Grand Concert Electro-Acoustic Guitars

Grand Concert electro-acoustic guitars have a smaller body with a narrow waist and a pickup, making them comfortable to play seated and ready to plug into an amplifier. Models here include the Ibanez VC44CE and PC12MHCE, Pasadena PGC-100E and PGC-200E, and Takamine GF30CE with its FXC body, which Takamine compares to a Grand Concert. The smaller body has a clear sound and tends to be less prone to feedback than a large body when amplified. For the same shape without a pickup, visit our Grand Concert acoustic guitars page.

Who is a Grand Concert electro-acoustic guitar for?

A Grand Concert with a pickup suits singers accompanying themselves in a café or church, as well as guitarists who find a large body gets in the way. The narrow waist makes it easy to rest the guitar on your leg when seated. Models with “CE” in their name, such as the Ibanez VC44CE or Takamine GF30CE, have a cutaway for easier access to the higher frets.

Grand Concert or Grand Auditorium with a pickup?

A Grand Auditorium has a wider lower bout, a fuller sound when strummed and more bass. A Grand Concert is more compact and better suited to fingerpicking or to anyone wanting a smaller guitar. You will find the larger body with a pickup on our Grand Auditorium electro-acoustic guitars page.