FURCH Violet Gc-SM SPE Master's Choice Acoustic/Electric

The Violet Master’s Choice does not compromise on sound or workmanship. The soundboard of the instrument is made from carefully selected Sitka spruce, whose excellent acoustic properties are further enhanced by our innovative individual voicing process. The back and sides are made from African mahogany. This combination gives the guitar a perfectly balanced sound with clear highs, warm bass and long-lasting sustain. In addition to a number of dark decorative details, the beautiful natural appearance of the instrument is further enhanced by our Open-Pore Finish.

The Violet Master’s Choice is fitted with the LR Baggs Stagepro Element system, which features a side-mounted preamp with a tuner.

Unique Voicing Process
The premium nature of the Violet Master’s Choice is underscored by the fact that the soundboard is individually tuned using the voicing process, which enhances the instrument’s tonal properties to the highest level. Thanks to that, the Violet Master’s Choice has a crystalline clear, harmonically rich, balanced, and highly dynamic sound across the entire tonal spectrum.

Open-Pore Finish
The instrument features Open-Pore Finish, a special thin finish that promotes the natural sonic qualities of tonewoods and provides an excellent level of surface protection.

All Grown-Up
Like all our other models, the Violet Master’s Choice is made exclusively from solid wood. The soundboard comes from carefully selected Sitka spruce and the back and sides are made from African mahogany. This combination makes the Violet Master’s Choice a superbly tuned instrument with a long sustain.

Furch CNR System® Neck Design
A high precision, dual-action truss rod maintains neck stability and allows for fine adjustment of the neck relief, bilaterally. The truss rod is housed in a highly rigid carbon casing which enables a very smooth and controlled neck relief, ensuring the best playability and enduring optimal setup.

Contrasting Black Details
The spruce soundboard of the Violet Master’s Choice is decorated with binding, pickguard and an annular rosette in a contrasting black design.

Excellent Playability
The ebony fingerboard of the guitar is equipped with special shortened frets which deliberately do not extend to the edge of the fingerboard. This prevents them from protruding due to fretboard shrinkage at lower humidity. The resulting area contains a flexible ebony-colored filler, which can perfectly absorb any changes.

LR Baggs Stagepro Element Pickup
The Violet Master’s Choice comes with LR Baggs Stagepro Element, which is an upgraded version of the LR Baggs Element Active System – Volume Tone Control. The additional features of the Stagepro Element include a side-mounted preamp with a three-band equalizer and phase inversion as well as a sensitive onboard tuner. With a clean classy look, the Stagepro Element pickup system provides easy battery access and includes Garrett Null notch filter that delivers a warm pristine sound even under the most challenging conditions.


FEATURES

Body
Body shape: Gc
Neck-to-body joint: 14th fret
Solid top - grade: Sitka spruce - A
Solid back and sides - grade: African mahogany - AA
Binding: Black
Rosette: Ring with black and white lines
Bridge: Ebony
Bridge pins: Plastic
Saddle: Black TUSQ fully compensated
Bridge string spacing: 55 mm
Top finish: Open-Pore Finish
Back and sides finish: Open-Pore Finish
Pickguard: Black with transparent pickguard extension towards soundhole

Neck
Nut width: 45 mm
Neck reinforcement: CNR System with dual-action adjustment
Neck profile: Furch Soft V
Scale length: 650 mm
Fingerboard material: Ebony
Fingerboard radius: 400 mm
Fingerboard side inlay: White position dots
Fret finish: Brushed
Headstock overlay: Plastic
Neck material: African mahogany
Machine heads: Furch Machine Chrome - gear ratio 1:18
Zero fret: TUSQ
Nut string spacing: 38 mm
Strings: Elixir Ph-Br Nanoweb 12-53
Neck finish: Open-Pore Finish with antibacterial additive
Headstock finish: Open-Pore Finish

Accessories
Pickups: LR Baggs Stagepro Element with tuner and equalizer - side-mounted