Since Crafter model descriptions tend to be a little cryptic the following chart should help you understand.
Table of model descriptions
| Grand Auditorium, Dreadnought | Designation for the body shape. Dreadnought guitars have a bigger body and thus more low-ends which makes them fit best for chord accompaniment and strumming while grand auditorium guitars are best for picking and solos |
|---|---|
| Shortscale | Smaller guitars that are best fit for all those with smaller hands or those that seek the playing feel of an electric guitar on an acoustic |
| Lite | Matt laquered surface |
| HiLite | High gloss laquered surface |
| TE/D/GAE etc. | These are model designations: TE (orchestra model), GA (grand auditorium), D/DE (dreadnought) |
| CD/MH/SP etc. | Top wood designations: CD (cedro), MH (mahogany), SP (spruce) |
| N/BR/VTG/BK etc. | Top finish designations: N (nature), BR (natural brown), VTG (vintage burst), BK (black) |