2005 Andrea Tacchi "Coclea Abete" SP/IN
Year | 2005 |
Top | Spruce |
Back & Sides | Indian Rosewood |
Scale Length | 650 mm |
Nut width | 52 mm |
Finish | French Polish |
Country | Italy |
Luthier | Andrea Tacchi |
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This is Andrea Tacchi's flagship model, the "Coclea". Known largely for his "Coclea Thucea" model which employs the use of both cedar and spruce for the soundboard, this variation is his "Coclea Abete" model - which is entirely spruce. Tacchi first had the idea for this design 1989, when he first publicly unveiled his "Coclea" model – named after the Latin word for the part of the inner ear that transforms sound vibrations into the psychological sensations of volume, timbre, and tone. It is based on geometric and mathematical concepts that Tacchi discovered in researching the dimensions and proportions of old stringed instruments (including not just guitars but also instruments from the violin family), as well as more abstract concepts such as Fibonacci sequences (as in the shape of the human "coclea"), and the relationships found in the careful combining of circles and spheres to generate his plantilla (outline shape of the guitar) as well as the side-view shape with its unique back and soundboard doming.
Notable qualities of this guitar are an easy emission of sound, a great variety of timbre, polyphonic clarity, increased volume, great playability and relaxed, comfortable string tension. Like the guitars of Daniel Friederich, the sides of this guitar are lined internally with mahogany, which assists in the production of a clean, focused quality of sound emanating from the box. Overall a very sophisticated guitar, successfully achieving its intended aims, the primary of which is beauty of sound.
Orfeo Magazine article on Tacchi, Locatto and Frignani