Gauges 12-16-24-32-42-54. Extra-bright Hi-Beam 80/20s are designed to cut through bluegrass ensembles and to derive extra clarity from heavily braced or dull-sounding guitars. Wrapped upon a hex core, Hi-Beam 80/20 acoustics are handmade and hand-wound for great tone and increased longevity.

The Gibson CSM-CE Grand Concert guitar from the Songmaker series is made from solid wood and sports features such as Gibson's traditional scalloped bracing, double acting truss rods, a premium Sitka spruce top, and a Fishman Prefix Pro Blend pickup.The CSM-CE acoustic-electric guitar features a J-45 headstock, the rosette of the SJ-200, the pickguard from the Blues King, and the bridge from the Woody Guthrie Southern Jumbo. Gibson blended these timeless features with the classic grand concert body style— solid mahogany back and sides — creating a series of guitars for every personal preference.Other significant appointments include a solid mahogany, 25-1/2-inch scale neck with an ebony fingerboard, rosewood binding, genuine mother of pearl dot inlays, chrome hardware, and Tusq saddles, nuts, and bridge pins. The headstock and peghead carry the Gibson logo in silk-screened gold letters. In addition, every Songmaker Series acoustic comes with its own standard hard shell guitar case from Gibson Acoustic.

All the wood and hardware you need to build your own high-end acoustic guitar with a solid spruce top. Critical steps such as neck-joint machining, fretboard slotting, soundboard finishing, thickness sanding, and side shaping have been done for you by skilled luthiers. Included instructions will make YOU a skilled luthier as you assemble the body; install and trim the braces, back, soundboard, neck, and fretboard; rout, attach, and trim the purflings and bindings; and learn how much more there is to producing a fine instrument. Includes everything you need but glue, finishes, and tools. Choose the Dreadnought model with mahogany sides and back, rosewood fingerboard and bridge; or Auditorium, Dreadnought Herringbone, Dreadnought, or D.41 models with East Indian rosewood back and sides, and ebony fingerboard and bridge.