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In typical Fleta fashion for this period, this example from 1965 features a spruce soundboard with Indian rosewood for the back and sides. As expected, the sound is incredible - deep and complex with incredible dynamic range and balance. It also has a firmness in the fundamental which provides great projection in larger venues. It also has the trademark haunting, mysterious and dark sound that Fleta became famous for - of course with substantial power. In addition, it has unusually good separation of voices even when playing chordal passages. Many players find the slender neck shapes on Fleta from this period to be his easiest to play - and this guitar is no exception - playability is easy on the hands, and can be played comfortably over many hours in a single sitting. The guitar does have some older, very stable repairs including a hairline crack on the top (on the bass side, between the bridge and foot) which was repaired about 30 years ago. There are some repairs to the back that were done about 5 or 6 years ago by Dominic Roscolli in Australia. It is in otherwise great shape for an instrument with over 60 years of playing on it and it currently plays beautifully. This is also from Fleta's golden 'spruce' era - players like Segovia and Williams were concertizing and recording on Fleta instruments from this very period, making this sound one of the most beloved and cherished to modern admirers and aficionados of the classical guitar. This is a very fine example from one of the greatest and most celebrated luthiers of the 20th century. A very desirable instrument for both collector and performer.
