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The McPherson MG 5.0 (SOLD)
Serial # 1242

This absolutely gorgeous guitar is backed with Quilted maple and topped with Engelmann Spruce

Maple is available in a variety of figure and it is an excellent tonewood.
It sounds very neutral and allows the top wood to bring out it’s own sound.

It is very capable of brilliance and less capable of warmth until it plays in. Less common than Mahogany or Rosewood, it is used primarily on archtop (Jazz) guitars. It is extremely hard and reflective giving it a loud, powerful sound.

Quilted maple is of the Pacific northeastern “bigleaf” variety and is less dense than the European hard maple varieties.
The tone is slightly darker and warmer.

Engelmann Spruce is one of the primary choices for fingerpicking guitars. With its high overtone content and strong fundamental tone Englemann Spruce delivers a warm mellow tone that is well suited for light strumming and fingerpicking.

This instrument is temporarily out of stock -- please call us for more details.