| Allan Beardsell: Winnipeg, Manitoba - Canada Custom Hybrid Jazz Guitar |
Powerful Allan Beardsell 4 G custom guitar with premium options: Mastergrade Sitka spruce, bigleaf quilted maple. As expected with a guitar from one of the most inventive guitar builder's in the world, this 4 G is a piece of art with fantastic playability, beautiful sonority and the looks beyond the millions of boring guitars. This 4 G 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 4 G: "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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| # 2 (Roger) US$ 3'800.00 SOLD |
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| Ignacio Fleta: Barcelona - Spain Concert Guitar, dated 1996 |
Ignacio Fleta 1996 Perfect condition - as when it left the workshop. Cedar soundboard. Indian rosewood back and sides. Please contact seller directly: torresguitar@hotmail.com |
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| # 8 (Antonio) € 28'000.00 |
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| Valeriano Bernal: Cadiz - Spain Flamenco Negra Guitar, dated 1999 |
Valeriano Bernal 1999 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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| # 1 (Roger) Price: Inquire SOLD |
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| Francisco Simplicio: Barcelona - Spain Concert Guitar, dated 1931 |
Francisco Simplicio, Barcelona, Spain 1931 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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| # 7 (Antonio) € 30'000.00 SOLD |
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| José Ramirez: Madrid - Spain Concert Guitar, dated 1972 |
José Ramirez 1A 1972 Perfect condition - as when it left the workshop. Cedar soundboard. Brazilian rosewood back and sides. |
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| # 9 (Antonio) € 4'500.00 |
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| Oskar Graf: Ontario - Canada Custom Steel String Guitar with Wide Neck, dated 1994 |
Rare custom made hybrid classical steel string guitar with 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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| # 5899 US$ 4'995.00 SOLD |
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| José Ramirez: Madrid - Spain Concert Guitar, dated 1985 |
José Ramirez 1A 1985 Very good condition. Fully playable. Some minor wear where the right arms rests. |
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| # 4 (Antonio) € 4'000.00 SOLD |
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| Marcelino Lopez: Madrid - Spain Spanish Classical Guitar dated 2007 |
This rare model called Hernandez y Aguado by Marcelino Lopez 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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| # 5900 SOLD |
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| # 1757 | José Ramirez: Madrid - Spain | 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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| SOLD | Spanish Classical Guitar dated 1972 | ||||
| # 2 (Marc) | Ignazio Fleta: Barcelona - Spain |
A 1961 Ignacio Fleta made by Ignacio Fleta Sr in perfect condition. 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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| # 5890 | Conde Hermanos, Vda. y Sobrinos de Domingo Esteso: Madrid - Spain | An early example of a large 67 cm scale 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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| US$ 5'800.00 SOLD |
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| # 32 | Jose Ramirez: Madrid - Spain | 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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| SOLD | Spanish Classical Guitar around 1930 | ||||
| Fender USA Electric XII Custom Guitar L-Series, 1965 |
Beautiful Fender Electric XII custom guitar, 'sea foam' metallic green, in good condition. Perfect straight maple neck, rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays, ultra low action (2mm). Jumbo frets in good condition, previously replaced by master luthier and designer Gary Levinson in Basel, Switzerland. L 21XXX serial number, which dates the guitar to mid 1965. | |
| # 5901 SOLD |
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