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Key Features
Product Ref: 93327
The Dean St. Augustine features a brightly toned solid spruce top, which yields crisp articulation and offers a broad dynamic range. Its solid spruce top delivers a sparkling high response and tight, clear attack perfect for pronounced players. Spruce is also the most commonly used wood for guitar tops as it generates a versatile sound and accommodates numerous playing styles, from aggressive to fingerpicking. The solid spruce top is accompanied by solid mahogany back and sides which deliver a meaty mid-range, producing punchy, woody tones with plenty of depth and complexity that will please most playing styles.
The St. Augustine's neck is crafted from mahogany which offers durability and a rich and resonant play. The reason why many guitar necks are built from mahogany is because the wood responds greatly to different styles of play, from fingerpicking to strumming, with equal ease. The neck is topped with a rosewood fingerboard that delivers a bright, warm, sparkly tone that really shines through when using fingerpicking techniques. The rosewood fingerboard also provides a smooth and energetic playing experience and features pearl dot fingerboard markers for added elegance.
The Dean St. Augustine features a concert body shape that provides great sustain and a pronounced bass response that fingerstylists will love. The concert shape has been a favorable choice among players because its compact, comfortable play, and its well-balanced sound. The melodic pleasures this concert can project is impressive and its well-balanced tonal spectrum is ideal for many different genres and playing techniques.
The Dean St. Augustine comes equipped with a Fishman Isys+ preamp, making it ideal for the gigging musician. The Fishman preamp features rotary controls for volume, bass, and treble, enabling players to have full control of tone shaping for both gigging and practicing environments. The Fishman Isys+ also has a phase button, a low battery indicator, a separate battery box, and the added convenience of an on-board tuner. The preamp has an easy read LED screen, making it easy to tune up or down in dark venues and environments.