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May 16, 2013:
Just Arrived: A new 2013 Gregory Byers concert guitar with an all wood double fan lattice bracing system. In twenty years of representing this wonderful maker, this is one the very finest, most powerful Byers guitars we have had the honor to offer or hear. Add to the above features an elevated fingerboard with a 20th first string fret, Rodgers tuning machine heads (the finest in the world), a perfectly executed 'V' graft head to neck joint, immaculate workmanship, French polish of shellac finish, Byers' proprietary nut and saddle compensation system for unusually accurate intonation, a 650mm string length, and superb materials and workmanship...
May 10, 2013:
13th annual Classical Guitar Weekend at the Cleveland Institute of Music: Thursday, May 23 through Saturday, May 25, 2013 (Learn more)
Join this spring’s roster of internationally acclaimed artists in a concentrated series of recitals, debut performances, world premieres, master classes, lectures, and exhibits celebrating the classical guitar and art music, solo and ensemble, old and new. All master classes, lectures, and exhibits are open to observers free of charge. Featured artists include:
Classical guitarists:
Jason Vieaux (USA, CIM Guitar Department Head)
Colin Davin (USA)
Jiyeon Kim (Republic of Korea)
Jonathan Leathwood (England)
Raphaella Smits (Belgium)
Assisting Artists:
Jinjoo Cho, violin (Republic of Korea)
Jeffrey Irvine, viola (USA)
Melissa Kraut, cello (USA)
Composers:
Stephen Goss (England)
Riho Esko Maimets (Canada)
Erin Rogers (Canada)
Classical Guitarist and Distance Learning Guest Instructor:
Jesper Sivebak (Denmark)
Classical Guitarist and Lecturer:
Brad DeRoche (USA)
Master Guitar Maker:
German Vazquez Rubio (USA)
Classical Guitar Weekend is presented is by Guitars International in cooperation with the Cleveland Institute of Music with generous additional support from the Cleveland business community and beyond. (Learn more)
April 12, 2013:
Just Arrived: An incredible concert guitar by Jeffrey R. Elliott. The classical guitars of Jeffrey R. Elliott are unique, contemporary, musical works of art - individually handcrafted concert guitars which possess a magnificent signature sound of unsurpassed refinement, complexity and beauty: pure sparkling quick singing trebles, firm deep clear resonant basses, unusually wide color palette, excellent separation, intonation and evenness of sound…
April 4, 2013:
Just Arrived: A rare Olivier Fanton d’Andon concert guitar. Among the handful of very finest luthiers in the world, the prodigiously talented Olivier Fanton d'Andon is this generation's premiere French luthier. Among the most powerful, finest projecting classical guitars in the world, these innovative radially braced, solid spruce top instruments are musical works of art - rivaling the sweetest, purist, richest sounding traditional instruments in range of color, nuance, depth, and separation…
Expected April 2013, two outstanding new concert guitars:
1. Achim Peter Gropius double top (Germany): Ind. sides and back with a spruce/Nomex/spruce soundboard and slightly elevated fingerboard. (Learn more)
2. Gary Southwell Hauser I 1940 Reproduction (England): Ind. sides and back with a European spruce soundboard. (Learn more)
March 20, 2013:
Just Arrived: A new Kolya Panhuyzen cedar top concert guitar with an elevated fingerboard and 20th first string fret. This wonderful concert guitar is the finest instrument we have yet received from this illustrious German master. Its sound is powerful, dark, very clear, deep, smooth, and balanced. Kolya Panhuyzen's classical guitars have been performed upon by: Carlo Domeniconi, Zoran Dukic, Hubert Käppel, Dale Kavanagh, Krzysztof Pelech, Matt Palmer, Sonja Prunnbauer, Nathasja van Rosse, Laura Young, and Raphaella Smits…
March 11, 2013:
Just Arrived: A spectacular Bouchet Homage by the great Florentine guitar maker Andrea Tacchi. These magnificent instruments represent an elegant sonic and visual homage to one of the greatest masters of the past by one of the world's greatest contemporary masters. This example is without doubt the finest Tacchi Bouchet Homage we have played or heard - and as Andrea Tacchi's primary dealer, we have sold a good number of these wonderful instruments to delighted customers over the years...
March 4, 2013:
Just Arrived: Two new 2013 German Vazquez Rubio after Hauser I with double top concert guitars:
1. Cedar (outside)/Nomex/spruce soundboard with Indian sides and back. (Learn more)
2. Spruce (outside)/Nomex/cedar soundboard with Indian sides and back. (Learn more)
Vazquez Rubio's innovative double top Hauser Model guitars represent a tremendous musical value in a modern concert instrument. Similar to his award winning, much recorded traditional Hauser model, his double top guitars incorporate his traditional model’s seven fan bracing pattern. The double top construction of these guitars, however, results in an even more powerful first string, an overall greater dynamic range, depth and openness of sound than his traditional solid top model. Expect these double top guitars to also have Vazquez Rubio's much admired warm, clear, balanced, traditional signature sound, unusually wide color palette, and easy playability...
March 1, 2013
Just Arrived: A very rare, mint condition, 2009 Enrico Bottelli Special Model classical guitar. Bottelli's concert guitars are sought after by professional musicians and collectors worldwide for their unusually pure, sweet, singing sound; wide range of delicate tone colors; quick response to subtle changes of attack; elegant visual beauty; ease of playability, and flawless craftsmanship…
February 5, 2013:
Just Arrived: The "Black Guitar” - a very special new 2013 Eric Monrad spruce/spruce double top classical guitar. We consider this to be a landmark new design from this highly esteemed master guitar maker: outstanding tonal beauty, power, exquisite visual beauty, and meticulous craftsmanship - all in one wonderful concert instrument…
January 14, 2013:
Just Arrived: two wonderful guitars by the great Florentine master, Andrea Tacchi:
1. A rare Coclea Thucra (Skrjabin Homage) classical guitar. The stunning visual beauty and intricacy of this musical masterpiece speak for themselves; more to the point, however, one will find the unique beauty of its inspired grand concert sound to be nothing short of spectacular. (Learn more)
2. A rare Simplicio Homage classical guitar. A gem to behold, an inspiration to play: A number of professionals and knowledgeable amateurs have commented to us that this instrument is the closest to the perfect guitar of its type they have played or heard. (Learn more)
December 14, 2012:
Just Arrived: A magnificent, new 2012 Joshia de Jonge classical guitar with an elevated fingerboard. This is an exceptional concert instrument. It combines northern European traditional tonal beauty with the quick response and laser-like projection of the most successful, innovative contemporary guitars...
December 6, 2012
Just Arrived: A magnificent new Coclea Thucea classical guitar by the great Florentine master Andrea Tacchi. This unusually powerful, smooth, very focused, sweet sounding modern concert guitar combines some of the dark warmth of cedar with the traditional clarity, sparkling complexity, separation, and wide color palette associated with an exceptional European spruce top guitar – a musical masterpiece in every way…
November 29, 2012:
Just Arrived: BAM Hightech 8002 XL classical guitar cases in silver carbon look, tweed grey look, black carbon look, and white exterior finishes. In designing this small, sleek, ultra light (weighs only 6.2 pounds), very strong, hard shell classical guitar case, Bam has drawn upon its years of experience developing and producing its highly regarded line of Hightech violin and 'cello cases. BAM's L'Original Hightech clasical guitar cases offer outstanding shock, compression and thermal protection...
November 15, 2012
Just Arrived: A stunning new German Vazquez Rubio classical guitar after Hauser I with Double Top - soundboard of cedar.Nomex/spruce. Vazquez Rubio's innovative double top guitars represent a tremendous musical value in a modern concert instrument. His seven fan bracing pattern when combined with double top construction results in an even more powerful, quicker first string; substantially greater dynamic range, depth and openness of sound than his much performed upon and recorded solid top Hauser model guitar. As always, expect Vazquez Rubio's much admired warm, clear, balanced, traditional signature sound; unusually wide color palette; and easy playability...
November 1, 2012
Free: Order the new Guitars International forty page color catalogue. Contains: a wide selection of classical guitar photos and synopses describing the work of twenty-eight of the world's finest contemporary guitar makers; five in depth articles by Howard Bass, Daniel Lippel, Jonathan Leathwood, Jonathan Fitzgerald, and Colin Davin; and an editor's preface by Armin Kelly, Founder
and Owner of Guitars International...
October 20, 2012:
Just Arrived: A new 2012 Gregory Byers concert guitar with his all wood double fan lattice bracing system and (new for Greg Byers) laminated sides for even greater depth of sound and projection. In nearly twenty years of representing Greg Byers, this is the finest, most powerful Byers guitar we have offered or heard. Add to the above features an elevated fingerboard with a 20th first string fret, Rodgers tuning machine heads (the finest in the world), a perfectly executed 'V' graft head to neck joint, immaculate workmanship, French polish of shellac finish, Byers' proprietary nut and saddle compensation system for unusually accurate intonation, a 650mm string length, and superb materials and workmanship...
July 12, 2012
Just Arrived: A new German Vazquez Rubio spruce top Estudio Special Model with French polish of shellac finish on the soundboard for optimum acoustic response. This beautiful, truly handcrafted guitar by one of this country's finest, most experienced luthiers outperforms entry level concert instruments costing substantially more. A tremedous value…
July 4, 2012
Many thanks to the Guitar Foundation of America and the many attendees who stopped by the Guitars International vendor tables at this year’s GFA Convention in Charleston, SC - great fun seeing old friends and meeting with artists, students, aficionados, and luthiers.
June 20, 2012:
Held back from the market until now: Guitars International is honored to offer this magnificent master piece crafted ten years ago by the great Canadian master luthier Geza Burghardt in commemoration of his friend Jose Romanillos’ seventieth birthday. Comes with certificate of authenticity. (Learn more)
June 5, 2012:
For those who were unable to attend Guitars International's 12th annual Classical Guitar Weekend held at and in cooperation with the Cleveland Institute of Music, check out the great coverage and reviews we received in clevelandclassical.com. Many, many thanks to our amazing artists and lecturers and to our wonderful audience members and student participants who traveled here from fifteen states and Canada. (Read 2012 CGW coverage and reviews)
Friday, June 1 through Sunday, June 3, 2012:
12th annual Classical Guitar Weekend at the Cleveland Institute of Music, June 1-3: One of North America's preeminent classical guitar festivals, this years event features internationally renowned classical guitarists and teachers Jason Vieaux (U.S.A. - CIM Guitar Dept. Head), Matteo Mela and Lorenzo Micheli of SoloDuo (Italy), Gaëlle Solal (France), Pavel Steidl (Czech Republic), Anne Waller (U.S.A.), soprano Jung Eun Oh (U.S.A. - CIM Voice Dept.), master guitar maker Bernhard Kresse (Germany), guest lecturer and guitarist Jonathan Fitzgerald (U.S.A.), and record producer Alan Bise (U.S.A.) in a concentrated series of recitals, master classes, lectures, and exhibits. (Learn more)
To access the thirty-six page 2012 Classical Guitar Weekend program book (program notes, artists' biographies, and more). Click Here.
Check out this great interview with Czech classical guitarist Pavel Steidl and German master guitar maker Bernhard Kresse in clevelandclassical.com, regarding Steidls Friday, June 1 Classical Guitar Weekend recital and Kresses Saturday, June 2 Classical Guitar Weekend lecture at the Cleveland Institute of Music. (Learn more)
May 1, 2012:
Just Arrived: New 2012 Bernhard Kresse spruce/maple 19th century Stauffer Model. Kresse has acquired an extensive knowledge of 19th century guitar making traditions, both by examining and restoring original instruments in his Cologne workshop and by conducting extensive research in museums and private collections throughout Europe. His inspired reproductions are performed and recorded on by an unusually large, distinguished group of artists including: Duo Melis, Johannes Möller, Raphaella Smits and Pavel Steidl. (See photos & learn more)
April 21, 2012:
Read: José Tomás: Memory and Legacy by Howard Bass. "The seeds of interest and enthusiasm that Segovia, Bream, and Williams sowed in the middle of the 20th century have borne an amazing harvest. Among those who helped foster this interest was José Tomás, a guitarist of great skill and discernment whose name and reputation may not resonate with the general public, but whose legacy as a teacher is firmly fixed among a generation of guitarists, and not a few lutenists..."
March 30, 2012:
Just Arrived: New 2012 Gernot Wagner spruce/cedar/African blackwood Double Top classical guitar. Master guitar maker Gernot Wagner has received enormous international acclaim over the years for his revolutionary idea to employ Nomex technology in doubletop guitar construction. We are proud to observe that today Gernot Wagner's magnificent sounding, much sought after, very powerful, meticulously crafted double top classical guitars continue to represent a significant bench mark against which all innovative twenty-first century classical guitars must be judged. (View videos and learn more)
March 1, 2012
Check out: Our new 2012 Classical Guitar Weekend print brochure. (View brochure)
February 24, 2012
Just Arrived: A new cedar top Kolya Panhuyzen classical guitar. This is an extremely powerful concert instrument with a magnificent, warm, dark, very clear, very deep, smooth, balanced sound - easily the finest instrument we have received from this illustrious maker. Panhuyzens classical guitars have been performed and recorded upon by an unusually large and impressive group of concert artists, including: Carlo Domeniconi, Zoran Dukic, Hubert Käppel, Dale Kavanagh, Krzysztof Pelech, Matt Palmer, Sonja Prunnbauer, Nathasja van Rosse, Laura Young, and Raphaella Smits...
February 6, 2012
Expected May 2012: A rare new classical guitar by Jeffrey R. Elliott. The classical guitars of Jeffrey R. Elliott are unique, contemporary, musical works of art - individually handcrafted concert guitars which possess a magnificent signature sound of unsurpassed refinement, complexity and beauty. It is no wonder that Jeffrey Elliott's classical guitars are considered to be among the world's rarest concert guitars. He closed his then fifteen year waiting list many years ago. We have been waiting for this custom guitar for nearly thirteen years. It is also no wonder that such notable artists as Julian Bream, Jonathan Leathwood, Ralph Towner and others have purchased and performed on Elliott's consummate instruments...
January 30, 2012
Read about our spectacular new Paco (Francisco) Santiago Marin XXXth Anniversario classical guitar. Paco Marin's XXXth Anniversario model is his rare premiere concert instrument. The classical guitars of Paco Marin are widely admired and sought after for their great projection, clarity, strong round fundamental tones, exceptionally quick response, balance, broad color palette, and easy set up. For these reasons many internationally acclaimed concert artists have chosen to perform on these highly responsive instruments...
January 30, 2012
Just Arrived: A wonderful new custom German Vazquez Rubio 640mm short scale Hauser I Model classical guitar for those players with smaller hands. This fine instrument possess Vazquez Rubio's warm, powerful, focused, well balanced sound, exceptional color palette, comfortable neck contour and exacting string set up...
December 20, 2011
Just Arrived: A new classical guitar by German master Achim Peter Gropius. Gropius is one of Europe's most exciting younger makers of individually handmade classical guitars. His traditional signature sound is warm, dark, focused and round: quick very powerful trebles, midrange and bass with impressive density and depth of sound. Beautifully proportioned, lovely to look at, easy to play - Gropius' classical guitars exude an inspired and inspiring full singing tone which is quite special. Still a tremendous value in a wonderful, world class concert instrument, this is the finest of many fine concert guitars we have received from this gifted maker...
December 7, 2011
Just Arrived: A spectacular new Christopher Dean classical guitar. Christopher Dean is one of England's and Europe's foremost, most sought after makers of fine handmade classical guitars with good reason: With their lush, focused, colorful, traditional sound, these powerful concert instruments remind us of the David Rubio guitars with which the legendary Julian Bream made some of his finest recordings in the late 1960s. From the guitar offered here, expect quick, clear creamy trebles, deep, rich cello-like basses, perfect balance and immaculate craftsmanship. Most recently, Tilman Hoppstock and the Eden Stell Guitar Duo have purchased and performed on Dean's lovely instruments...
December 2 2011
Just Arrived: A wonderful new 2011 Daniele Chiesa concert guitar. This immensely gifted Italian luthier makes his home near Granada, Spain. While the sound of his instruments is warm, sweet, round, polished and clear (the Italian influence), Chiesa's powerful concert guitars also embody the alluring sonic depth and earthiness so characteristic of the Granada School's finest makers. The result: the Italian and Granada influences, and a great deal of individual talent here make for an exceptionally rewarding musical experience for player and listener alike. These are very, very special guitars...
November 28, 2011
Just Arrived: A new 2011 German Vazquez Rubio Hauser Model with Double Top. At $6500.00 these beautifully crafted guitars by one of this country's most esteemed master makers represent a tremendous value in an innovative, exceptionally musical modern concert instrument. Vazquez Rubio's Hauser Model double top guitars look just like his award winning, much recorded traditional Hauser Model, they even incorporate that guitar's bracing pattern. However, the innovative double top construction in the guitar offered here results in an even stronger first string, and an overall greater dynamic range and openness than his traditional solid top guitar...
Novemner 23, 2011
Just Arrived: A rare Enrico Bottelli Special Model inspired by Hauser I. Enrico Bottelli learned the traditional art of Spanish guitar making from the great contemporary Spanish master, José Luis Romanillos. Today Bottelli's concert guitars are esteemed by professional musicians and collectors worldwide for their unusually pure, sweet, singing sound; wide range of delicate tone colors; quick response to subtle changes of attack; elegant visual beauty; and flawless craftsmanship...
November 18, 2011
Just Arrived: A rare new Geza Burghardt concert guitar. Geza Burghardt is one of the greatest of the unequivocally great contemporary guitar makers. Born and trained in Hungary, he practices his high art in Canada. Burghardt handcrafts a few exquisite classical guitars in the Spanish style of Santos Hernandez each year. His guitars are prized by cognoscenti around the world for their noble, breathtakingly beautiful, pure, deep, unusually powerful, traditional musical sound; magnificent old materials and unsurpassed workmanship...
October 29, 2011
The twelfth annual Classical Guitar Weekend, Northeast Ohio's premiere classical guitar festival,
will take place at the Cleveland Institute of Music (Jason Vieaux, CIM Guitar Department Head) Friday, June 1 through Sunday, June 3, 2012. For further information and to purchase Classical Guitar Weekend recital tickets, click here.
October 21, 2011
Just Arrived: Andrea Tacchi's Coclea Thucea (Skrjabin Homage) classical guitar. The intricate visual beauty of this masterpiece speaks for itself obviously; more to the point, however, one will discover its inspired grand concert sound to be nothing short of spectacular...
October 11, 2011
Just Arrived: A very rare, as new Andrea Tacchi Simplicio Homage classical guitar. This master piece is both a gem to behold and a musical inspiration to play. A number of professionals and knowledgeable amateurs have commented to us that this instrument is the closest to the perfect guitar of its type they have played or heard...
September 12, 2011
Check out classical guitarist Jonathan Leathwood's instructive article, Multitasking, Mompou and the Means-Whereby: A note on coordinating the hands. Leathwood writes,"One of the challenges - and fascinations - of playing the guitar is the very different set of skills demanded of our two hands. Yet I have often been struck by how little we discuss one of the most fundamental difficulties of all: making the two hands work at the same time..."
September 8, 2011
Check out our two new 2011 German Vazquez Rubio Estudio Model classical guitars - spruce top, cedar top. At $2450.00 these musical gems are an exciting alternative to all laminated and solid body factory and production shop guitars (so called handmade) guitars from the U.S.A. and abroad. These beautiful, truly handcrafted, solid wood guitars by one of this country's finest, most experienced luthiers regularly outperform entry level concert instruments costing substantially more.
August 21, 2011
Just Arrived: Bam Hightech 8002XL classical guitar cases in new exterior colors: White, Silver Carbon and Black Lazure. We also have these rugged, light weight cases with Black Carbon and Tweed Grey exterior finishes...
June 16, 2011
Just Arrived: Simon Ambridge's Antonio de Torres 1887 SE 111 Homage classical guitar. A connoisseur's guitar maker, Simon Ambridge handcrafts among the most sublime, finest projecting, traditionally braced, musically refined, classical guitars in the world today. The exquisite tonal qualities and gem-like visual beauty of the instrument offered here constitute this great contemporary maker's homage to one of his most revered artistic inspirations. See a video performance with this very guitar...
May 26, 2011
Just Arrived: A magnificent new Joshia de Jonge custom classical guitar. This elegantly crafted concert instrument combines the finest attributes of the traditional northern European tonal aesthetic with the immediate response, projection and easy playability of the most innovative contemporary guitars...
May 24, 2011
Review: Classical Guitar Weekend 2011 reviewed by clevelandclassical.com...
May 18, 2011
Read the new 2011 Classical Guitar Weekend Program Book on line - recital programs, program notes, artists' biographies and more...
May 12, 2011
Just Arrived: Coclea Thucea "Carruggio" custom (one of a kind) classical guitar by Andrea Tacchi. This is an exceptional, mint condition example of this renowned Florentine maker's modern concert guitar: Very powerful, deep, rich, lyrical, traditional, musical sound...
April 25, 2011
Just Arrived: David Russell's Greg Byers cedar/Madagascar lattice braced (all wood) classical guitar. Guitars International is honored to offer this magnificent one owner instrument to our customers, comes with a provenance written and signed by David Russell.
April 18, 2011
Just Arrived: A wonderful Robert Ruck spruce top classical guitar. Its beautifully seasoned concert sound is elegant, smooth and very responsive to subtle changes in color and attack..
April 1, 2011
Just Arrived: New 2011 Eric Monrad Classical Guitar. Monrad's magnificent guitars are sought after for their clear, concentrated sound; wide dynamic range; excellent projection; evenness and sustain; quick response to a light touch; unusually accurate intonation; and meticulous craftsmanship. Each guitar is a unique visual work of art, embodying different binding, purfling, rosette and peghead marquetry...
March 19, 2011
Just Arrived: New Bernhard Kresse Stauffer Reproduction. Bernhard Kresse is one of the world's foremost experts on 19th century guitar making due to his many remarkable restorations of period guitars and extensive research into their origins. His inspired reproductions, musical revelations in their own right, are performed and recorded on by an unusually large and distinguished group of artists. Clients include Raphaella Smits and Pavel Steidl...
March 3, 2011
Just Arrived: 2007 Olivier Fanton d'Andon classical guitar. Fanton d'Andon is widely regarded to be the finest French guitar maker of his generation. His extremely rare concert guitars are prized for their unusually powerful, beautiful, traditional, flexible voice and unsurpassed workmanship. Clients include Antigoni Goni and Roland Dyens...
December 10, 2010
In Stock: BAM Hightech 8002 XL Hard Shell Classical Guitar Cases available in both Carbon Black and Tweed Grey exterior finishes. Drawing upon its years of experience developing and producing a highly regarded line of Hightech violin and 'cello cases, BAM's L'Original Hightech clasical guitar case offers outstanding shock, compression and thermal protection - small, stylish, ultra light (weigh only 6.2 pounds) and very strong...
December 9, 2010
In Stock: The new, light weight, form fitting Bam Hightech 8002 XL Case within Case Cover. The ultimate travel case compliment with its one to two inches of high resilient injected foam protection and water resistant outer material provides a tough, easily removable, padded outer structure around BAM's sleek, best selling, super impact resistant Hightech 8002 XL classical guitar case. Bam's unique case within case cover comes with a large expandable pocket for sheet music, a smaller pocket for documents, and two comfortable back pack straps...
November 10, 2010
Just Arrived: A magnificent new 2010 Gregory Byers classical guitar. On completing this magnificent guitar Greg Byer's assessment was that it is one of the two or three finest guitars he has ever made. As such it incorporates for the first time a few new refinements in his already very successful all wood lattice bracing design. We concur with Greg's conclusion. Indeed, we find in close to twenty years representing this fine maker that this particular instrument is the finest Byers guitar we have ever played or heard...
August 26, 2010
Just Arrived: A very rare, as new Geza Burghardt classical guitar. Geza Burghardt, one of the greatest of the unequivocally great contemporary artist luthiers...
August 18, 2010
Just Arrived: A magnificent Andrea Tacchi Bouchet Model classical guitar - an elegant sonic and visual homage to one of the greatest masters of the past by one of the world's greatest contemporary masters...
July, 22, 2010
Just Arrived: A beautiful new 2010 German Vazquez Rubio custom 635mm short scale Estudio Model classical guitar - excellent dynamic range, clear beautiful warm sound, superb balance and color range, exceptional playability, fine materials and workmanship - a wonderful, very musical guitar for those players requiring a very responsive classical guitar with a shorter string length...
March 22, 2010:
Just Arrived: A very special new Coclea Thucra (Skrjabin Homage) classical guitar by the great Florentine luthier, Andrea Tacchi. Tacchi created this magnificent instrument in honor of Classical Guitar Weekend 2010, presented by Guitars International in cooperation with the Cleveland Institute of Music. The stunning visual beauty and intricacy of this musical masterpiece speak for themselves obviously; more to the point, however, one will find its inspired grand concert sound to be nothing short of divine...
March 20, 2010:
Just Arrived: A particularly lovely new classical guitar by esteemed Italian luthier and scholar
Luca Waldner. Luca Waldner writes: I believe an instrument maker must among other things study old instruments. This study is important not so much to reproduce instruments that have already been perfectly realized by others and which have lived and continue to live a glorious existence, but
because it is important to recover and understand the sensibility and thought which lay behind these instruments' creation. By engaging in such study an informed and aspiring instrument maker of talent, sensitivity and conviction can maintain, extend and enrich the path begun by others...
March 3, 2010
Just Arrived: A magnificent new 2010 Gary Southwell 1940 Hauser I reproduction. Performed upon by Julian Bream in his "Great Estates Tour" of England, these magnificent concert guitars have been designed, built and refined since 1995 in an ongoing collaboration with Julian Bream. Fashioned after the vintage 1940 Rose Augustine Hauser I guitar that Julian Bream performed and recorded with towards the end of his international touring career...
November 12, 2009
Now Available: The New Free 2010 Guitars International Color Brochure. Click on this entry to request your free copy.
November 9, 2009
Just Arrived: Two handcrafted Estudio Model classical guitars - one cedar top, one spruce top - by master guitar maker German Vazquez Rubio (sometimes referred to as G.V. Rubio). These modestly priced musical gems are an exciting alternative to the many laminate and solid body factory production guitars so prevalent in this price range. Indeed, we have found that these meticulously handcrafted solid wood instruments by one of this country's finest most experienced luthiers regularly out perform entry level concert instruments costing substantially more...
October 15, 2009
Just Arrived: A spectacular, very rare, new spruce/cedar double (sandwich) top classical guitar by master German guitar maker Gernot Wagner. Jason Vieaux, Susana Prieto and Alexis Muzurakis of Duo Melis, and Marco Feri are just four of the internationally acclaimed concert artists performing and recording with Gernot Wagner double-top classical guitars. Capable of projecting to the back of the most challenging concert hall, we believe Gernot Wagner's most recent double top guitars to be the most sonically beautiful, most musically flexible, most traditional sounding of the latest generation of double top guitars: lush round clear well balanced sound throughout all registers, smooth creamy tonal transition from note to note, quick response, broad color palette, excellent separation, sustain, depth and density of sound...
September 28, 2009
Just Arrived: An as new 2009 Robert Ruck ced./Ind. composite top classical guitar. Embodying as it does the extended dynamic range, warmth and dark allure of cedar composite top construction without cedar's possible detriments, this innovative concert guitar represents a significant contribution to the art of guitar making in general and to the use of western red cedar for soundboard construction in particular...
September 5, 2009
Just Arrived: A gorgeous sounding and looking classical guitar by the immensely gifted young Italian luthier, Daniele Chiesa. Chiesa makes his home in Granada, Spain. His guitars are very special indeed. While the sound of his instruments is characteristically warm, sweet, round and clear (the Italian influence), Chiesa's powerful concert guitars also embody the alluring sonic earthiness so characteristic of the Granada School. The result, the Italian and Granada influences, and a great deal of individual talent here make for a profoundly beautiful musical experience for player and listener alike...
June 18, 2009
We are excited to have just received an exceptional new, very rare classical guitar from master guitar maker Geza Burghardt, one of the greatest of the handful of unequivocally great contemporary artist luthiers: Unsurpassed traditional elegant sound, impeccable materials and workmanship,,,
May 15, 2009
Our new Achim Gropius classical guitar has arrived: German master guitar maker Achim Peter Gropius is one of Europe's most exciting younger makers of individually handmade classical guitars...
We are now offering a chamois Guitar Wrap to help protect your guitar's finish.
May 1, 2009
Bernhard Kresse's new flamed maple/spr.Anton Stauffer Homage classical guitar has arrived: An unusually large and impressive group of international artists perform and record on Kresse's beautiful handcrafted instruments...
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