~2016 McPherson CMG 4.5 Ziricote Redwood
Several decades ago now, McPherson completely re-engineered the acoustic guitar with amazing results. Their unique offset sound hole and cantilevered neck joint significantly improve the sound board's ability to vibrate, thereby improving the guitar's output and tone.
Offered here is one of McPherson's Camrielle series guitars, a CMG 4.5 Ziricote / Redwood. This is a Grand Concert-sized instrument with a 15" lower bout, a 4.5" depth at the tail block and a 25-1/2" string scale. Being a Camrielle series guitars it gets an elegant Florentine cutaway for easy access to the upper frets. It has a top made of Redwood and the back and sides are Ziricote, a tonewood many consider has characteristics of both Brazilian Rosewwood and Ebony. The neck is made of Mahogany and has a low profile soft V-shape. The bound Ebony fretboard has a 14" radius and a 1.75" bone nut. The Ebony bridge comes with three (3) bone saddles to accommodate various string heights and playing styles. The string spacing at the bridge is 2-3/16". The tuners are gold Waverly open backs. The guitar is factory-equipped with L.R. Baggs electronics including a built-in pre-amp and discrete sound hole mounted volume control.
McPherson guitars are extremely well made instruments. Their sleek neck shape and superb setup makes for an acoustic that plays as easily as most electric guitars. With the "medium" saddle currently installed, this guitar has 12th fret string heights of 6/64" on the low side and 4/64" on the high side. The cantilevered neck adds a bit of weight to the guitar, but the design is inherently more stable and far more sturdy than your typical acoustic. This example weighs just 5 pounds, 9 ounces. The Florentine cutaway and the guitars's superb balance make for very comfortable playing.
The output of this guitar is BIG and the tone incredibly well balanced and articulate. Please check out the brief sound sample included below. It is a responsive guitar too, one that you can easily play fingerstyle or dig into with a flat pick. The quality electronics make this a guitar that is perfect for the stage and/or recording.
Built in 2016, this beautiful guitar shows little to no evidence of play. In fact, I can't find a mark on it, but let's just call it near mint in case I've missed something microscopic. The frets too show no observable wear. It comes to you in it's similarly nice McPherson/Ameritage case equipped for metered humidification along with the alternate bone saddles and the foam sound hole insert.
A new example of this instrument will run you nearly $12K with these specs. I just saw a used example of this guitar offered at $10.5K. Get this near mint 2016 beauty and save yourself several thousand dollars. The list of artists of various music genres who are playing McPherson guitars these days is impressive. Try one and see why. You will be very glad you did!
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