A full-scale classical guitar you can play anywhere.
The Escape Classical is a full 25 ½”-scale solid-body nylon string acoustic/electric travel guitar with a headphone amp built in. Substantially smaller than a traditional classical, and ready to hit the road with you.
Compact Design
The proprietary In-Body Tuning System uses standard tuning machines relocated into the body, eliminating the need for a headstock. As a result, you’ll have the same full-scale playing experience you’re used to on an instrument that’s 25% shorter than a typical full size classical. The body is also 46% thinner than a typical classical guitar, allowing this guitar to be super compact.
Built in Pickup and Headphone Amplifier
When you need to privately practice, the built-in Shadow headphone amplifier will give you a crisp, clean signal through headphones without needing any extra gear. An under-the-saddle piezo pickup senses the vibrations of the strings and body for an acoustic style sound without needing a resonant body. The standard ¼” output lets you to plug directly into a mixing board, headphones, or your favorite amp. With the 1/8” auxiliary in, you can play along with tracks from your mobile device.
Other Features
Features include an alder body and a bolt-on maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard. It has standard tuning machines and uses standard nylon guitar strings, measures only 29 1/2″ in length, and is ready to play right out of the gig bag. A perfect solution for traveling classical players unwilling to compromise on scale length, and looking for a compact yet comfortable guitar. The Escape Classical fits easily in airline overhead compartments in the included Deluxe Gig Bag.
✓ Built-in headphone amp with aux-in for jamming along to backing tracks
✓ Shadow Electronics NanoFlex pickup with custom preamp
✓ Gloss-finished cedar top on alder body
✓ Deluxe gigbag included
Specifications
- Scale Length: 25.5 IN
- Electronics: ACTIVE ELECTRONICS W/ VOLUME, TREBLE AND BASS, AND PHASE SWITCH
- Headphone Amp: CUSTOM HEADPHONE AMP WITH BUILT-IN TUNER AND AUX-INPUT
- Pickup(s): SHADOW NANOFLEX
- Top: CEDAR
- Body: ALDER
- Neck: MAPLE
- Construction: BOLT-ON
- Finish: NATURAL GLOSS TOP, MATTE BACK & SIDES
- Binding: ROSETONE ABS
- Hardware: 16:1 OPEN GEAR, PEARLOID
- Fingerboard: ROSEWOOD
- Frets: 21 MEDIUM
- Neck Radius: FLAT
- Neck Width at Nut: 1.94 IN.
- Overall Length: 29.5 IN.
- Overall Depth: 2.13 IN.
- Body Width: 10.75 IN.
- Gig Bag LxWxH: 31.5 X 13 X 4.5 (IN.)
- Weight: 4 LBS. 11 OZ.
- Weight in Gig Bag: 6 LBS. 14 OZ.
- Audio Output: STANDARD 1/4 IN. JACK, 1/8 IN. HEADPHONE OUT
- Instrument Input: 1/8 IN. AUX-IN
- Batteries: 2 X AAA
- Strings: D’ADDARIO EJ-45