Wide awake and firing on all cylinders! Check out this 2009 Maingard GC if you’re looking for a livewire flattop that’s got headroom for a heavier attack, and sensitivity for a gentler touch as well. The Alpine Spruce top and African Blackwood back and sides form a dynamo for great projection, added color in the mids and bass, and the overall quickness that we find in every guitar from Marc. The GC body is 16 inches across the lower bout, but with the addition of both an arm bevel and a rib bevel, plus slender soft V neck profile, this Maingard remains easy to play. For this, and all the other reasons above, you won’t be able to put it down for long.
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If someone's playing this guitar near you, be careful: you will be blown away. Marc's one of Africa's premiere builders, and it's always a good day when we get one of his guitars in the shop. The African Blackwood on this GC is smoky and sultry, and the tone is sonorous, dry, unbelievably crisp. This guitar projects crisply for fingerstylists, but flat picking is another beast entirely; you just breathe on this guitar and it sings. 
Snag it now, before I take it home for myself and you have to pry it from my dead hands. This Maingard GC has everything I love in Marc's guitars: quickness, immediacy, focus--and the African Blackwood/Alpine Spruce give added depth and color to the definition. I simply do not want to put this one down. 
This Maingard has a strong mid-range response which makes it ideal for a recording musician who wants great tone, but not a lot of bass. | Scale Length | 25.4 in |
|---|---|
| Nut Width | 1.75 in |
| String Spacing | 2.25 in |
| Woods | Spruce - Alpine, Blackwood - African |
Wide awake and firing on all cylinders. Check out this 2009 Maingard GC if you're looking for a livewire flattop that's got headroom for a heavier attack, and sensitivity for a gentler touch as well
If someone's playing this guitar near you, be careful: you will be blown away. Marc's one of Africa's premiere builders, and it's always a good day when we get one of his guitars in the shop
Snag it now, before I take it home for myself and you have to pry it from my dead hands. This Maingard GC has everything I love in Marc's guitars: quickness, immediacy, focus--and the African Blackwood/Alpine Spruce give added depth and color to the definition
This Maingard has a strong mid-range response which makes it ideal for a recording musician who wants great tone, but not a lot of bass.