy final tweaking of microphone position to suit the individual artists style.

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Specifications:

Shipping Weight: 20

Top Wood: "AAA" Select" Grade Solid Sitka Spruce

Back Wood: Blackwood

Nut Width: 1 47/64"

Scale: 25.5"

Inlays: MOP snowflake inlays

Rosette: Herringbone soundhole rosette

Neck Wood: Select Queensland Maple

Fretboard: Ebony

Bridge: Rosewood

Tuners: Gold Grover Rotomatic

Body Binding: Five-ply inner binding Blackwood outer binding

Pickguard: Tortoise shell

Headstock Shape: Blackwood veneer keyhole headstock

Headstock Overlay: Blackwood

Headstock Inlay: Maton Logo

Frets To Body: 14

Body Depth: 4 59/64"

Lower Bout Width: 14 13/32"

Upper Bout Width: 11 7/32"

Total Length: 39 23/32"

Pickup(s): AP5-Pro pickup system

Case: Hardshell Case Included