2022 Julia Wenzel CD/PW

Anno	2022
Parte superiore	Cedar
Retro e lati	Purpleheart Wood
Lunghezza della scala	650 mm
Larghezza del dado	52 mm
Finitura	French Polish
Paese	Germany
Luthier	Julia Wenzel

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The soundboard of a 2022 Julia Wenzel classical guitar made of cedar and purpleheart wood

The back and sides of a 2022 Julia Wenzel classical guitar made of cedar and purpleheart wood

The side and binding of a 2022 Julia Wenzel classical guitar made of cedar and purpleheart wood

The back of a 2022 Julia Wenzel classical guitar made of cedar and purpleheart wood

The soundboard and rosette of a 2022 Julia Wenzel classical guitar made of cedar and purpleheart wood

The front of a 2022 Julia Wenzel classical guitar made of cedar and purpleheart wood

The side of a 2022 Julia Wenzel classical guitar made of cedar and purpleheart wood

The rosette of a 2022 Julia Wenzel classical guitar made of cedar and purpleheart wood

The headstock of a 2022 Julia Wenzel classical guitar made of cedar and purpleheart wood

The label of a 2022 Julia Wenzel classical guitar made of cedar and purpleheart wood

Martha Masters plays Olga Amelkina-Vera's "Wiriwiri" & "Haeata (Dawn)" on a 2022 Julia Wenzel guitar

Phillip Houghton's "God Of The Northern Forest" performed by Jaclyn Jones on a 2022 Julia Wenzel

Charles Ives' "The Alcotts" performed by Joshua Moore & Bokyung Byung on 2022 Julia Wenzel guitars

Descrizione

Julia builds completely in the traditional Spanish style and if anything, her sound and feel resemble the guitars from the Miguel Rodriguez shop, particularly from the 1960s. Like their instruments, this guitar is lightly built, has a fast, immediate attack and is followed by a lovely and full, harmonically rich quality of sound in every note. It has plenty of power for any concert situation and plays with ease, very responsive to the right-hand and a nice, smooth neck shape for the left hand. Materials are top-notch, and for this guitar she used some very interesting wood for the back and sides to complement the cedar top. It's from Venezuela, which they call "zapatero", but in English we refer to it as "Purpleheart" for it's reddish/purple color which is absolutely stunning. It is also fitted with premium-quality tuning machines by Klaus Scheller. Truly a great value for the price.

Photos of this guitar taken during and after construction.

Sfondo

Julia Wenzel found out relatively late about her true passion - building guitars. At the age of 25 she decided to build a cedarwood canoe - while doing so she realized her magnificent talent in wood working. During the process of building the canoe, she somehow realized there was a similarity to how one would build a lute or guitar. Attracted to guitars all her life, she knew that to learn the technical details of the craft properly, she would need to study at the "Instrumentenbauschule Mittenwald" - a three year commitment, which she did, and ended up graduating at the top of her class. Six years later she completed her Master of Crafts Examination in Munich. Julia also befriended Florian Blochinger, and they built 4 guitars together in an apprenticeship in Munich. She has also had the great fortune to receive advice from Florian's father, the great luthier Edmund Blöchinger. After several years of working at her craft, Julia Wenzel was awarded second-prize at the prestigious Antonio Marin Montero Guitar Making Competition held in Granada, Spain in October, 2017.