2021 Mijail Kharash CD/ZR

Jahr	2021
Decke	Cedar
Rückseite und Zargen	Ziricote
Skalenlänge	650 mm
Sattelbreite einer Gitarre	52 mm
Finish	French Polish
Land	Spain
Luthier	Mijail Kharash

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Francisco Tárrega's "Estudio Brillante" performed by Garrett Podgorski on a 2021 Mijail Kharash

Beschreibung

Completely hand-made in Granada, Spain by Mijail Kharash, this is a stunning instrument, using some of his more exotic materials - most notably the beautiful and dramatic ziricote for the back and sides (and head veneer) with contrasting dark "heartwood" grain patters with the lighter, more yellow-ish sapwood. The cedar top gives it a very warm, and lush sound, and yet it remains focused and clear at the same time. It is responsive with a nice, quick attack and has plenty of power and refinement of tone - a great choice for concert performance and recording alike. Set-up is superb and the attention to detail is impeccable. The detailing is beautiful with a second-epoch Torres "chain-link" motif in the inner and outer bands of the rosette that is matched in the top purfling but with inverse colorings. Instead of using paper, Mijail engraves his labels on wooden plaques with the iconic Alhambra featured in the artwork. An extremely well-priced instrument from one of Granada's up-and-coming, award-winning builders.

Photos of this guitar taken during construction.

Hintergrund

Born in Leningrad, Russia in 1981, Mijael Kharash's musical origins started with the violin at a very young age. It wasn't long however before he first heard the sound of the classical guitar and became fascinated with its tonal possibilities, falling permanently in love with the instrument to this day. After the collapse of the USSR, his family moved to Israel and after leaving school, he did military service, then held a variety of odd jobs including construction worker, cook, cabinetmaker and fisherman! In 2007 after two unsuccessful attempts to build a decent classical guitar, Mijail traveled to Spain looking for an apprenticeship, asking in many of the workshops throughout the country. By luck he met Carmelo Gonzales in Ronda who generously shared his craft with Mijael. In 2009 he moved to Granada and for six years lived in a cave while building guitars in SCO "15 Gatos", Camino de Ronda 190. His friendship with the local guitar community led to him receiving excellent advice from his colleagues Felix Moya Ibarra, John Ray and Jose Vigil to whom he is specially indebted. His work is completely in the traditional manner, using hand tools, making is own original rosettes, and doing French polish with a muñequilla. Mijail Kharash was awarded second-prize at the prestigious Antonio Marin Montero Guitar Making Competition held in Granada, Spain in October, 2019.