2017 Stephan Connor "640" SP/AR

This 2017 Stephan Connor “640” is a spruce and African rosewood lattice-braced classical guitar – a 640 mm scale concert guitar with an exquisite rosewood back.

Built for Power

Its solid bear-claw spruce top rests on a system of lattices, and the elliptical sound portal in the bass-side rib, with an optional magnetized rosewood cover, lets the player hear the guitar as the audience does. The raised fingerboard has 20 frets, up to a high C. The label is signed and dated 2017.

Craftsmanship

Incredibly well built, it has a beautiful and tasteful rosette and an exquisite set of African rosewood for the back and sides – a powerful instrument for any concert setting, solo or in ensemble.

Stephan Connor and the Sound Portal

American luthier Stephan Connor has specialized in concert classical guitars since 1994. A music graduate of the College of Wooster in Ohio, he learned guitar making at Timeless Instruments in Saskatchewan, worked for many years in Boston – the city on his labels – and now builds in Cataumet on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In 1993 he drilled a hole in the side of a guitar so the player could hear it better, and the sound portal facing the player has been his signature ever since.

Power with a Traditional Voice

His guitars are sought by players who want maximum power while keeping a natural, traditional quality of sound. Eliot Fisk was the breakthrough artist, and Angel Romero, Sergio and Odair Assad, Scott Tennant, Marco Tamayo, Anabel Montesinos, José María Gallardo and David Tannenbaum are among the many who have played them. He builds both traditional fan-braced and lattice-braced tops, with bracing patterns of his own design.