The Lakewood body shapes and their characteristics
Every Lakewood guitar model is based on one of Lakewood's five body shapes. Each of these shapes brings its own visual, tonal and ergonomic characteristics and gives the guitar a basic character. This basic character makes the guitar especially well suited to certain playing techniques or styles. Since in music anything is allowed, of course, it should be emphasized here that the following descriptions are intended only as orientation and recommendations, not as rigid rules.
Concert
Super-fast response, lively, handy, loves to travel.
Possible applications
- Folk
- Blues
- Bluegrass
Auditorium
Fast, crisp response, comfortable playing feel, presence in the highs and mids, tonally balanced.
Possible applications
- Blues
- Bluegrass
- Flatpicking
- Fingerstyle
Grand Concert
Offers the broadest character spectrum of all Lakewood models. Balanced sound across all registers with very clear note separation.
Possible applications
- Fingerstyle / Picking
- Singer / Songwriter
- In a band context
- "All-round" shape
Dreadnought
Broadly suited to many styles, tonally balanced with a distinctive low-mid range. Rich, warm sound.
Possible applications
- Blues
- Singer / Songwriter
- In a band context
- Strumming in general
Jumbo
Big, voluminous tone, pronounced bass range, slightly slower response, but with powerful sustain after the attack.
Possible applications
- Singer / Songwriter
- In a band context
- Strumming