Festival

EACT42S

Festival

EACT42S

Color: Natural

SKU: EACT42S-A-U

Nylon stringed classical guitars have an ageless appeal regardless of the genre of music you play. Classical players require a larger string spacing to accommodate their precise finger style playing. If you’re a steel string player though, you may not be accustomed to playing the wider width, so we’ve developed the EACT42S with narrower string spacing to accommodate you. The EACT42S features a cutaway for upper fret access, a feedback reducing thinline body and premium electronics combined with the smooth, full tone of nylon strings to make it easier to get up to speed producing nylon stringed tones in any performance situation.

Washburn designed the Festival series to address the needs of the performing musician and it has succeeded for over 25 years. The Festival series was the standard acoustic/electric guitar seen on MTV’s “Unplugged” series and has since become one of the best selling and most copied guitars on the market. A large body teamed up with quality electronics, hardware, and fine woods allows the pristine, crystalline highs to blend perfectly with a full, well rounded low end.

Thinline Festival Body

The thinline body on this guitar helps to reduce feedback while playing plugged in, and is very comfortable so you can play for hours.

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Belcat BG-3TN Electronics Package

Active preamp with 3 band EQ and built in tuner makes this guitar perfect for stage or studio.

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Narrow String Spacing

We gave this guitar a comfortable neck with narrow string spacing to accommodate players not used to normal wide spacing found on nylon stringed classical guitars

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Specifications

Body & Construction

Top Wood Solid Spruce
Back Wood Mahogany
Sides Mahogany
Bracing Quarter Sawn Scalloped Sitka Spruce bracing
Type Acoustic Guitars
Shape Nylon|Thin-line Festival Cutaway
Style 6 String Acoustic, Cutaway

Electronics

Controls Volume, built-in tuner, Bass/Mid/Treble
Preamp System 4 band EQ with Tuner

Other

Color Natural
Finish Gloss
Strings Daddario EJ45 Pro Art Classical Strings

Neck

Neck Wood Mahogany with 2 way Truss Rod
Fretboard Engineered Wood
Number Of Frets 19 frets
Nut Graphtech Nubone
Nut Width 43mm
Scale 650mm

Hardware

Hardware Gold Hardware
Bridge Alternative
Tuners Gold Classical

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AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL

1883, Chicago. George Washburn begins a legacy of greatness with the first Washburn stringed instruments, bringing quality instruments priced for home musicians. In 1889, Washburn becomes the largest mandolin maker in America.

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AGE OF INNOVATION

In the early 20th century Washburn continues to lead with quality guitars, banjos, and madolins. In 1912, Washburn releases the Lakeside Jumbo, the first dreadnought guitar. In 1930, Washburn merges with Tonk Brothers and releases the Solo Deluxe, the precursor of the auditorium style guitar and one of the best-selling guitars created.

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AMPLIFIED AND ACOUSTIC

With the onset of the 1970's, Washburn releases the Wing series, our first electric models. The Wing series continues the Washburn standard by delivering a show quality instrument at a home artist price. In the 80’s and 90’s the Washburn Festival series revitalizes the art of acoustic performance, contributing to the rise of "unplugged" performances.

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CLASSIC VALUES WITH TODAY'S ADVANCES

For over 135 years, Washburn has been committed to providing the highest quality instruments. Whether it's a guitar, banjo, or mandolin – if it’s a Washburn, it won’t let you down.

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