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This is a beautiful concert instrument featuring several unique and striking design elements. Materials are very high quality and a pleasure to look at, including a perfectly quarter-sawn spruce top and flamed maple back and sides. Rosewood is used in the binding, back center strip and tie block, framing the guitar beautifully with its contrasting dark-brownish hue. The meticulously layered headstock is in 4 pieces of maple and 3 pieces of walnut (with rosewood front veneer), which "opens" elegantly into the neck, when viewed from behind. The top and head veneer have a layer of half-herringbone purfling to match the inner and outer extremities of the rosette, and the back has a mosaic pattern inlayed in the center seam which is based on (but not identical to) the central mosaic in the rosette. The shellac finish is applied with a level of attention to detail and perfection found in very few makers. The sound is extremely responsive and open, with plenty of volume and character. The trebles are very clear and full, and the basses are deep with a nice bouncy response. Playability is a dream with very low action and shorter scale length. It is also fitted with a 20th fret for repertoire requiring a high c natural. Overall, a beautiful-sounding and intricately made concert guitar for a great price. Although a second-hand guitar, it is in excellent structural condition with only minor wear in the finish on the soundboard and back.
