2025 Mario Aracama SP/IN

This is a beautiful new instrument from Mario Aracama with European spruce for the soundboard and a lovey set of Indian rosewood for the back and sides. As he has done in the past, Mario has doubled the sides with cypress (1.2 mm for this guitar) on the interior for added rigidity, adding increased power and focus to every note. Despite the doubling of the sides, the guitar retains an extremely lightweight feel, which improves responsiveness and ease of play, particularly for the right hand. Fingerboard is ebony, neck is cedar. Every Aracama guitar has a different and unique aesthetic - Mario enjoys designing rosettes and purfling to complement the visual qualities of the timbers selected for top, back and sides, so that the entire guitar has a unified wholeness unto itself, and the sleek elegant design is well-executed with clean craftsmanship.

This guitar is a pleasure to play. It has a friendly responsiveness to it - an immediate but not harsh attack, and a velvety, full quality of sound. It has a lovely palette of timbral colors with the slightest changes in right hand position. Basses are deep, trebles are thick and rich with great clarity between all voices. It also boasts impressive volume with plenty of sound to fill any sized music hall. Playability is very comfortable for both hands. Overall a great guitar for the player seeking a charming, traditional instrument full of Spanish character.

Photos taken during construction.