Cole Clark AN 2EC Australian Blackwood Acoustic-Electric Guitar (with Case)

This Cole Clark CCAN2EC-BLBL AN 2 Series Australian Blackwood Acoustic-Electric Guitar features classical construction with innovative design and manufacturing techniques to produce a lighter, stronger, unique guitar with a natural amplified sound.

Unique Construction

Cole Clark steel string acoustic guitars are the only main stream acoustic to use a Spanish heel or integral neck construction. This means the neck is glued to the face along with the sides and the back so the neck is one piece all the way to the sound hole. On other guitars, the body is made then the neck attached, mostly with a bolt or dovetail joint. Due to Cole Clark's method, the sound is unique. Cole Clark also has a carved top and back and uses a ridge system to join the sides to the top and back instead of kerfing.

Natural Pickup

Aimed at finding a more natural tone when amplified and eliminating piezo "quack," Cole Clark pickups comprise different elements that only hear certain frequencies which they're best equipped to handle. This is done using a combination of 6 loaded piezos under the saddle for bottom end, a face sensor that can be blended in to hear frequencies in the mid to high range (350 Hz maximum crossover) and a condenser microphone shelved to hear only extreme highs.

Australian Blackwood Top

Cole Clark guitars are all solid timber using mostly native Australian tone woods that are largely sustainable. Australian Blackwood is the stiffest timber Cole Clark makes tops out of. It has… read more a character all of its own, quite like Koa as it is a very close cousin. It is normally dark brown and grainy but can vary. It is native to Australia and sourced from Tasmania or Victoria.
- Air Dry Density 640
- Modulus of Elasticity 13
- Janka Hardness 5.9
- An acoustic sound in the tradition of an American all Koa guitar
- For a medium to hard player amplified
- Best top for a percussive player
- Handles climate extremes better than the softer timbers. This is a sustainable timber.

Australian Blackwood Back & Sides

This is an Australian native timber sourced from Tasmania or Victoria and is sustainable. It is a beautiful timber to look at with a very similar tonal characteristic to Koa as it is a very close cousin.
- Air Dry Density 640
- Modulus of Elasticity 13
- Janka Hardness 5.9
- Good low mids
- Good mid-range punch
- Good high frequency definition
- Good for amplifying
- Signature Cole Clark acoustic sound, sustainable

Features:

- All solid timber cutaway Grand Auditorium with internally carved top and back
- Cole Clark 3-way pickup system
- Finish: Nitrocellulose (natural satin)
- Neck: Queensland Maple
- Top: Australian Blackwood
- Back and sides: Australian Blackwood
- Inlaid timber binding, purfling and rosette
- Bridge/Fretboard: She Oak
- Inlays: Abalone Snowflake
- Machine Heads: Grover
- Nut/Saddle: Graph Tech Tusq
- Strings: Elixir Nanoweb Phosphor Bronze 12-53
- Pickguard supplied in case read less