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Dave Livermore
PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 11:08 pm 
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I have a request to build an instrument like the Yamaha AC1R.
Yamaha lists it as a 'concert size guitar'
But nowhere can I find what their definition of 'concert' is.

Can anyone please shed some light on this and what general body length, upper and lower bout and waist dimensions might be?

I figure it is a 19 1/2", 15" lower bout but I just don't know.


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L. Presnall
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Maybe check Taylor's website for the dimensions of their "Grand Concert"?

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That's a nice looking body. This post says it's about 000 size:
http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/foru ... p?t=242154

Oddly, Taylor's 'Grand Concert' is 15" wide...
http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/foru ... ostcount=7

Marketing over tradition, I suppose.

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Good points -- name things like people expect. I wonder if the alternate names tend to be pitched towards the newbies.

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It is a good thing that Martin does not "protect" their size designations, we'd have to describe the dimensions of our guitars.

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