Sigma OMM-ST

Description

The Sigma OMM-ST is a western guitar that has all the qualities a good and affordable guitar should have. It has a well-shaped mahogany neck that is comfortable to play on, a solid spruce top that gives the OMM-ST a rich and pleasant tone, and good tuning pegs, making it easy to tune.

The OMM-ST is a 6-string western guitar that Sigma builds with a soundboard made of solid Sitka spruce and mahogany. The combination of spruce and mahogany is a classic combination of woods used on many types of guitars – from high-quality beginner guitars to hand-built Martin guitars. The combination of spruce and mahogany gives the OMM-ST a rich tone with high volume, making it suitable for many different playing styles. The neck is also made of mahogany, while the fretboard is made of Micarta – a composite material that works really well for fretboards. As expected, both the saddle and the nut are made of genuine bone, so the contact between the strings and the soundboard is optimal.

OM-type guitars, such as the OMM-ST, are particularly favored by fingerstyle guitarists – partly due to the relatively small body, where the balance between low and high frequencies is perfect for fingerstyle, and partly due to the neck dimensions. The OM model combines a smaller body size, which is identical to the 000 model, with the same scale length that a dreadnought guitar has. This results in a guitar with a balanced tone that has plenty of volume to accompany a singing voice.

To keep the price down on this model, Sigma has opted out of extravagant decorations, such as body binding and excessive mother-of-pearl inlays, so that every crown you pay for the guitar goes towards tone and playability.

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