Acoustic Guitar Comparison: Dowina Danubius GACE-S vs. another western guitar
1st part: Same woods, same strings, different body size (and shape) - Grand Auditorium vs. Jumbo

In December 2014 I saw a guitar in an instrument shop that fascinated me a lot because it was absolutely lightwight and very easy to play because its neck was with 45mm (1,77") a little bit broader than usually. It was a Dowina 999 GACE-S, made in Slowakia. I had never heard of this brand name. When I returned to the shop, unfortunately the guitar was already sold. In 2015, Dowina changed the names of the product line, the 999 series is now called Danubius and is also a bit upgraded: the fretboard used to be rosewood and is now ebony.

I couldn't find the 999 GACE-S anywhere, not even in Chech or Slovakian online shops. In the Netherlands, at the American Guitar Store / World Music Sales in Apeldoorn, I finally found its bigger sister, the 999 JC-S, a wonderful Jumbo-sized guitar, and I was close to give up to look for the guitar I once had seen. But finally Willem from the American Guitar Store could get the successor model and sold it to me. I was so happy! :-)

In the first part of this little series I compare my Dowina Danubius GACE-S with my Dowina 999 JC-S. They have the same strings and the same woods (except the fretboard): solid spruce top, Indian rosewood back and sides, mahogany neck, but a different body form and size. The Jumbo body accents the bass notes notably more than the Grand Auditorium body.

If you are looking for a particular Dowina guitar and you live in the Benelux/North Rhine Westphalia area, you might find it at the American Guitar Store (or they can get it):
www.worldmusicsales.com

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Vergleich einer Grand Auditorium-Gitarre mit einer Jumbo-Gitarre bei gleichen Hölzern und Saiten.
Comparación de una guitarra de forma Grand Auditorium con otra de forma Jumbo, construidas con la misma madera, y con las mismas cuerdas.
Comparaison d'une guitare Grand Auditorium avec une guitare Jumbo, construites avec le même bois, et avec les mêmes cordes.
Přirovnání kytary Grand Auditorium s kytarou Jumbo, které jsou postaveny s stejného dřeva, a se stejnými strunami.
Сравнение гитары Гранд Аудиториум с гитарой Джамбо, построены из того же дерева, и с теми же струнами.

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Dowina Danubius GACE-S / 999 JC-S:
solid Italian Alpine spruce top
Indian rosewood back & sides (and bridge)
mahogany neck
ebony fretboard (Danubius) / rosewood fretboard (999)
D'Addario EXP16 coated phosphor bronze strings (12-53)
Beyerdynamic MCE 530 micros used for the sound recording

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