A small-bodied acoustic cutaway guitar with a big sound

The Gibson Parlor Rosewood EC is a small-bodied acoustic cutaway guitar with lots of personality and an even bigger sound. With a small body profile reminiscent of a pared-down SJ-200, it has classic Gibson acoustic visual appeal, and the smaller body size makes it extremely comfortable and easy to hold and play.

The guitar  produces superior warmth and a balanced tone due to Gibson’s exceptional handcrafted construction techniques, including a dovetail neck-to-body joint, a radiused top, and traditional scalloped X-bracing. The solid Sitka spruce top is beautifully finished in gloss nitrocellulose lacquer. The solid rosewood back and sides are finished in satin nitrocellulose lacquer and feature multi-ply top and single-ply back binding. The cutaway body delivers excellent access to the entire length of the fretboard. The satin nitrocellulose lacquer-finished mahogany neck features an Advanced Response profile that many players feel is the perfect size–it’s not too slender or too beefy and sits comfortably in the hand for most players. It is topped with a bound rosewood fretboard with an easy-playing 16” fretboard radius. The fretboard is equipped with 19 standard frets and adorned with single parallelogram mother-of-pearl inlays.

The Gibson headstock logo is also inlaid in mother-of-pearl. The nut, saddle, and bridge pins are TUSQ®, which, along with the smooth-turning gold-plated Grover® Mini Rotomatic® tuners, help ensure rock-solid tuning stability. The rosewood bridge features Gibson’s traditional belly-up orientation, while the pickguard is faux tortoise.

The Gibson Parlor Rosewood EC comes outfitted with an L.R. Baggs™ VTC under-saddle piezo pickup and active preamp with conveniently located volume and tone controls hidden at the edge of the soundhole, so it’s ready to plug and play onstage or in the studio from the moment you take it out of the included modern hardshell case.

Specifications Body Specs Back: Rosewood Binding: Multi-ply Top, Single-ply Back and Fretboard Body Finish: Gloss Nitro Lacquer (Top), Satin Nitro Lacquer (Back, Neck, & Sides) Body Material: Rosewood Body Shape: Parlor Body Styles: Small Body Bracing: Traditional Scalloped X-bracing Side: Rosewood Top: Sitka Spruce

Neck Specs Fingerboard Material: Rosewood Fingerboard Radius: 406.4mm / 16.0in Fret Count: 19 Frets: Standard Inlays: Mother of Pearl Parallelogram Joint: Compound Dovetail Neck-to-Body Neck Material: Mahogany Nut Material: TUSQ Nut Width: 43.82mm / 1.73in Profile: Advanced Response Scale Length: 628.65mm / 24.75in

Electronics Specs Controls: Soundhole-mounted Volume and Tone Output Jack: 1/4" Endpin Preamp: L.R. Baggs VTC Under Saddle Pickup: L.R. Baggs VTC

Hardware Specs Bridge: Traditional Belly-up; Rosewood Bridge Pins: TUSQ Pickguard: Custom Line; Tortoise Saddle Material: TUSQ Strap Buttons: Endpin Jack Truss Rod: Adjustable Truss Rod Cover: 2-ply Black Bell Tuner Plating: Gold Tuning Machines: Grover Mini Rotomatic

Misc Specs Case: Modern Hardshell Model:: MCSBPRRB Headstock Inlay: Gibson Logo in Mother of Pearl