Classical Guitars - Kent Guitar Classics

Gerhard Oldiges of Marburg

• Year:

  New - labelled 2011.

• Body:

  Palo Escrito - a true rosewood (dalbergia paloescrito)
  from Mexico and highly regarded as a guitar tonewood.
  This set has very attractive colours of gold, amber and reddish brown.
  Top bout:- 275 mm wide & 92 mm deep.
  Waist:- 235 mm.
  Bottom bout:- 360 mm wide & 94 mm deep.
  All shellac french-polished.

• Front:

  European spruce - which has been thermo-treated; a technique used by violin makers over the last century or two, to accelerate the maturing / opening up of the wood. As a consequence of the heat treatment, the wood darkens. Fan-strutted format with a top that is silky and has lots of medullary ray figuring. The rosette is simply exquisite in colours of browns and creams. Rosewood bridge with a plain, bone top to the tie-block; characteristic of the period.

• Tuners:

  Klaus Scheller model G with snakewood buttons

• Scale:

  65cm with 19 frets on an ebony fingerboard

• Neck Width:

  52mm at the nut

• Weight:

  1493 grams

• Condition:

  New. All shellac french-polished and looking simply charming; so reminiscent of the Manuel Ramirez and Santos Hernandez guitars of the 1910-1925 period.

• Comments:

  Always having been enchanted by the early 20th century Madrid guitars, Gerhard Oldiges has produced several of this style of guitar with great success.
  By comparison with the Hauser-style guitar and typical modern-day guitars, this 'Spanish' style has a smaller body, shorter scale length and a deep, sweet, rounded sound characteristic of the period that inspires this design.
  One of the most attractive instruments to look at, very comfortable to play and with a delightful, old-world sound, this is a guitar that would appeal to someone prone to falling in love with high-level, handcrafted instruments ... yet at the same time such a guitar is a treat in the concert hall.

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• Price:
  Sold July 2012.
• AVAILABILITY
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