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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
A 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
D 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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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
J 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
P 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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O 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
T 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
C 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 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
B 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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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
