2011 - November
East Indian rosewood - good quality.
All shellac french-polished.
European spruce - with bearclaw / haselfichte - fan-strutted design with a really lovely rosette and rosewood bridge.
Waverly-Sloane with ebony buttons
65cm. 19 frets on ebony fingerboard
52 mm at the nut.
1525 grams
New. All shellac french-polished.
Richard Newman is a maker recently producing consistent and persuasive quality instruments that sound good and look good. Made in traditional manner and style, they have seven fan-struts, generally as Torres. The workmanship and finish is very pleasing and most importantly, they have refined musical qualities. These totally hand-crafted instruments are a very good buy with refinement and sublety at a price little more than the upper end of many mass-produced student instruments.
This particular one has an air resonance down between F and F#, which gives a fine depth of bass, yet has a good treble, nicely in balance with the bass and middle. The bass sound character of this and other recent Newman guitars has a distinct similarity to many Romanillos guitars.Richard Newman - Click here to find out more about this maker
+ 44 (0) 1732 453 523
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