Ideal for novices, the cost-effective RED50CE Acoustic/Electric Guitar features a Venetian cutaway with a spruce top, basswood back and sides, a cream-bound catalpa neck with Rockwood fingerboard and pearl dot inlays, and a cream-bound body. Additionally, there is a triple-ring herringbone rosette, a black teardrop scratchplate, and a Rockwood bridge with a compensated saddle. Also included are chrome diecast machine heads, a Redding 3-band EQ preamp with an LCD chromatic tuner, rotary volume, low, middle, and high controls, phase-shift and tuner switches, a low battery LED, and a 9-volt battery, as well as a piezo under-saddle pickup. Finalizing the package are UPlay Guitar Guide and free online lessons, as well as a natural gloss finish.