Models
Every model, most significant first.
6 models
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Atkin The Forty Three (J43)
Slope-shoulder steel-string acoustic guitar
Steel-string guitar · United Kingdom
Atkin's The Forty Three (J43) is a big-bodied slope-shoulder steel-string acoustic guitar with an easy-playing shorter scale that has made it a favourite of singer-songwriters. Its baked Sitka spruce top over mahogany back and sides delivers warm mids, solid lows, and clear definition over pre-war scalloped bracing.
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Collings CJ Series
Collings's slope-shouldered dreadnought flat-tops
Acoustic guitar · United States
The Collings CJ Series is the company's slope-shouldered dreadnought line, including the CJ and CJ-35, hand-built in Austin, Texas with a warm, woody voice inspired by vintage round-shouldered guitars.
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Collings CJ-35
Mahogany slope-shouldered dreadnought acoustic guitar
Acoustic guitar, Steel-string guitar · United States
The Collings CJ-35 is a slope-shouldered dreadnought with a Sitka spruce top, mahogany back and sides, a wenge fingerboard and bridge, and ramped non-scalloped bracing, hand-built in Austin, Texas. Its short 24-7/8-inch scale and round-shouldered body give it a warm, woody, vintage-inspired voice.
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Iris DF
Slope-shouldered dreadnought acoustic
United States
The DF is an Iris Guitar Company slope-shouldered dreadnought modeled on the revered flattops built in Kalamazoo in the 1930s. Hand-built in Vermont, it brings grit, warmth and Depression-era character.
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Gibson Country Western
Flat-top acoustic guitar
Acoustic guitar · United States
A square-shouldered dreadnought flat-top from Gibson's golden era, closely related to the Southern Jumbo but offered in a natural finish. Its large body and strong projection made it a workhorse for country and folk rhythm playing.
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Bourgeois Slope D
Slope-shoulder dreadnought acoustic guitar
United States
The Bourgeois Slope D is a slope-shouldered dreadnought defined by its short 25-inch scale length, with a 25.5-inch version also offered. Slightly curvier, wider, and deeper than the square-shouldered dreadnought, it has long been favored by country and American roots players and is widely regarded as an excellent choice for vocal accompaniment and as a fingerpicker's dreadnought. Bourgeois builds and hand-voices it in Lewiston, Maine.