• The Morgan Monroe Creekside MMV-5 is a moderately acoustic guitar inspired by vintage styles.Banjo And Guitar, White Iso. image by Scott Williams from Fotolia.com
  
  Morgan Monroe Acoustic Instruments offers moderately priced vintage-style acoustic guitars manufactured in Korea, though the company is based in Indiana. The MMV-5 is part of Morgan Monroe's Creekside Collection, a series of guitars aimed at bluegrass and folk players. It is a mini-jumbo guitar with a 22 1/2 inch scale length, hand-rubbed tobacco finish and a body shape based on the Martin "00" series of acoustic guitars.
  
  

Classic Tonewoods

• Made of classic tone-woods, the MMV-5 comes with an x-braced solid sitka spruce top and laminated mahogany neck, back and sides. Both the bridge and fingerboard are made of East Indian rosewood. The binding and dot inlay are maple.
  
  

Nut and Saddle

• The nut and saddle are made of bone. String spacing is 1/4 inch at the nut and 3/8 inch at the saddle. The nut width is 1 11/16 inches, making it a bit narrow for fingerstyle playing.
  
  

Frets

• The MMV-5 has 19 stainless steel frets. Stainless steel frets do not wear down as fast as nickel frets, but some guitar makers think they sound too bright. A dovetail joint attaches the neck to the body at the 14th fret.
  
  

Tuners

• The MMV-5 features Grover Sta-Tite locking tuners. Grover tuners are known for their stability and are rarely found on guitars in the Creekside MMV-5's under-$500 price range. The Sta-Tite tuner is a vintage style tuner with an open back, visible threading and an 18-to-one gear ratio.
  
  

Strings

• The MMV-5 comes standard with D'Addario steel strings.
  
  

Case

• The MMV-5 comes with a nylon gig bag or soft case.
  
  

Warranty

• The Creekside MMV-5 comes with a lifetime warranty.