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Recording King RD-316 acoustic steel-string guitar, natural

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Recording King RD-316 acoustic steel-string guitar, natural
Product no: EMP-RD316 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

This all-solid RD-316 acoustic guitar by Recording King has a surprisingly affordable price tag. It's a high-quality Dreadnought with some luxurious features, including a top made of AAA Adirondack, a type of spruce that offers a rich, open, lively sound. Furthermore, the RD-316 has an ebony bridge and fretboard with pearloid position markers that go from big to small. For maximum resonance and historical authenticity, this guitar has been given a thin layer of nitrocellulose lacquer.

Recording King RD-316: resonant body and comfortable neck

Not only is the top of this Recording King RD-316 made of solid wood, but the sides and back are all-solid as well. They're made of African mahogany for a warm, sweet sound that boasts rich mids and sparkling trebles that contrasts nicely with the full, bright tone of the Adirondack top. As well as its fantastic sound, the RD-316 is also comfortable. The single-piece mahogany C-profile neck is 43mm wide and has 20 frets, and is attached to the body by means of a hand-crafted dove tail joint technique.

Other special features

This guitar features a decorative diamond-style volute from the '30s that adorns the heel. It also has forward X-bracing, which means the body is reinforced towards the front, making this Dreadnought stronger and giving it more resonance in the lower registers and more brightness in the trebles. It's an ideal instrument in a band with other loud acoustic instruments like a banjo or a violin. Last but not least, Recording King has equipped the RD-316 with a set of top-notch Grover Butterbean machine heads and a real bone string nut and saddle.

Specifications

Product features

Number of frets	20
Number of strings	6
Body construction	all solid
Cutaway	no
Wood type (back)	mahogany
Fretboard wood	ebony
Wood type (soundboard)	spruce
Wood type (sides)	mahogany
Includes cover	no
Includes case	no
Colour	wood/natural
Left-handed	no
Body type	dreadnought

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	4,0 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	108,5 x 50,0 x 15,0 cm

Product specifications

acoustic steel-string guitar
colour: natural, high gloss
finish: nitrocellulose
body style: Dreadnought
top: AAA Adirondack solid spruce
sides and back: solid African mahogany
neck: single-piece C profile mahogany
fretboard: ebony with pearloid position markers
scale length: 25.4 in
number of frets: 20
string nut: bone, 1 11/16 in
machine heads: Grover open Butterbean, nickel
bridge: ebony with compensated bone saddle
body binding: tortoiseshell

details:

all-solid construction for a fuller sound and more volume
AAA Adirondack top: top-quality spruce for acoustic guitars
bone top and bridge saddle: better sound and tuning stability
solid dovetail neck joint
comfortable C profile neck
high-quality classic Grover Butterbean machine heads
thin layer of authentic nitrocellulose lacquer finish

Reviews from other countries

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Egon B. 30 April 2017

Wrote the following about Recording King RD-316 acoustic steel-string guitar, natural

Iedere dag ben ik weer blij dat ik deze gitaar heb gekocht. Wat een geluid! rond, vol, goede sustain. Speelt mooi flageolet en leent zich van stevige rock/blues tot romantisch klassiek. Inderdaad, een sobere afwerking, weinig tierelantijntjes. Iedereen zoekt natuurlijk iets anders, maar voor de prijs/kwaliteit verhouding is deze gitaar zeker de moeite van het bekijken/bespelen/beluisteren waard. Kijk ook eens op Youtube voor de vergelijkingen met Martins.

vincent c. 28 August 2015

Wrote the following about Recording King RD-316 acoustic steel-string guitar, natural

Wat ben ik nog steeds gelukkig dat ik deze gitaar heb gekocht,

Sober maar O ZO GOED !!!

Leent zich het best voor tokkelspel

volledig massief mooi hout

prima afgewerkt, misschien iets teveel lak in de hoeken van de hals/body

maar dit mag geen kritiek zijn.

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