NEW Norman B20 HG natural solid spruce High Gloss handmade acoustic steel string guitar

You are looking at a brand new, blemish-free Norman B20 HG solid spruce acoustic guitar, handmade in La Patrie, Quebec, Canada, complete with a used Korg TM-40 digital tuner and metronome.

Includes:

Norman B20 HG natural solid spruce High Gloss acoustic guitar
Godin A6 LT High Definition strings (on guitar)
Korg TM-40 digital tuner and metronome (2 AAA batteries included)

This is a wonderful gift idea for guitar enthusiasts and players of any level!

Guitar Features

Norman B20 HG:

Carefully handmade in La Patrie, Quebec, Canada.
Flawless High Gloss finish.
Beautiful natural wood look.
Traditional dreadnought body style for a more full sound.
Select solid spruce top, generally recognized as the best type of wood from which the soundboard can be made.
Back and sides made from a three-layer laminate of cherry wood, producing a nice warm sound.
Nice bookmatching top and back.
Decorative rosewood fingerboard with easy to read white position markers.
21 custom alloy frets with beveled edges, allowing you to easily slide your finger without getting stuck.
Awesome low action without any fret buzz, making it very easy to play, especially good for beginners.
Attractive real wood soundhole rosette.
Precise neck pitch, producing superior neck/body energy transfer, due to the glueless wood-to-wood attachment to the body.
Rosewood bridge with high-density resin cast fully compensated saddle.
Custom Tusq nut.
Very attractive cream/tan body binding, complimenting the honey-glazed back and sides.
High-ratio sealed tuning machines that keep dust and dirt out, and allow you to perfectly tune your guitar quickly and easily, without slippage or backlash.
Heavy duty pick guard to help preserve the body of your guitar.
Chrome plated strap attachment button.
Limited lifetime manufacturer’s warranty.
Pro quality guitar of exceptional value!

Strings

Installed on the guitar are new Godin Acoustic A6 LT 'Phosphor Bronze' Light High Definition Strings (.012,.016,.024,.032,.042,.053).

Guitar innovator Robert Godin united with the leading string manufacturer in the United States to create these outstanding strings. Each set has been selected for the best and most consistent sound. After all, great guitars demand great strings.

Sound

Sound is where Norman guitars win biggest. This guitar has an incredibly rich and full sound. The bass is amazing and the highs are very nice as well. Overall very well balanced - which means that the guitar is very versatile, in terms of sound and musical styles.

Tuner

Korg tuners and metronomes are acclaimed around the world for their extremely high accuracy and superb features. The TM-40 is a multi-function digital tuner and metronome in a single, compact, easy-to-use package. Designed as a practice tool for wind, string, keyboard, guitar and other instruments, it allows players to use the tuner and metronome functions simultaneously or independently.

Tuner section features, 12 note equal temperament, detection range of C1 (32.70Hz) to C5 (4186.01Hz), calibration range is A4 = 410Hz to 480Hz.

Metronome section features, 40 to 208 bpm (beats per minute), time signatures include 0-7 beats, duplets, triplets, quadruplets.

The TM-40 has a long battery life (approximately 70 hours of continuous tuner use, or 50 hours of metronome use, from two included AAA batteries). Its Auto-off function shuts the unit off after 20 minutes of non-use. Memory backup remembers Tempo, Beat, Calibration and Reference Pitch settings when the power is turned off.

The TM-40 features an INPUT jack (1/4" mono) and PHONE jack (1/8" mini). The unit measures a compact 5.24" (W) x 3.03" (D) x 0.71" (H) and weighs 3.07 oz. (3.77 oz. including batteries).

About Norman guitars

Norman guitars are handcrafted in La Patrie, Quebec, Canada. Each model is made from tone woods carefully selected for the best sound and structural integrity.

The first Norman guitars were produced in the early 1970's. In the last thirty years, Norman's reputation for superb quality and excellent value has grown in a grassroots, word-of-mouth kind of way amongst musicians which has earned Norman’s world class guitars the distinction of ‘Canada's guitar'.

The B20 line is the foundation of all the Norman guitars. The solid spruce top and lacquer finish alone distinguish this guitar. The three-layer laminate of cherry wood used in the back and sides of the B20 produces a tone that sounds warmer than maple but brighter than a mahogany guitar. The B20’s tone works beautifully for recording and blends nicely when amplified on stage.

The B20 HG is the same guitar as the standard B20 but with a gorgeous high gloss finish. It is comprised of eight coats of lacquer which is buffed down to the equivalent of about six coats — a process that takes about eight days to complete.

800 Year Old Trees

Norman guitars feature either solid cedar or spruce tops. The wood used in these tops can be found only in cedar and spruce trees that have an average age of about 800 years. The tight, straight grain in this wood makes it strong in the direction of the string tension while at the same time flexible across the grain lines. It is this combination of rigidity and flexibility that gives the top its resonance. The vibration of the guitar top is the most crucial element of the sound.

Alcohol Lacquer

Norman guitars are finished with a special alcohol lacquer formula. This finish is light enough to allow the wood to breathe and vibrate freely. The top's resonating capacity actually improves as the guitar is played over an extended period of time. This gradual improvement in the response of the top is often referred to as "aging".

Hardwood Back & Sides

Only hard reflective wood is used in the back and sides of Norman guitars. Most models feature back and sides made using the superior technique of three layers of true hard woods. This special lamination retains all of the properties of superior tonewoods.