Hohner has announced the launch of the new Essential Series of acoustic guitars. These guitars are built utilizing a revolutionary technique Hohner calls "frequency matching." Hohner's technicians utilize a form of tap tuning to determine the resonant frequencies of the wood and then match the solid spruce tops with similarly resonant mahogany backs and sides. The result is a guitar that is unusually resonant, producing a rich, singing, tone that makes even the small-bodied Parlor and Folk guitars in the Essential Series sound huge