2024 Double Top Cedar/Rosewood Classical “Violante”
This double top classical guitar is simply amazing! It has such a rich, gorgeous, powerful voice, a voice that will fill a performance venue with beauty, the kind of beauty that draws the audience to you, the performer. And this guitar is LOUD! It has a Western Red Cedar top that was aged in my workshop for fifteen years and...
TONEWOOD SPECS
Soundboard: Western Red Cedar, Hoenycomb Nomex, RedwoodBody Wood: Santos Rosewood
Neck Wood: Spanish Cedar
Fretboard: Macassar Ebony
Bridge: East Indian Rosewood
When I started to make this guitar, I asked myself, “What if Andrés Segovia’s famous 1912 Manuel Ramirez guitar had a composite/double/sandwich top?” Nearly everything about this guitar is based upon R.E. Brune’s drawings of Segovia’s guitar, the outline, body depths, sound hole diameter, bindings, purflings, and neck shape match Brune’s drawings. I chose the tonewoods based upon their sonic qualities and visual beauty. The top is a composite of solid cedar face, honeycomb Nomex inlay with a cedar veneer interior. This top is nearly 20% lighter than a traditional solid top. The top bracing is not based on the original Ramirez design, it is my own design. My goal was to make a guitar with voice that invites both performer and audience to enjoy the music that is played upon it.
Build Specifications
| MODEL | “Violante” Classical Guitar |
| YEAR BUILT | 2024 |
| SOUNDBOARD WOOD | Western Red Cedar, Hoenycomb Nomex, Redwood |
| BACK & SIDE WOOD | Santos Rosewood |
| BODY SHAPE | Classical |
| BODY DEPTH | 3 5/8” (92mm) at neck heel, 3 5/8” (92mm) at waist, 3 7/8” (98mm) at end block |
| SCALE LENGTH | 650mm, 25.6 inches |
| FRETBOARD WOOD | Macassar Ebony |
| BRIDGE WOOD | East Indian Rosewood |
| NUT & SADDLE | Bone |
| NUT WIDTH | 53mm |
| STRING SPACING | 44m at nut, 51mm at 12th fret, 58mm at bridge |
| FRET WIRES | StewMac #152 Medium/Higher frets |
| HEADSTOCK | Hand carved stippled area in headstock field. See photos. |
| INLAY NOTES | N/A |
| TUNING MACHINES | Premium Gotoh with roller bearings |
| NECK INFO | Spanish Cedar |
| TRUSS ROD | N/A |
| BINDING | East Indian Rosewood with black/white purfling |
| BRACING | N/A |
| ROSETTE | Francisco Simplicio style rosette |
| BRIDGE PINS | None |
| 12TH FRET ACTION | 3.9mm 6th string, 3.2mm 1st string |
| RADIUS DATA | N/A |
| BUILD FINISH | Shellac, French polish |
| AMPLIFIED? | No |
| AMP TYPE | None |
| STRINGS | Savarez Corum |
| CASE INFO | Humicase |
| WORKSHOP CITY | Taos, New Mexico |
| ORIGIN COUNTRY | United States of America |
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