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For this guitar, Andy chose to model it on a 1935 Santos Hernandez (based on the plans included in the Orfeo book on Santos by Karel Dedain), and his materials include a gorgeous Swiss Moon spruce soundboard seasoned for over 40 years paired with an incredibly set of highly flamed maple for the back and sides. Andy's style has always been rooted in the traditional Spanish style so he is very at home to take on a tribute to one of the great Spanish masters of the past, and this guitar has it all - for sound it has plenty of power, clarity, openness, and separation to easily fill a concert hall, but also has a beautiful voice that makes it hard to put down. It is loud and penetrating without being boomy and has great sustain and a rich, but controlled overtone content. Andy's guitars are very versatile to virtually any playing style, so although this guitar was built as a classical, it sounds both at home also as a flamenco, if pushed. It has a lightweight feel, with a big explosive attack followed by a rich sound of big overtones in every note. Overall an excellent and well-made concert instrument by any standard and a wonderful tribute to one of the greats of Spanish guitar making history - Santos Hernandez.
Photos of this guitar taken during construction
