Godin Motif Compact Classical Guitar

Product Description

An incredibly comfortable and easy-playing 3/4-size classical.

The Godin 049738 Motif Classical Guitar has a solid cedar top, laminated mahogany back and sides, mahogany neck with rosewood fretboard, rosewood bridge with compensated saddle, gold "lyra" style tuners with pearloid buttons, and a semi-gloss satin finish.

The Motif takes its compact dimensions from turn-of-the-century parlor guitars. This is an excellent instrument for anyone more comfortable with a smaller instrument. The compact body of the Motif suggests a 3/4 size instrument but this is a full-scale guitar. Most children from about six years old can handle the Motif quite comfortably and because they are practicing on a full-scale switching to a full size classical guitar can be accomplished with very little adjustment. There is more to the compact body style of the Motif than comfort, this is a serious guitar with many of the same features that professional guitarists look for in the best handcrafted instruments. The solid cedar top and genuine lacquer finish ensure that this guitar will not only sound great when you first receive it but will actually become better sounding with playing over time. The body is made from a three-way lamination of hardwood that includes a poplar center sandwiched between two layers of mahogany. The Motif neck is made from Honduras mahogany with an Indian rosewood fingerboard.

Features:

• Top: Solid Cedar
• Back & sides: Mahogany
• Neck: Mahogany
• Fretboard: Rosewood
• Nut width: 2-3/32"
• Bridge: Rosewood w/compensated saddle
• Scale Length: 25-1/2"
• Upper Bout: 9-1/4"
• Lower Bout: 13"
• Tuners: Gold "lyra" style w/ pearloid buttons
• Finish: Satin
• Case sold separately