Away from the aesthetics, the Gold Series fundamentals are typically on point. You have a Fishman Flex Blend acoustic guitar pickup system ... in an X pattern. The fret edges have been treated ...

Still keeping with the C note, notice there are five fretboard places across five strings to play the guitar's same middle C. On the five-line music stave, this C is in the gap between the third ...

A quick check of the setup ruled out a high fret or neck ... comfort or to save the gold paint from wearing away in this spot ...