Nylon / No. 783
Opus Virtuoso ‘Imbuya Tornavosette’
A concert classical guitar pairing an Antique Spruce / Redwood double top with dramatic Imbuya Burl with Sapwood and a matching Tornavosette.
SeriesOpus Virtuoso
The story
Model: Opus Virtuoso
A concert classical guitar pairing an Antique Spruce / Redwood double top with dramatic Imbuya Burl with Sapwood and a matching Tornavosette.
First in the World luthier guitar introduces the following innovations:
- ACOUSTIC TUBES inside the guitar neck with amber outlets
- S-WAVE resonator double top
- ARS back and sides
- SIGMOIDAL JOINT of the guitar sides
- AFRICAN EBONY IMPEDANCE BRIDGE with stiffening wings
- AFRICAN EBONY FLOATING ARMREST isolated from the soundboard
- TORNAVOSETTE
- ARC FRETS
- SIGNATURE AMBER PACKAGE – amber headlight, backlight and acoustic tube outlets
- SIGNATURE MAMMOTH PACKAGE – mammoth bone nut, saddle, bridge tie-block and amber-inlaid side markers
Specifications
- Model
- Opus Virtuoso
- Guitar no.
- 783
- Double top
- Antique Spruce / Redwood
- Back and sides
- Imbuya Burl with Sapwood
- Scale
- 650 mm
- Neck
- Asymmetric Turkowiak neck made of modified magnolia
- Fingerboard
- Elevated, African ebony
- Head shape
- Standard, slotted
- Head plates
- Imbuya Burl with Sapwood
- Tornavosette
- Imbuya Burl with Sapwood
- Heel cap
- African ebony
- Nut
- 52 mm, mammoth bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped
- Saddle
- Mammoth bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped
- Bridge tie-block
- Mammoth bone
- Bridge
- African ebony impedance bridge with stiffening wings
- Armrest
- African ebony floating armrest (fixed), isolated from the soundboard
- Tuners
- Cosmo-black tuning machines, 18:1 ratio
- Binding
- African ebony
- Fingerboard markers
- Mammoth bone side markers inlaid with natural Baltic amber: 2 mm at frets 5, 9, 17 and 19; 3 mm at fret 7 and double at fret 12
- Frets
- Arc Frets, EVO-GOLD (nickel-free)
- Signature Amber Package
- Amber headlight, backlight and acoustic tube outlets
- Signature Mammoth Package
- Mammoth bone nut, saddle, bridge tie-block and side markers
- Varnish
- Highly resonant, antistatic (own recipe), hand-polished, high-gloss
- Strings
- Hannabach Pure Silver Carbon Medium-High Tension
- Hardcase
- Brand hardcase fitted to the guitar
- Warranty
- Life-time