Classical Guitars - Kent Guitar Classics

Ignacio Fleta e hijos - Barcelona

• Year:

  1969 - number 508. Labelled, numbered and dated by the makers.

• Body:

  East Indian rosewood. High quality, straight-grained timber showing colours of reds and browns. Slim double-line purfling with rosewood bindings. All shellac french-polished.

• Front:

  Canadian cedar - very fine-grained timber showing a lot of medullary rays. The rosette is the well-recognised Fleta design, Rosewood bridge with bone-framed tie-block cap. Shellac french-polished.

• Tuners:

  Fustero originals with engraved brass side-plates and perloid buttons.

• Scale:

  65cm on an ebony fingerboard with 19 frets.

• Neck Width:

  53mm

• Condition:

  In very good original condition. No repairs, cracks or re-polishing.
  The back shows a little misting under the polish, probably associated with the grain-filling.
  The front polish has some crackling / crazing and four or five longitudinal broken lines in the surface. There are some normal playing marks

• Comments:

  This is a very fine example of a late 60's Fleta in original finish.
  From a point of view of sound, it is impressive with a quick and lively treble response and a particularly crisp, focussed bass and middle. Tuned down to D the bass is magnificent.
  These famed instruments were favoured by many of the greatest players including Andres Segovia and John Williams.

  Ignacio Fleta - Click here to find out more about this maker

• Price:
  Sold February 2015
• AVAILABILITY
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