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At A Glance

Top Wood
Solid Sitka Spruce
Back Wood
Figured Flame Maple
Sides
Figured Flame Maple
Bracing
Cathedral Peaked Scalloped-X
Rosette
Washburn Heritage
Type
Acoustic Guitars
Shape
Jumbo
Style
6 String Acoustic, Cutaway
Controls
Volume / EQ = bass, mid, treble / notch / brilliance / Phase
Pickups
Under saddle transducer
Preamp System
Fishman Presys+ 501T w/tuner
Color
Natural
Finish
Gloss Finish
Strings
D'Addario EXP light gauge phosphor bronze
Neck Wood
Satin Mahogany with 2 way Truss Rod
Fretboard
Ovangkol
Number Of Frets
20 frets
Inlays
dots
Nut
Graphtech Nubone
Nut Width
1-11/16"
Scale
25-5/16"
Hardware
Gold hardware
Bridge
Ovangkol
Tuners
Gold Diecast Tuners
Description

The J40SCE is a Jumbo acoustic guitar with cutaway for superior upper fret access. It features a solid Sitka spruce top with Cathedral Peaked Scalloped-X bracing for superior tone that improves with age, beautiful Flame Maple back and sides, a mahogany neck with a Ovangkol fingerboard and bridge, gold die-cast tuners for quick, easy and accurate tuning, a Washburn tortoise pick guard and a Washburn Heritage rosette.

The J40SCE features visually stunning Flame Maple for its back and side wood. Maple is a bright sounding tone wood that works perfectly with the Jumbo body style, bringing some high end focus to this big, loud sounding guitar. Thanks to its built-in deluxe Fishman Presys+ 501T Tuner/Preamp, you’ll never need to carry around an extra tuner. The preamp features volume, bass, middle, treble and brilliance control for natural amplified acoustic tone, plus a phase switch and notch control to deal with feedback issues.

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