Auden Chester Artist Spruce Mahogany 000 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.

This Chester model from the Artist series is Auden’s biggest selling shape, with a AAA quality spruce top on stunning gloss-finish AAA grade mahogany sides and back, with a satin finish mahogany neck and ebony fretboard. This is a fabulously versatile instrument, with its unique extended X-bracing and nipped waist and shoulders, the design creates almost a dreadnought characteristic from the bout of the guitar and Parlour characteristics from the top of the guitar. The blend of the two makes this the perfect “all-rounder guitar”. It is great for strumming, soloing and finger style. Playability is sublime thanks to the time spent on the set up of this guitar, with meticulously levelled and crowned frets (including smoothed fret-ends). The quality feel extends to the  Schertler 18:1 ratio open tuners.

This Chester 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: 235mm
Depth at neck: 90mm
Depth at Base: 115mm
Full length: 1050mm
Scale Length: 655mm
Neck width at Nut: 43mm
Neck width at 14th: 55mm
Neck width at 20th: 57mm

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