Classical Guitars - Kent Guitar Classics

Stephen Frith of Crawley

• Year:

  2020 - number 441. Labelled, signed and numbered by the maker.

• Body:

  Indian rosewood - very high quality, straight-grained, dark in colour with subtle colour contrasts and simple yet elegant purfling - nicely shellac french-polished too.
  Body length:- 484 mm.
  Top bout:- 281 mm wide & 95 mm deep.
  Waist:- 235 mm wide & 98 mm deep .
  Bottom bout:- 367 mm wide & 97 mm deep.

• Front:

  European spruce - a lovely characterful and silky top with some bearclaw figuring, a highly-refined, hand-made rosette and very dark rosewood bridge with bone-edged tie-block.

• Tuners:

  Peroni series with brass side-plates, white rollers and ivoroid buttons.

• Scale:

  65cm with 19 frets on an ebony fingerboard

• Neck Width:

  52mm at the nut with 42 mm string spacing.

• Weight:

  1345 grams

• Condition:

  New. All shellac french-polished.

• Comments:

  Another fine example of Stephen Frith's craft - a responsive, Hauseresque instrument, with influences from extensive study with José & Liam Romanillos. Depth of bass comes from the F# body resonance combined with a productive, well-balanced, interesting treble with clarity, sweetness and sustain. Stephen's guitars offer a wide range of sound from rich deep tasto to bright ponticellos and their projection is very effective. Many fine players have Stephen Frith guitars - you can find many recordings of Tom Gamble on Youtube for example. These are really very good instruments, very comfortable to play and still at a very reasonable price.

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• Price:
  Sold December 2020
• AVAILABILITY
  SOLD + 44 (0) 1732 453 523 Contact via Email

  Available from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. UK time.