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 large body teamed up with quality electronics, hardware, and fine woods allows the pristine, crystalline highs to blend perfectly with a full, well rounded low end.
Specifications
Body & Construction
Top Wood Spruce
Back Wood Flame Maple
Sides Flame Maple
Bracing Quarter Sawn Scalloped Sitka Spruce bracing
Rosette Faux-Abalone
Type Acoustic Guitars
Shape Festival Florentine Cutaway
Style 6 String Acoustic, Cutaway
Neck
Neck Wood Maple 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 Alternative
Tuners Chrome Diecast
Other
Color Tobacco Sunburst
Finish Gloss Finish
Strings D'Addario EXP-16 light set phospher bronze