The DM9 is Tacoma's #1 selling guitar and its 100% made in USA. This version, the DM9C, features a cutaway body with solid Sitka Spruce top, solid Mahogany back & sides, Rosewood fingerboard and a "Tone Shaped" bridge. The "Tone Shaped" bridge is wide and flat on the bass side, and narrow and peaked on the treble side. A Luthier's rule of thumb is that low, wide braces are best for bass frequencies, and tall, thin braces are best for treble frequencies. Tacoma applied this thinking to the bridge and it works. Other features include the body and neck having Tortoise binding and a sound hole ring made with four-color herringbone.
The Tacoma Guitars "VS" bracing is a radical advance over traditional acoustic guitar bracing. We haven't "adjusted" a design from the 1930's, we've applied sixty years of learning.
Tacoma Guitars braces are triangular in shape because they have equal strength to a rounded brace with less mass.
Lower mass allows the top to vibrate more freely, and increases the guitar's response.
Slim neck with low shoulders for comfortable play.
It's "Tone Shaped" bridge is wide and flat on the bass side, and narrow and peaked on the treble side. A Luthier's rule of thumb is that low, wide braces are best for bass frequencies, and tall, thin braces are best for treble frequencies. We've applied this thinking to our bridge and it works.
Tacoma's solid Maple bridge plate is asymmetrical, and placed diagonally to enhance the dispersion patterns of our bridge design. Our matched bridge and bridge plate configuration balances the bass and treble remarkably, and produces sustain unmatched by any other system.
There are no sharp corners on the front edge of the bridge to concentrate stress on the top. Less stress - Longer life.
Technical Info
Light Satin finish
Solid Sitka Spruce top
Solid Mahogany back & sides
Rosewood fingerboard and bridge
Tortoise binding
D'Addario light gauge strings
(.012 - .052)
