Acoustic Guitar

A Fender CD-140S dreadnought. Note the broad waist and wide lower bout. You see it all the time when shopping for an acoustic guitar—terms such as “dreadnought,” “concert,” “jumbo,” “parlor,” “auditorium,” etc. These names aren’t merely marketing-speak; they are long-established conventions for specific flat-top steel-string acoustic guitar body shapes and sizes (some of which date back more than a century...

When it comes to acoustic guitars, there are quite different virtues to both small and large bodies. Click The Chart Above To View Larger Image. Small vs. Large After picking up and playing literally several thousand acoustic guitars of different sizes, shapes and tonewoods, we can start to make some generalizations about small versus large guitars. Of course, smaller guitars...