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Deluxe Student-priced Acoustic Guitar





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As one of America’s statured guitar builders, Washburn believes that quality instruments can make all the difference for students and beginners. That’s why the company created the Apprentice series, a collection of budget-friendly guitars that play beautifully and produce the tones and the timbre that will remind you why you fell in love with music to begin with. The handsomely built Washburn Apprentice F5 features a spruce and mahogany construction, a genuine pro-grade tonewood combination that produces rich acoustic resonance. Sweetwater guitarists find the Apprentice F5’s folk-style body a double win: both pros and beginners find it more comfortable than a standard dreadnought acoustic, and yet the folk-style body retains great resonance that’s familiar and full from the first strum.





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Authentic hardwood construction and tone





Wood choice is usually the distinguishing factor between beginner, intermediate, and high-end acoustic guitars. And yet, with the Apprentice F5, Washburn managed to shatter the notion of what is possible in the beginner price range, which occasionally sees models with a genuine wood top but rarely a wood top and genuine back and sides, too! Made from spruce, the Apprentice F5’s top delivers the warmth and snap that have made it a go-to choice for luthiers. The neck, back, and sides are all made from classic mahogany, a wood that’s prized among guitar makers for its richness and big sustain.





Comfortable folk-style body





The Apprentice F5 features a folk-style guitar body, a cousin of the classical guitar shape with a more balanced sound and deeper body curves than the standard dreadnought body shape of Western acoustic guitars. The folk-style body is warm, full, and perfect for both fingerstyle and strumming ? some pickers even prefer the folk-style body to the dreadnought! Inside the body is deluxe quarter-sawn scalloped bracing, a premium feature that helps boost the wood resonance of your guitar. Plus, the Apprentice F5 has striking cosmetics, thanks to a patterned “Washburn Heritage” soundhole rosette, white fretboard binding, and crisp headstock decals for authenticity.





Washburn: producing quality fretted instruments since 1883





With humble beginnings in Chicago dating back to the 1880s, Washburn is an American institution in musical instrument manufacturing. From guitars to mandolins, banjos, ukuleles, and more, Washburn has long been recognized as a cherished brand among musicians. Many of the biggest names in folk, blues, and rock 'n' roll have played these well-crafted, quality instruments. Washburn combines quality construction with premium materials to deliver instruments such as the Apprentice F5 that are ready to perform on any stage.





Washburn Apprentice F5 Acoustic Guitar Features:


Spruce top


Mahogany back and sides


Mahogany neck with smooth gloss finish


Engineered wood fretboard


Folk-style body shape with smooth gloss finish


Chrome hardware and die-cast tuners


Quarter-sawn scalloped soundhole bracing for better resonance and tone


25.5-inch scale with 20 frets