Auden Austin Smokehouse Grand Auditorium Cutaway Electro

Description

Auden have a growing reputation in the acoustic guitars market for producing the instruments which balance the highest quality with great value. Produced from carefully selected tone woods, the basic guitars are manufactured in a purpose built facility in China, from where they’re shipped to the Auden workshop in the UK. Here, a team of expert luthiers complete the instruments, doing all the work that ensures Auden Guitars play outstandingly well – this includes precision fretwork, hand-finished nut and bridge installation, and the installation of the superb Brad Clark Supernatural pickups system which ensure the guitars sound just as good amplified as they do when played acoustically.

The Auden Smokehouse Special Austin is a Grand Auditorium guitar, with a resonant AA grade cedar top  and African mahogany sides and back, all in a very cool satin dark charcoal grey smokehouse finish. The neck is smooth satin finish mahogany, with an ebony fretboard. The light weight lacquer used in the production of Auden guitars allows the instrument to sing and reverberate beautifully. The full body of this Austin model provides a warm but clearly defined tone, responding beautifully whether finger-picked or strummed with a plectrum, whilst the cutaway provides enhanced upper fret access.  The sheer quality of the guitar is evident in its maple and ebony detailing. Tuners are 18:1 ratio Schertlers. The guitar is in immaculate condition, having only had home use by the previous owner.

This Austin is fitted with the Brad Clark Supernatural DS preamp/pickup system. The Supernatural DS comprises two sensors inputted into a programmable preamplifier. The sounds are “tuned” by professional musicians and pre-stored into the chip. There are four pre-sets to suit most guitars, scenarios and styles.  As a starting point, Auden describe them as: Thick Strum, Finger pick, Solo, and Thin Strum. Each sound is customisable with the onboard EQ so our descriptions are just a starting point from which you can explore the sounds of your guitar and your playing style.

Dimensions:
Shoulder width: 285mm
Belly width: 395mm
Waist: 245mm
Depth at neck: 85mm
Depth at Base: 115mm
Full length: 1010mm
Scale Length: 655mm
Neck width at Nut: 43mm
Neck width at 14th: 53mm
Neck width at 20th: 57mm

Comes complete with super-high quality vintage grey buck hardcase and certificate of authenticity.