The Vanguard combines carved, solid wood top, back, and sides with a mounted pickup. There are several advantages when building the pickup and controls into the top as opposed to the floating style. There are more pickups to choose from; some players prefer the amplified tone of a mounted pickup over a floater; there is more range to the adjustments of pickup and pole piece height; controls and jack are more conveniently located. The use of carved plates and solid woods allows a very good acoustic tone to match up with a distinctive amplified sound.

Standard features:

Top mounted Armstrong pickup
Engelmann Spruce soundboard
3" body depth
Scale length: 24.9" or 25.4"
Schaller tuners
16", 17" or 18" body width
Pricing information

Available Options:

European or Adirondack spruce soundboard
European maple back
One-piece domestic maple back
Custom inlay work
7-string
Sunburst and Violin finishes
Various pickups