2020 Valerio Licari CD/IN

Année	2020
Dessus	Cedar
Dos et côtés	Indian Rosewood
Longueur de l'échelle	650 mm
Largeur au sillet	52 mm
Finition	French Polish
Pays	Italy
Luthier	Valerio Licari

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Gulli Björnsson performs his composition "Víðfeðmur Akur Hulinn Af Lúpínu" on a 2020 Valerio Licari

Description

Although thoroughly "Spanish" in its build, the aesthetic details on this guitar are drawn from Valerio's Italian roots. The "Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore" in Florence has particulary influenced the decorative motifs found in the rosette and tie-block, giving the guitar a very satisfying "architectural" look. Materials used are Western red cedar for the soundboard, paired with Indian rosewood back and sides, a Honduran cedar neck and African ebony fingerboard with 20 frets. Tuners are Hauser-style Alessi with ebony pegs. The guitar is finely French polished. The guitar boasts a robust, full sound - yet has ample clarity for a cedar without losing the thick, harmonically rich overtone content native to this wood. His instruments have been played most-notably by Andrea de Vitis and Pat Metheny, to name a couple of top guitarists. We are very pleased to have this guitar and look forward to many more!

Photos of this guitar taken just after construction was completed

Arrière-plan

Valerio Licari was born in Rome, Italy, in 1981. As a teenager, his musical studies began with the classical guitar but he later learned to play other styles including acoustic fingerstyle, blues and ragtime, and eventually even started taking violin lessons. His academic work was entirely focused on music, including work in ethnomusicology, musical art and performance. He even enrolled in the International School of Violin Making "Antonio Stradivari" in Cremona and did an internship in bow making, ultimately receiving his diploma from this respected institution. In 2012, after working for six months as guitar wood production manager at Tonewood International in Cremona, he moved to Malaga, Spain, for a six-month apprenticeship with classical guitar maker Daniele Chiesa. It was at this time that he decided to settle in Spain - in order to more deeply study its traditional methods in classical and flamenco guitar making. He set up his workshop in Granada where he has remained until late 2019, when he decided to move back to his come country of Italy.