Florentine Cutaway Acoustic Guitar

If you play the acoustic guitar and prefer easy access to the upper frets an acoustic guitar with a cutaway is a good way to go.

Florentine cutaway acoustic guitar.

Cutaway bodies are mainly of interest when discussing acoustic guitars and semi acoustic guitars. Buy now 66 00 19 lessons 2 11 20. The two main variations are venetian and florentine. Virtually all solid body guitars either have at least one cutaway or have a body shape such as the flying v guitar which does not intrude into the upper neck area.

But there are n responding to the inquiries of guitarists who prefer easy access to the upper frets tech talk is occasionally asked to explain the difference between venetian and florentine cutaways. Some manufacturers denote instrument models with cutaway using the suffix c such as the gibson l5c or the maton cw80c. Florentine cutaway construction this course intended as a supplement to robert s acoustic and classical guitar construction courses shows you how to design and execute the florentine cutaway. Instruction books cds video.

Acoustic electric guitar near taylor 614ce taylor 414ce 814ce acoustic electric taylor 814ce acoustic electric jumbo cutaway acoustic electric guitar mid depth acoustic electric resonator solid wood acoustic electric standard balladeer takamine eg523sc. The scooped cutaway is a separate piece of matching wood that is manually bent fitted and glued into place with additional trim work. It is more complex and labor intensive to craft than the venetian because the guitar is initially built as a non cutaway after which a section of the treble side upper bout is sliced out. The luthier may choose to shape the cut out a few different ways.