2014 catalog

2014 CATALOG
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The Crafter Story
What’s New, Shaping & Innovation, Craftsmanship & Character,
Woods & Sound, Diversity & Versatility
Body Styles
Anniversary, Grand Auditorium, Dreadnaught, Jumbo, Southern /
Small Jumbo, Parlor, Orchestra, Travel / Castaway, Classical, Jazz
Boxes, Slim Body, Solid / Pro Series, Basses, Mandolins
Anniversary
D6, D7, D8, D8TS, D9, DE6, DE7, DE8, HILITE D SP/N, LITE D SP/VTG,
LITE DE SP/N, LITE D SP/N, HILITE DE SP/N, HILITE DE SP/VTG
Grand Auditorium
GA6, GA7, GA8, GAE6, GAE8, GAE9, GAE15, GAE33, GAE36, GAE45,
GCL80/BKS, GCL80/TS, GCL80/TPS, GAE650TM/N, GAE650TM/VTG,
AGE 100MH, AGE 300 SP/N, AGE 400SP/VTG, AGE 500TM/VS,
AGE 500TM/OS
Dreadnaughts
D6, D7, D8, D8TS, D9, DE6, DE7, DE8, HILITE D SP/N, LITE D SP/VTG,
LITE DE SP/N, LITE D SP/N, HILITE DE SP/N, HILITE DE SP/VTG
Jumbo
J18, JE18
Southern / Small Jumbo
JM250/N, JM250/VLSV, TR060/VLSV
Parlor
PL8, TA050/AM, TA080/AM
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Orchestra
T6, TE 6, TC035, T035, T035/EQ, TC035/TS, TM035, TMC035, TM045,
TMC045, HILITE T CD, HILITE TE CD/N, LITE TE CD/VTG, LITE TE CD/N
Travel / Castaway
LITE TRV/SP, TRV23BK, TRV23N, TRV23CD/N, TRV23EQN, TRV34EQ/OS
LITE CASTAWAY
Classical
C6, CE15, C18, CT125C/BK, CTS155C/BK, LITE CE SP, LITE CE CD/N,
LITE CSE CD/N
Jazz Boxes
FEG 780, SEG 480
Slim Arch
SAT QMOS, SAT TMVS, SAT M.SIL, SAT M.GD, SAT TMBK,
SA QMMS, SA QMOS, SA ARW, SA TMVS, SA BUB, CT120/N,
CTS150/N
Solid / Pro Series
GLXE6000/RSB, GLXE 4000/RS, GLXE 4000/SK, GLXE 3000/SK,
GLXE 3000/RS, GLXE 3000/CDRS, DLXE 3000/RS, DLXE 3000/SK,
DLX 3000CD/RS, DLX 3000/SK, DLX 4000/RS, DLX 4000/SK,
DV250/VTG, DV250/VTG/EQ, DV250CEQ/VTG
Basses
BA400 EQ/N, BA580EQ-5/TBK
Mandolins
M88E/RS, M88E/AM, M77E/RS, M77E/MS
THE CRAFTER STORY
Thank you for interest in Crafter guitars. My father,
HyunKwon Park, founded our company in April
1972. The first guitars were built in the basement
of his home where he had just 20 square meters of
space and a staff of 4.
He soon chose Sungeum as the name for the guitars.
In Korean it means “accomplishing the sound” and
is a name which, in the Korean language, captured
the spirit, passion and ethos of the company and
its products.
My father’s company enjoyed early success building
classical guitars which soon acquired a reputation
for excellence among local musicians. By 1978 they
had outgrown their basement space and moved to
bigger premises in Yangju-gun, just outside Seoul,
in order to fulfill growing demand for the guitars.
I joined my father in 1986 and the decision was made
to take our guitars to the world market. I chose
the name Crafter to represent the brand globally.
To me, the name Crafter has connotations of high
quality and also pays tribute to the craftsmen
who create the guitars. The Crafter brand is now
registered in more than 40 countries throughout
the world.
In 2009, we expanded again and built a bigger,
state-of-the art guitar factory, in order to keep
pace with demand. The move was the result of 5
years of planning and construction, and features
modern facilities including leisure rooms, a
spacious restaurant, gym, and a chapel for all the
staff. Building in the same area as the previous
workshop meant that Crafter could retain all of
their loyal and highly trained staff.
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Although today’s guitars are produced
using all the fantastic benefits of
modern technology, a great amount
hand craftwork still goes into the
making of each one. More than 60,000
instruments leave our factory each
year, and every single one of them has
its own personality, just like the people
who build them.
Since the very start in 1972 we have
pursued a program of continuous
review and development and we are
proud that our innovations, quality and
value have resulted in the instrument
that you have chosen ahead of so
many others.
Thank you again for choosing Crafter
and we hope that your guitar will give
you many years of good service and
playing pleasure.
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BODY STYLES
Their great variety of shapes, versatility
in sound and high quality of craftsmanship
make Crafter guitars internationally
renowned instruments.
Live or in the studio, acoustic or amplified,
folk, country, blue grass, jazz or blues –
Crafter offers a guitar for all to cover any
style.
A Crafter guitar is often the realization of
a long held dream.
Play your dream – Play a Crafter!
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ANNIVERSARY
GRAND AUDITORIUM
We build a special grand auditorium
acoustic electric every two years to
celebrate the company’s anniversary.
Our Grand Auditorium guitars are crafted
with both comfort and sound in mind.
The sloped shoulder allows for easy
finger picking, and the full size body
delivers the projection you would expect
from a dreadnaught.
Each of these anniversary guitars has
a unique design on the fretboard and
around the soundhole. Some of the
designs are only built in small quantities,
while some have become so iconic to
our brand that we continue to offer them
many years after they were initially
introduced.
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Our acoustic electric Grand Auditoriums
have a cutaway body, allowing better
access for playing past the 12th fret.
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DREADNAUGHTS
JUMBO
SOUTHERN JUMBO
PARLOR
Our dreadnaughts remain true to the
heritage of what has made this body
style so popular over the years. We
build this time tested guitar style using
a variety of tone woods on the top like
cedar and German Engelmann spruce.
Big bodies for a big sound. Our Jumbo
Six and Twelve String guitars deliver
everything you want in a jumbo body,
fantastic volume and a big bass response.
These bodies are slightly modified
versions of our dreadnaught body. The
southern jumbo has a more rounded
shoulder than our dreadnaughts, and the
small jumbo has a smaller waist, arched
back and cutaway body style for higher
fret access.
Modern vintage embodied, these
guitars offer the look and sound of the
parlor guitars first popular in the late
1800’s. Notable features like a smaller,
slim waist body, slotted headstock
and vintage oval tuners give our parlor
guitars a retro style to match their warm
mid range tone.
On the back and sides we use mahogany,
maple and rosewood. This gives any flat
picker and strummer plenty to choose
from.
Available with solid spruce or cedar tops,
and a rosewood or tiger maple back and
sides.
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ORCHESTRA
TRAVEL & CASTAWAY
CLASSICAL
JAZZ BOXES
A smaller more comfortable body style.
Our orchestra guitars are perfect for
players looking for the comfort of a parlor
guitar but with a little more substance
and access past the 12th fret.
For the guitarist on the go, who wants
a real guitar wherever they go. While
compact in size, the same attention to
detail and craftsmanship found in our full
size guitars can be found in our travel
guitars as well.
From traditional Spanish style bodies
to thin bodies more akin to an electric
guitar, we build a variety of nylon string
guitars.
Inspired by the classic American semihollow body guitars, our Jazz Boxes
deliver the sound and feel sought after
by so many guitarists.
Tone woods include Sitka Spruce and
Cedar tops and Mahogany, Rosewood,
Dao, and Devil tree wood back and sides.
Tiger Maple tops, backs and sides make
these semi hollows warm and loud at the
same time.
Our acoustic electric orchestras feature
a cutaway body, great for doing lead
work and getting the most out of the
entire fretboard.
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A solid top and arched back will make
any of these guitars your best sounding
traveling companion.
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SLIM
SLIM ARCH & THIN BODY SOLID / PRO SERIES
BASSES
Our Slim Arch series is the most versatile
guitar in our lineup. The Slim Arch is
for the guitarist looking to cover a wide
variety of tones with one guitar.
Our acoustic basses are available in
short and long scale models, and with a
variety of tone woods like spruce, quilted
maple, and ashwood.
Built with the accomplished player in
mind, our professional series guitars are
built with solid tops, back and sides.
Tone woods offered in this series
range from Engelmann Spruce, to
Maple, Mahogany and Rosewood. Both
dreadnaught and grand auditorium
bodies are available.
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MANDOLINS
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DG-ROSE
TB-ROSE
ANNIVERSARY
ML-ROSE
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ABOUT THE SERIES
We build a special grand auditorium acoustic
electric every two years to celebrate the
company’s anniversary. Each of these anniversary
guitars has a unique design on the fretboard
and around the soundhole.
Some of the designs are only built in small
quantities, while some, like the Moonlight and
Twin Bird have become so iconic to our brand
that we continue to offer them many years after
they were initially introduced.
In 2014 we are proud to introduce the Dragon,
which marks our 42nd year of guitar building.
All models have solid Engelmann spruce tops,
with the option of either rosewood and
WF-ROSE // TB-MAHO // TB-ROSE // ML-MAHO
ML-ROSE // DG-ROSE
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SR-ROSE
PG-MAHO // PG-ROSE // CB-ROSE // SR-ROSE
WF-ROSE
THE MODELS
CB-ROSE Plus
mahogany back and sides.
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AGE 300SP N
AGE 400SP VTG
AGE 500TM OS
GAE 6 N
GAE 650 TM N
GAE 33 N
GRAND AUDITORIUM
ABOUT THE SERIES
Our Grand Auditorium guitars are crafted with
both comfort and sound in mind. The sloped
shoulder allows for easy finger picking, and the
full size body delivers the projection you would
expect from a dreadnaught. Our acoustic
electric Grand Auditoriums have a cutaway
body, allowing better access for playing past
the 12th fret.
THE MODELS
GA6 // GA7 // GA8 // GAE6 // GAE8 // GAE9
GAE15 // GAE15L // GAE33 // GAE650TM/VTG
AGE 300 SP/N // AGE 400SP/VTG // AGE 500TM/OS
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GAE 15 N
GAE 15L N
GA 6 N
GA 8 N
GAE 8 N
GA 7 N
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DREADNAUGHT
ABOUT THE SERIES
Our dreadnaughts remain true to the heritage of
what has made this body style so popular over
the years.
We build this time tested guitar style using a
variety of tone woods on the top like cedar and
German Engelmann spruce. On the back and
sides we use mahogany, maple and rosewood.
This gives any flat picker and strummer plenty
to choose from.
THE MODELS
D6 // D7 // D8 // D8TS // D9 // DE6 // DE7
DE8 // LITE D SP/VTG // LITE DE SP/N
LITE D SP/N // HILITE D SP/N // HILITE DE SP/N
HILITE DE SP/VTG
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D8 L N
HiLite DE SP N LH
D8 12 N
D8 12 EQ N
HiLite DE SP N
HiLite D SP N
HiLite DE SP VTG
D7 N
D6 N
D8 N
D8 TS
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J30 12 N
JUMBO
ABOUT THE SERIES
Big bodies for a big sound. Our Jumbo Six and
Twelve String guitars deliver everything you
want in a jumbo body, fantastic volume and a
big bass response. Available with solid spruce
or cedar tops, and a rosewood or tiger maple
back and sides.
THE MODELS
JE18 N
J18 N
J18 // JE18 // J3012
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SJ
JM250 VLSV
SOUTHERN/SMALL JUMBO
ABOUT THE SERIES
These bodies are slightly modified versions of our
dreadnaught body. The southern jumbo has a
more rounded shoulder than our dreadnaughts,
JM250 N
and the small jumbo has a smaller waist, arched
back and cutaway body style for higher fret access.
THE MODELS
TR060 VLSV
JM250/N // JM250/VLSV // TR060/VLSV
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TA080 AM
TA050 AM
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PARLOR
ABOUT THE SERIES
Modern vintage embodied, these guitars offer
the look and sound of the parlor guitars first
popular in the late 1800’s. Notable features like
a smaller, slim waist body, slotted headstock
and vintage oval tuners give our parlor guitars a
retro style to match their warm mid range tone.
THE MODELS
PL8 // TA050/AM // TA080/AM // PLT8 CD VTG
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PLT8 CD VTG
PL 8
PLT8 CD NT-2
PLT 8 CD/NT-2
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ORCHESTRA
ABOUT THE SERIES
A smaller more comfortable body style. Our
orchestra guitars are perfect for players looking
for the comfort of a parlor guitar but with a
little more substance and access past the 12th
fret. Our acoustic electric orchestras feature
a cutaway body, great for doing lead work and
getting the most out of the entire fretboard.
THE MODELS
T6 // TE 6 // TC035 // T035 // T035/EQ
TC035/TS // TM035 // TMC035 // HILITE T CD
HILITE TE CD/N // LITE TE CD/VTG
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T 035 N
TC 035 N
TM 035 N
TMC 035 N
LITE TE CD/N // LITE T CD/N
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HiLite T CD N
HiLite TE CD N
TM 045 N
Lite T CD N
Lite TE CD N
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TRAVEL & CASTAWAY
For the guitarist on the go, who wants a real
guitar wherever they go. While compact in size,
the same attention to detail and craftsmanship
found in our full size guitars can be found in our
TRV34 EQ OS
ABOUT THE SERIES
travel guitars as well. A solid top and arched
sounding traveling companion.
THE MODELS
LITE TRV/SP // TRV23 BK // TRV23 N // TRV23 L N
TRV23 CD/N // TRV23 EQ N // TRV34 EQ/OS
LITE CASTAWAY
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Lite Castaway
back will make any of these guitars your best
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TRV23 BK
TRV23 N
TRV23 CD N
TRV23 EQ N
TRV23 L N
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CLASSICAL
C6 N
CTS155C BK
ABOUT THE SERIES
From traditional Spanish style bodies to thin
bodies more akin to an electric guitar, we build
a variety of nylon string guitars. Tone woods
include Sitka Spruce and Cedar tops and Mahogany, Rosewood, Dao, and Devil tree wood
LITE CE CD N
back and sides.
THE MODELS
C6 // CE15 // CT125C/BK // CTS155C/BK
LITE CE SP // LITE CE CD/N // LITE CSE CD/N
CT125C BK
CE15 N
Lite CSE CD N
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JAZZ BOXES
FEG780 TM VTG-V
SEG480 TM VTG-V
JB
ABOUT THE SERIES
Inspired by the classic American semi-hollow
body guitars, our Jazz Boxes deliver the sound
and feel sought after by so many guitarists.
Tiger Maple tops, backs and sides make these
semi hollows warm and loud at the same time.
THE MODELS
FEG 780 // SEG 480
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SLIM
ABOUT THE SERIES
Our Slim Arch series is the most versatile guitar
looking to cover a wide variety of tones with
one guitar.
The SA features a lipstick pickup in the neck
position, and an LR Baggs Element acoustic
pickup under the saddle. The preamp on the SA
allows you to select either pickup or blend the
two together.
The SAT has a P90 pickup in the neck position,
and an LR Baggs Element pickup under the saddle
as well. There is a volume and tone knob on the
body for each pickup, and a three-way toggle to
select either pickup or blend them together.
Included with the SAT is a split cable that
allows you to send each pickup to a separate
sound amplifier. For example if you wanted to
send the P90 sound to your guitar amplifier, but
send the acoustic pickup to your PA system.
THE MODELS
SAT QMOS // SAT TMVS // SAT TMBK // SA
QMMS //
SA QMOS // SA ARW // SA TMVS //
SA BUB // CT120/N // CTS150/N
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SAT TMVS
in our lineup. The Slim Arch is for the guitarist
CTS 150 N
SA BUB
SLIM ARCH & THIN BODY
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SA TMVS
SA ARW
SA QMMS
SA QMOS
SAT TMBK
SAT QMOS
CT 120 N
GLXE3000 RS
GLXE3000 SK
GLXE3000 SK
ALL SOLID / PROFESSIONAL
ABOUT THE SERIES
Built with the accomplished player in mind, our
professional series guitars are built with solid
tops, back and sides. Tone woods offered
in this series range from Engelmann Spruce,
to Maple, Mahogany and Rosewood. Both
dreadnaught and grand auditorium bodies are
available.
THE MODELS
GLXE6000/RSB // GLXE 4000/RS // GLXE 4000/SK
GLXE 3000/SK // GLXE 3000/RS // GLXE 3000/CDRS
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DV250 C EQ VTG
DV250 VTG
GLXE4000 SK
DV250/VTG // DV250/VTG/EQ // DV250CEQ/VTG
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GLXE6000 RSB
GLXE3000 CD RS
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Our acoustic basses are available in short and
long scale models, and with a variety of tone
woods like spruce, quilted maple, and ashwood.
THE MODELS
BA400 EQ/N // BA580EQ-5/TBK
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BA400 EQ N
ABOUT THE SERIES
BA580 EQ-5 TBK
BASS
M88 E RS
M88 E AM
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MANDOLIN
THE MODELS
M88 E RS // M88 E AM
M77 E MS
M77 E RS
M77 E RS // M77 E MS
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CRAFTER GUITARS
325 Hill Carter Parkway, Suite K, Ashland, VA 23005 USA // 888.798.2007
To learn more about Crafter, Cruzer and Ashland Guitars,
please visit our website at www.crafterguitars.com