Tacoma DM18 Solid Top Acoustic Guitar (Tobacco Sunburst, with Case)

Tacoma offers the hottest line of acoustic guitars in over 25 years. All are made in the USA and are already the third largest US acoustic guitar company.

The Tacoma Guitars "VS" bracing is a radical advance over traditional acoustic guitar bracing. They haven't "adjusted" a design from the 1930's, they have applied 60 years of learning. Tacoma Guitars braces are triangular in shape because they have equal strength to a rounded brace with less mass.

Their "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. They've applied this thinking to their bridge and it works. The solid Maple bridge plate is asymmetrical, and placed diagonally to enhance the dispersion patterns of our bridge design. The 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.

Features
Gloss finish

Solid Sitka Spruce top

Solid Mahogany back and sides

4-color herringbone wood top purfling

Rosewood fingerboard and "Tone Shaped" bridge

Tortoise body and neck binding

Rosewood peghead with inlaid Ivoroid logo

Elixir strings (lights - .012 - .053)

Lower mass allows the top to vibrate more freely, and increases the guitars response

Slim necks with low shoulders for comfortable play