Countless “Name” players have played the electric-acoustic Festival from its inception in 1979 to the current day. In the hands of Nuno Bettencourt, the tune More Than Words inspired a generation of musicians to return to their roots and play acoustic. Available in the classic Florentine cutaway Mini-Jumbo, and the more modern Venetian cutaway Mini & Petite Jumbo bodies, the Festival is a statement of your desire to be a part of history.
Washburn designed the Festival series to address the needs of the performing musician and it has succeeded for over 25 years. The Festival series was the standard acoustic/electric guitar seen on MTV’s “Unplugged” series and has since become one of the best selling and most copied guitars on the market. A comfortable body teamed up with quality Barcus-Berry electronics, hardware, and fine woods allows the pristine, crystalline highs to blend perfectly with a full, well rounded low end.
FEATURES
Comfortable MJ Cutaway Body
The EA15's Mini-Jumbo body is easier to play for those that find the larger Dreadnought & Grand Auditorium shapes uncomfortable. The EA15 MJ is suited for smaller players, young learners, or musicians looking for the more focused and intimate voice of a small bodied guitar provides. Built with a cutaway, access to the upper frets is a breeze.
Barcus-Berry Electronics
Plug-in ready and pre-equipped with a pickup loaded with features such as an onboard tuner, EQ controls and feedback resistance, all from Barcus-Berry, developer the first ever piezo crystal transducer for musical instruments in 1963.
Tobacco Burst Gloss Finish
A Tobacco Burst finish is applied to this Festival EA15 to create an instant classic. The fade from dark to light coffee really brings out the wood character of its Figured Maple top.
Specifications
Body & Construction
Top Wood Flame Maple
Back Wood Catalpa
Sides Catalpa
Bracing Quarter Sawn Scalloped Sitka Spruce bracing
Rosette Faux-Abalone
Type Acoustic Guitars
Shape Mini Jumbo
Style 6 String Acoustic, Cutaway
Neck
Neck Wood Mahogany with 2-way Truss Rod
Fretboard Engineered Wood
Number Of Frets 20 frets
Inlays dots
Nut Graphtech NuBone
Nut Width 1-11/16"
Scale 25-1/2"
Electronics
Controls Volume, built-in tuner, Bass/Mid/Treble, Notch/Presence
Preamp System Barcus-Berry EQ4T
Hardware
Hardware Chrome hardware
Bridge Engineered Wood
Tuners Chrome Diecast
Other
Color Ice Tea Burst
Finish Gloss
Strings D'Addario EXP-16 light set phospher bronze