2024 Zoran Kuvač "Double Top" SP/CSAR

A 2024 "Double Top" classical guitar by Zoran Kuvač, with a European spruce double top and a three-piece CSA rosewood back – No. 350, made in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In the video above, Pietro Ruscigno plays "Yesterday" by Lennon and McCartney, arranged by Takemitsu, on this guitar.

A Balsa Lattice Core

Zoran builds in many styles, and this is one of his very personal double tops. Instead of Nomex he chose a latticed core of balsa wood, for a more natural, woody sound together with enhanced responsiveness and attack. Just five light fans brace the top, and the fingerboard is slightly raised at the body, as many of his performing clients request.

Refined Power

Mother-of-pearl appears sparingly in the tie block and fret marker, and herringbone frames the top. The sound is full, penetrating and refined, with brilliant clarity and balance, great punch and huge volume for any recitalist.

Photos of this guitar taken during construction

Zoran Kuvač: Guitar Maker in Banja Luka

Zoran Kuvač builds classical guitars in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. After the war took him to Serbia in 1993, he learned his craft from the tamburica maker Duško Rajković in Sremska Mitrovica, and he opened his own workshop in 1998. He has twice taken part in the master classes of José Luis Romanillos and has built more than 300 instruments.

Spanish Roots, French Influences

Zoran began in the Spanish tradition of Torres and Romanillos, and many of his guitars follow the French school of Daniel Friederich and Dominique Field, always with his own aesthetic. Every part is made by hand except the tuners. Zoran Dukić and Edin Karamazov have played his guitars, and GSI is his exclusive dealer in the USA.