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Nylon / No. 495

8 string luthier’s classical guitar no. 495

The story

First in the World luthier guitar which introduces the following innovations:

  • VII generation ACOUSTIC TUBES inside the guitar neck,
  • top with X generation WAVE type resonator
  • back & sides made in IV generation HIGH-TECH PRESS
  • SIGMOIDAL JOINT of the guitar sides
  • II generation IMPEDANCE BRIDGE with STIFFENING WINGS inlaid with natural Baltic amber and bone
The Queen of Guitars

Specifications

Solid Top
Alpine Spruce from Tirol (Master Grade)
Back & Sides
Ziricote with sapwood (Master Grade)
Scale
650 mm for all the 8-strings
Neck
Asymmetric Turkowiak shape made of Flamed Sycamore Maple (Master Grade)
Fingerboard
Elevated, African Ebony (Master Grade)
Head
Plates / African Ebony (Master Grade)
Logo
Natural Baltic amber
Soundhole
Central with rosette encrusted with African Ebony (Master Grade) plates and two natural Baltic amber crown logos
Heel
Cap / African Ebony (Master Grade)
Logo
Natural Baltic Amber
Arm bevel
Smooth, Ebony, integrated with the guitar body
Nut
68.5 mm (2.7″), natural bone, hand-shaped and polished
Saddle
Natural bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped
Tuners
Ebony knobs and black aluminum rollers with bearings and white mother of pearl screw reinforcements, ratio 18:1
Binding
African Ebony (Master Grade)
Fingerboard markers
Side – natural bone, diameter 1.5 mm at 5, 9 frets, diameter 3 mm 7, 12 (double) frets
Frets
EVO-GOLD fretwire
Varnish
Highly-resonant, antistatic (own recipe), hand-polished, high-gloss
Strings
Medium-High Tension
Hardcase
Highest-quality
Warranty
Life-time