Classical Guitars - Kent Guitar Classics

José Oribe of California

• Year:

  1978. 'Calidad Suprema'. Labelled, stamped, dated and signed by the maker.

• Body:

  Brazilian rosewood - with an A10 certificate issued by the UK authorities in 2016 for the pre-convention Brazilian rosewood. ; mainly straight-grained except for the widest parts of the back, with single boxwood purfling to back and sides.
  Body length:- 492 mm.
  Top bout:- 293 mm wide & 96 mm deep.
  Waist:- 243 mm & 101 mm deep.
  Bottom bout:- 370 mm wide & 101 mm deep.

• Front:

  European spruce - a well-quarter-sawn top with plenty of medullary rays showing throughout. The rosette and purfling reminds of 1960's Madrid. Rosewood bridge with tie-block decoration matching the rosette central tiles.

• Tuners:

  Schaller with white perloid buttons, mounted on a rosewood-faced head.

• Scale:

  647mm with 19 frets on an ebony fingerboard

• Neck Width:

  52mm at the nut

• Weight:

  1680 grams

• Condition:

  This instrument is in extremely good condition and at a glance, looks like new, partly aided through the varnish / lacquer that the maker has perfected.
  The back, sides, head and neck have very few marks. The front has a few very small marks in the finish; virtually nothing for a guitar of more than 35 years.

• Comments:

  The reputation of this maker for precise, high quality craftsmanship is thoroughly deserved; every element being really accurate and very well finished.
  To me, the feel and sound is Madrid in style; the design and appearance also. The basses are crisp and focussed; the trebles, bright, clear and sustaining. It is also noticeably easy and comfortable to play. The 64.7cm scale helps in this regard as does the pleasing neck profile a low action.
  The guitar has an A10 certificate issued by the UK authorities in 2016 for the pre-convention Brazilian rosewood - can therefore be legally exported; including USA, with a re-export permit.
  A fine example from this much-admired US maker.

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• Price:
  Sold November 2016.
• AVAILABILITY
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