Apprentice

Apprentice AG40CE

Apprentice

Apprentice AG40CE

Color: Natural

SKU: AG40CEK-A-U

Apprentice Series guitars are for the serious beginner who wants a guitar that sounds great, plays great and will serve them well as they progress.

The AG40CE is a Grand Auditorium style acoustic featuring a cutaway and a custom Barcus-Berry LX4 pickup tuner system for superior acoustic tone when plugged in. A select spruce top and flame maple back and sides provide tonal projection. The mahogany neck features a fingerboard with offset dot inlays and flame maple capped head stock with chrome die-cast tuners. The Barcus Berry LX4 features a 3-band EQ, Presence control, and a built-in tuner for fast accurate tuning.

In select markets such as USA, a hard shell case is included.

Specifications

Body & Construction

Top Wood Select Spruce
Back Wood Flame Maple
Sides Flame Maple
Bracing Quarter sawn scalloped bracing
Rosette Custom Apprentice
Type Acoustic Guitars
Shape Grand Auditorium
Style Cutaway

Electronics

Controls Volume, built-in tuner, Bass/Mid/Treble, Notch/Presence
Preamp System Barcus-Berry LX4

Other

Color Natural
Finish Gloss
Strings D'Addario EXP-16 light set phospher bronze

Neck

Neck Wood Mahogany
Fretboard Engineered Wood
Number Of Frets 20 frets
Inlays dots
Nut ABS
Nut Width 1-11/16
Scale 25-1/2

Hardware

Hardware Chrome hardware
Bridge Engineered Wood
Tuners Chrome Diecast w/black buttons

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