Crafter ES-MAHO DCE

Stage series 20, cutaway Grand auditorium acoustic-electric guitar with solid spruce top, 12 strings

- Top: Solid Engelmann spruce
- Back and sides: Rosewood, layered
- Neck: Mahogany, with wood binding
- Body neck junction : Crafter Korean way
- Neck width : 48 mm / 1.88'
- Fingerboard: Rosewood, Crafter wood inlays design
- Bridge: Rosewood
- Saddle: Compensated
- Rosette: Wood Crafter inlay
- Headstock logo and inlay : Mother of pearl
- Body binding: White ABS with purfling
- Electronics: DS-2 Pro+ preamp system with Pro condenser gooseneck microphone and under-saddle pickup, with stealth tuner located in the rosette
- Machine heads: Grover, gold
- Strings: Elixir, Nanoweb Phosphor Bronze Gauge .012 - .053
- Finish: Highgloss

- Colour: Natural

CRAFTER Philosophy
We hope every guitar we craft becomes a vessel of inspiration and resonance in someone’s life—

Crafter team, we don’t believe guitar making is simply about shaping & carving wood beneath the strings. To us, it’s about building a special bridge that delivers emotional inspiration from the performer to the listener.

Opening that bridge of inspiration—this has been our mission since 1972, when our journey began in a humble basement workshop in Mapo-Gu, Seoul City. That mission still lives on today, as we continue to handcraft each guitar with deep sincerity and an unwavering commitment to quality.

To the Crafter team, a guitar is never just an instrument. Every detail is carefully designed and crafted to achieve harmony between tone and aesthetics. We believe a guitar should be a true ‘work of art’—one that offers new musical experiences, and one that inspires through both sound and craftsmanship.

A great guitar starts with great tonewood.
That’s why we travel the world.

From the dense forests of North America and the highlands of the Alps,
to the deep jungles of Africa, the rosewood farms of India,
and the islands of Hawaii in the Pacific—
we source premium tonewoods under strict standards,
and season them over time to ensure long-term stability and tonal integrity.

Our dedication to the fine quality tonewood reflects a core belief:
A great guitar is crafted with great tonewood.
This is the heart of Crafter’s philosophy.

Extensive Research.
Deep Understanding.
A Vision Beyond Tradition.

Crafter team, we don’t stay rooted in tradition—we build upon it. From our VVS (Vintage Voicing System), featuring roasted spruce tops, to the compact yet rich-sounding Mino Series, and our DS-2Pro+ & Stealth Tuner in-body preamp systems—we continuously create forward-looking features for the evolving styles of today’s players.

We’ve never stopped investing in new structures, specs, and tonal innovations designed to resonate with today’s players.

Crafter guitars are born from decades of experience and know-how—refined by the sound of today, and driven by the technology of tomorrow.