Classical Guitars - Kent Guitar Classics

Simon Ambridge of Dartington

• Year:

  2016 - model 40 number 255. Labelled, dated, numbered and signed by the maker.

• Body:

  Satinwood (chloroxylon swietenia) - with exceptionally beautiful 'bee's wing' figuring all over - quite outstanding.
  This beautiful timber was used by the great master makers of the past; Torres, Enrique Garcia, Francisco Simplicio and others. Without back centre-strip, the full beauty of the polished timber stands out. With tasteful purfling and rosewood bindings framing the body.
  Body length:- 484 mm.
  Top bout:- 275 mm wide & 89 mm deep.
  Waist:- 234 mm & 93 mm deep.
  Bottom bout:- 362 mm wide & 94 mm deep.
  Stunningly beautiful.
  All shellac french-polished.

• Front:

  European spruce - an evenly, fine-grained top with Simon's very attractive geometric rosette, lovely purfling and rosewood bridge with a motif from the rosette central tiles at the ends of the tie-block capping.

• Tuners:

  Klaus Scheller model L65 precision tuning machines with black rollers, engraved brass side-plates and ebony buttons

• Scale:

  65cm on an ebony fingerboard with 19 frets.

• Neck Width:

  52mm with 43mm string spacing

• Weight:

  1450 grams

• Condition:

  New, immaculate and looking stunning.

• Comments:

  What a superb instrument! It has to be one of the most beautiful we have seen; not just because of the timbers but also Simon's exceptional talent for selecting tasteful, fine decorative details; the choice of line width and colour of the individual elements that bring together a striking whole.
  The sound is also very pleasing with an impressive depth of bass from its air resonance down near F and a rounded sweet yet clear, projecting treble. For a brand new guitar this already offers such a variety of tone colour, ideal for the tone-merchants amongst players able to produce a range of expressive musical colour.

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• Price:
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• AVAILABILITY
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