Art et Lutherie - Legacy Havana Brown Q-Discrete

Art & Lutherie Legacy Havana Brown Q-Discrete - the chestnut hue of its semi-gloss finish is not just aesthetic: it signals Canadian lutherie in which every material has been chosen for what it does to the sound, not for what it costs to the eye.
The solid cedar top opens up quickly, with an immediate warmth that spruce takes years to approach. The Concert Hall format keeps the low frequencies firmly in place, while allowing the high frequencies to flow unhindered. The Canadian wild cherry back and sides - a species halfway between mahogany and maple - give the signal a recognisable woody grain, neither too dry nor too round. The rosewood fingerboard and bridge add inertia under the fingers: a clean attack and sustain that holds the note without dissolving. The Silver Leaf maple neck and 630.936 mm scale position the frets at a distance that encourages precise playing in first position as well as at the top of the neck. The 43.688 mm Graphtech nut frees the strings at just the right distance, without pinching.

The Q-Discrete system - featuring an EPM sensor and integrated preamp - works discreetly: volume and tone right at your fingertips, with no circuits to colour or compress. The .012 set of strings gives body to the touch without weighing down the dynamics. This is a guitar for the stage as well as the living room, made for folk, fingerpicking and anything else that requires an acoustic to sound acoustic, even when plugged in.