This is a very rare find indeed. My wife and daughter spotted this Crafter acoustic guitar in the window of the local charity shop and decided to investigate and then quickly bought it because they thought I might find it interesting.
What they had found was this very rare Crafter guitars Model SGA-008/n.
How do I know it is rare you may ask?
Try looking for one online. You will not find this model for sale anywhere?
Except for just one example which is spread over several websites including eBay and a few auction sites which has now been withdrawn from sale?
It's over 20 years old and is in amazing condition so I decided to give it a clean up and oil the fretboard with some boiled linseed oil and slap a fresh set of D'adario strings on it.
It cleaned up a treat and sounds great.
Timestamps
Crafter guitar description of parts 2:19
How to read the Crafter model/serial number 3:03
How to clean an acoustic guitar body and neck 5:00
How to clean the guitar's fretboard 6:55
How to restring an acoustic guitar 11:18
Sound samples of the completed guitar 15:00
Crafter acoustic guitar specs for model SGA-008/N
Top : Sitka Spruce Top
Back & Sides - Solid Mahogany
Body shape - Jumbo
Neck - Mahogany
Fretboard - Rosewood
Bridge - Pin less / string thru
Binding - Solid Maple
Inlays - beautiful quality around Sound Hole & on Fretboard Markers.
Tuners - high quality Crafter
Manufactured in Korea - 2001
This is the factory tour. Worth a watch.
Crafter Guitars Factory Tour (at Korea) : by AcousticThai.Net
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