The Songwriter Deluxe Standard EC sets a new benchmark for modern acoustic guitars. Combining time-honored production techniques such as Gibson’s renowned 1930s bracing pattern with custom red spruce top braces and cutting-edge appointments such as a 12”-16” compound radius fingerboard for electric guitar-like playing action, this guitar is a versatile, easy player with maximum tone, volume, projection along with extended reach to access the upper frets.
This big-bodied, square-shouldered dreadnought is built from the classic tonewood combination of Sitka spruce top and Indian rosewood back and sides. Advanced X-bracing made of scalloped Adirondack red spruce braces bonded with hide glue to support the top pays tribute to the power-house dreadnoughts of yesterday. The Songwriter Deluxe Standard EC adds a rounded cutaway to the body for easier upper-fret reach for the contemporary performer.
Classic features like maple binding, rosewood fingerboard and bridge and a one-piece quarter-sawn mahogany neck all contribute to the tonal brilliance of this guitar while finish details like the abalone soundhole rosette, mother-of-pearl diamond eye fingerboard and headstock inlays, custom two-point tortoise pickguard, back marquetry strip and gold Grover Mini Rotomatic tuners all contribute to its elegant styling. Gibson’s hand-sprayed nitrocellulose lacquer in Antique Natural or Vintage Sunburst finish ensures a beautiful sheen and authentic aging that doesn’t interfere with the guitar’s resonance.
Body:
Body Type Square Shoulder, Cutaway
Top Sitka Spruce
Back and Sides Indian Rosewood
Binding Maple Top and Back Binding with Abalone Rosette
Inlay Marquetry Strip Inlay on Back
Bracing Gibson 1930’s Advanced X-Braced Top
Pickups:
Model Fishman Ellipse Aura
Volume Control Sound Hole Mounted
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Frets 21
Scale Length 25 1/2″
Radius 12″-16″ Compound Radius Fingerboard
Fret Wire Gibson Acoustic Standard Fret Wire
Inlays Mother-of-Pearl Diamond Eye
Adhesive Premium Titebond
Neck : 1-piece Mahogany
Profile Round Neck Profile
Thickness 1.725″ at Nut
Binding Maple Binding
Truss Rod Single Action
