Lucio Núñez - Django Jazz model: San Antonio, Texas, dated 2014 Extremely powerful and authentic Django Reinhardt sounding Maccaferi style jazz guitar, built using templates of an original Selmer Paris guitar, but with some modern high end changes like an elevated fingerboard made of real ebony, double back and sides for stiffness, original Django Reinhardt scale of 67cm, 1 7/8" extra wide fingerboard, and of course high jumbo frets. Takes any string gauge and tuning you desire. Triple set truss rod. Comes with high end custom cutaway case. Lucio Núñez has been making guitars for almost 40 years, but in some ways he is still the philosophy teacher he was in Mexico City back in the seventies. "Lutherie depends on both science and mystery. The space between one note and another, the way we work with sound frequencies—that is physics. But the way music touches our souls—that is a mystery." Music and art were heavily prized in Núñez's family: his mother owned a record store, and his brother became an architect. Núñez chose to pursue academia, but by the age of 33 he'd grown frustrated. Seeking a distraction, he decided to build a guitar, using tools his brother had on hand. Since then, Núñez (who moved to San Antonio in 1998) has made more than 1,500 classical and flamenco guitars. For sale NOW: Infos@EarlyMusicalInstruments.com Price: US$ 2'200.00 Reference: ROG04 |
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Géza Burghardt - Concert Classical Guitar: Vancouver, BC, Canada, dated June 9, 1992 This guitar is Géza Burghardt's top model. It is in excellent condition. Solid old growth Brazilian rosewood back and sides, old stock solid spruce top, David Rodgers Tuners. The sound is lush and smooth, trebles are warm, basses are plump - a wonderful guitar. Burghardt guitars rarely appear for sale, so here is a chance to buy a world class concert guitar for a fraction of its international value. The original case is included. SOLD Price: US$ 3'925.00 Reference: ROG05 |
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Hideo Ida, C-20: Japan dated 1981 Master luthier Hideo Ida made this concert quality classical guitar in 1981. The original label bearing the masters signature. This hand made guitar is a model C-20 with the authentic sound and quality work of a Kohno 20. Both had the same price tag of 200'000 yen, which was a small fortune at that time. Solid spruce top, solid rosewood back and sides, carved headstock. 65 cm scale length, straight mahogany neck with an ebony fingerboard. In very good playing condition. Normal playing wear/nail marks for a used classical guitar, back and sides do have some hazing in the varnish, can be refreshed and polished. Beautiful smooth creamy sound, very good sustain. Very solid instrument, all original. SOLD Price: CA$ 800.00 Reference: ROG03 |
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Yamaha GC-5: Japan dated 1970 Concert classical guitar, Yamaha GC-5 made in 1970, very good condition, hasn't been played a lot. Solid spruce top, solid Brazilian rosewood back and sides, perfect straight neck. Big dark sound, lots of mid range overtones. In original case. SOLD Price: US$ 950.00 Reference: ROG02 |
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Michael Thames: USA dated 1991 This is a lovely instrument built by veteran US luthier Michael Thames, who has been making guitars for over 40 years. The guitar is reminiscent of a Friederich, outwardly the head shape is like a model of the 1960s. Solid Indian rosewood back and sides, solid cedar top with an older professional repair, which is absolutely stable. The sound of this Thames is very rich and dark like a Fleta, yet has great balance and clarity between voices. The 66 cm scale improves sustain and volume, particularly in the trebles and midrange notes, the bass is also very powerful, and provides additional projection for the recitalist in the concert hall. Overall a very fine concert instrument. The guitar bears the original maker's label, which reads: Michael Thames, Luthier, # 143, 1991. The fingerboard is ebony with good frets and the neck is perfectly straight. The French polish is worn in many places, signs of playing wear. The original handmade Landstorfer tuners are fantastic and in perfect working condition. The string action is set low, and it plays like butter, with a good height in the saddle remaining. The original arched hardshell case is included. SOLD Price: CA$ 1'200.00 Reference: ROG01 |
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Ignacio Fleta: Barcelona - Spain dated 1996 Concert classical guitar by Ignacio Fleta in perfect condition - as when it left the workshop. Cedar soundboard. Indian rosewood back and sides. SOLD Price: Reference: 01GS |
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Concert Classical Guitar by Daniel Friederich: Paris, France dated 1967 Daniel Friederich 1967 Recital model, string length : 65cm. Cedar top, Brazilian rosewood back and sides. Perfect playing condition. |
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Greg Smallman: Australia dated 1989 Concert Classical Guitar, year - 1989, scale - 650 mm, sound board - Red cedar top, with lattice bracing composed of balsa and carbon fiber, back and sides - South American rosewood, arched, neck - Spanish cedar, neck width at the nut _ 52 mm, bridge - rosewood, binger board - African ebony, overall length - 995 mm, body length - 482 mm, body width: upper bout - 276 mm, middle bout - 240 mm, lower bout - 364 mm, body depth - 100 mm Condition: The neck and body are near mint condition while the top shows some very superficial playing wear, amazing for a 24 years old concert guitar. The construction of this guitar is impeccable and produces an instrument that is really quite loud and projects very well while maintaining tonal balance, fullness and warmth. Smallman guitars from the late 80's and early 90's are the most sought after. Many top classical artists have used Smallman guitars, with John Williams one of the most famous This particular instrument was made for concertist Julian Byzantine who used it on numerous concerts and records. SOLD Price: US$ 30'000.00 Reference: 07MS |
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George Stevens: England New 7 course renaissance lute in G after Venere, Bologna, made by George Stevens. 59.5cm scale length, overall length 73cm, width of body at widest point 30.5cm Spruce soundboard with hand carved rose; back in striped English cherry with pearwood lines between; neck, pegbox and bridge in English sycamore; plumwood pegs; fingerboard, points, bridge-cap and soundboard half-edging in pearwood. Kingham MTM case included. SOLD Price: £ 3'500.00(pounds sterling) Reference: 01GS |
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Gibson L-00: Kalamazoo, USA around 1943-44 Acoustic Steelstring Guitar in perfect original playable condition with an amazing sound. No cracks or repairs at all. SOLD Price: US$ 4'400.00 Reference: 11KB |
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José Ramirez: Madrid - Spain dated 1971 8-string master concert classical model, bearing the original label: Constructor De Guitarras, José Ramirez, Concepcion Jeronima No 2, Madrid, 1971, classe 1a n°4746, red cedar top, breathtaking Brazilian rosewood back and sides, scale 66.5 cm, nut 7 cm, original capo and case. |
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Syrian Luthier, Damascus - Syria dated 1925-26 A very nice antique 6 course (12 strings) Oud bearing the original maker's label written in Arabic stating the name of the Syrian luthier, the city of Damascus and the islamic year 1344 (1925-1926). Top with 1 large and 2 small soundholes with rosette, 4 unrepaired hairline cracks, round back with 15 ribs interspersed with different kind of wood stripes (some seams open), neck made of different kinds of wood, fretless fingerboard inlaid with wooden ornaments, head with 12 original pegs. Measurements: - total length 83 cm - scale 64 cm - body length 52 cm - width 37.2 cm - diam. rosette large 11.4 cm - diam. rosette small 3.8 cm - body depth 22 cm - head 23 cm |
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Allan Beardsell - Baritone Archtop Multiscale Guitar: Winnipeg, MA, Canada, dated 2012 Allan Beardsell acoustic electric baritone, multi scale Archtop Jazzguitar with fan fret. Allan added an new tailpiece on my request and high end electronics. Take advantage and pay less than 1/2 of the price for a highly regarded Canadian made luthier guitar. Good case included. This Beardsell records really effortlessly. Here is a link to one of many recordings I made with this guitar: Recording with Allan Beardsell's Baritone Jazzguitar on Reverbnation.com Reference: ROG06 |
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Allan Beardsell: Winnipeg, Manitoba - Canada dated 2004 A powerful custom hybrid jazz guitar by Allan Beardsell, model 4G with premium options: mastergrade sitka spruce, bigleaf quilted maple. As expected with a guitar from one of the most inventive guitar builders in the world, this 4-G is a piece of art with fantastic playability, beautiful sonority and the looks way beyond the millions of boring guitars. This 4G is used and has some nail marks and one dent in the top, otherwise in very good condition. The neck is perfectly straight and the action low. Here a few words from Allan Beardsell about his 4G: "The 4G is the latest variant of the 4A, my original design for the side-ported guitar. The G guitars have a deeper body, wider waist and laminated "platform" sides, plus all the usual features offered on my acoustic guitars. The 17" body offers a full range of sonic possibilities. When I was playing acoustic guitars in clubs and auditoriums, I would be playing behind singers and sometimes with larger bands, going between fingerstyles and flatpicking. I was having a hell of a time hearing the guitar as a dynamic voice. When I was hearing only the electronic foldback in the monitor, I would end up playing as hard as possible all the time just to feel present in the mix on top of the compressed character of the pick up. It meant my playing suffered and I broke a lot of strings. This got me thinking about projection and volume, resonance and how these things define the way we interact with, respond and use a musical instrument, especially these days when amplification is virtually a given. I wanted to figure out how to create a situation, where the instrument speaks to the player first, with all the dynamic of an acoustic performance -- that's where the side ports come in." |
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Valeriano Bernal: Cadiz - Spain dated 1999 A Flamenco Negra Guitar, hand made in southern Spain by Valeriano Bernal. I purchased this guitar from the maker himself in 1999 at his workshop in Cadiz, Spain. It was his top of the line guitar at that time. The back and sides are made from special quality rosewood, the top is German spruce, I believe the fretboard is ebony. The piece is signed, numbered and dated. I still have the original receipt. Comes with the maker's standard hard shell case. |
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Francisco Simplicio: Barcelona - Spain dated 1931 Francisco Simplicio, Barcelona, Spain 1931 A concert classical guitar in perfect condition - no cracks - almost as when it left the workshop. Spruce soundboard. Brazilian rosewood back and sides. Original French polish. |
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José Ramirez: Madrid - Spain dated 1972 A concert classical guitar in perfect condition - as when it left the workshop. Cedar soundboard. Brazilian rosewood back and sides. |
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Oskar Graf: Ontario - Canada dated 1994 A rare custom made hybrid classical/steel string guitar with an extra wide neck and a cutaway, bearing the original label and singnature: Oskar Graf Luthier, 9/1994, Clarendon, Ontario, Canada. The neck is made for a classical guitar player 4.8 cm (1 7/8 inches) at the nut, but also radiused like a jazz guitar. There are 2 nuts, # 1 at 3.7 cm (1 7/16 inches) string spacing and # 2 at 3.9 cm (1 8/16 inches). The scale is 65 cm ( 25 9/16 inches). Perfect straight neck with trussrod and ebony bound fingerboard which is fitted with jumbo frets that show some wear, but no fret notching. The Brazilian rosewood for the back and sides are of the highest grade and came from an old stack in London. The back has 3 tiny hairline cracks at the bottom (closed and firm), which where there when we chose the set, and where treated by Oskar before building the guitar. The tight grain cedar top shows some light playing wear and the outline of a guitar top protector which was on it for some time, but has been removed. Now the most important point, the sound. very loud, on the dark side, lots of midrange, endless sustain, unreal sonority, it actually sings like a bird. Every string is the same including the G and all the way up to the very end of the fingerboard. The action is set at 2 and 3 mm, and that is as low as can be, not because of the neck or the saddle (4mm left in the middle), but because the strings vibrate so much, that it would buzz if lowered. The neck is so comfortable, that I am even able to play Villa Lobos' Chorus no 5 with this steel string guitar without difficulties. The original hardcase is included. Measurements: - total length 98 cm - scale 65 cm - body length 49 cm - upper bout 29 cm - middle bout 23 cm - lower bout 37 cm - lowest rim 9.2 cm - highest rim 10.4 cm - nut 4.8 cm |
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José Ramirez: Madrid - Spain dated 1985 A concert classical guitar in very good condition. Fully playable. Some minor wear where the right arms rests. |
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Marcelino Lopez: Madrid - Spain dated 2007 This Spanish concert classical guitar is a rare model called Hernandez y Aguado by Marcelino Lopez and bears the original signed label: Marcelino Lopez, Luthier, No 953, Ano 2007, Madrid. Also stamped below the heel H A. Cedar top with very light playing wear, Indian Rosewood back and sides, good straight mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard and good brass frets, carved Hernandez y Aguado head. The sound of an old time Spanish guitar but very loud and good midrange and unusual soft tone for such a powerfull guitar. The action is a little bit low for a guitar with that volume (3mm/4mm). A professional player with strong hands will need a higher saddle. Original hardcase included. According to Lopez himself, he was asked by Hernandez in 1971 to build a guitar for him, who was very pleased with it and ordered more and more. After some time Hernandez asked Lopez to build an exact copy of his own guitar (the original Hernandez y Aguado guitar) which is what he did after quite some time of examining this guitar. Hernandez was extremely pleased with it. From 1971 until Hernandez died, Lopez built 30 guitars for him. This guitar is a copy of that Hernandez y Aguado model Marcelino Lopez built for Hernandez, therefore the stamp inside: H A. They are built to order with a price tag of over 8000 Euros. Measurements: - total length 99 cm - scale 65 cm - body length 48.5 cm - upper bout 27.3 cm - middle bout 23.7 cm - lower bout 36.3 cm - lowest rim 9 cm - highest rim 9.5 cm - nut 5.3 cm |
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José Ramirez: Madrid - Spain dated 1972 10-string master concert model, bearing the original label: Constructor De Guitarras, José Ramirez, Concepcion Jeronima No 2, 1882 Madrid, 1972, clase 1a, top stamped inside near the neck #2 which stands for the Luthier Cayetano Alvarez Luna (according to the information provided by The Guitar Salon). Solid red cedar top with a nearly invisible professionally repaired hairline crack from the bridge to the lower rim, absolutely breathtaking Brazilian rosewood back and sides of a stunning chocolate color with rich and dramatic 'spider webbing', even more surprisingly there are no cracks or checks in the wood, a "Segovia" style cypress double inner side veneer, very good straight mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard with good frets, very good action, plays easy, the lacquer still has the appearance of a new guitar with only a few nail marks near the treble side, scale 67 cm, nut 8.5 cm, original capo and case. |
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Ignazio Fleta: Barcelona - Spain dated 1961 A 1961 Spanish concert classical guitar by Ignacio Fleta in perfect condition, made by Ignacio Fleta Sr. Model: Ignacio Fleta Concert Classical guitar Top - German spruce, Back and Sides - Indian rosewood, Scale - 650mm, Nut - 52mm, Finish - French polish, Tuners - Fleta, Country - Spain, Year - 1961, Number - 242, Condition - Perfect condition. |
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Conde Hermanos, Vda. y Sobrinos de Domingo Esteso: Madrid - Spain dated 1956 An early example of a large, 67 cm, scale Spanish concert classical guitar made by the Conde Hermanos. Dark solid Brazilian rosewood back and sides with tight straight grain. Spruce top. Part of the label was removed, when the center strip was replaced. The label is dated 1956, and if complete would read: Vda. y Sobrinos de Domingo Esteso, Construccion de Guitarras, Gravina 7 - Madrid, Ano 1956. There is also a brand stamp inside close to the heel: Vda. y Sobrinos de Esteso, Construccion de Guitarras, Gravina 7 - Madrid. The back has an earlier center seam repair and a repaired crack (14 cm). The top has some discolored circles underneath the lacquer. The neck is slightly bent and the frets are not great. Playable with medium high action (5 mm). Tuners work fine. Measurements: - total length 100 cm - scale 67 cm - body length 49 cm - upper bout 28.5 cm - middle bout 25 cm - lower bout 37.3 cm - lowest rim 9.2 cm - highest rim 9.8 cm - nut 5.2 cm. |
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Jose Ramirez: Madrid - Spain around 1930 A Spanish concert classical guitar bearing the original label: Jose Ramirez, Madrid. Solid spruce top, solid rosewood ? back and sides, playing wear on the top, looks refinished, good neck, scale 64.5 cm, nut 5.2 cm, sold as is. |
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