Woods: The top is made of very fine spruce or cedar. Spruce and cedar give different tonal response, carrying power and richness of overtones What the player prefers depends on the sound he/she wants an on the playing technique. We always have a few instruments in our workshop which he/she can try out to get an idea what he/she prefers. The back of the guitar works like an echo wall. The wood sort used has influence on the sound colour of the instrument. We use Jacaranda and Indian Rosewood, flamed maple, cypress, mahogany and African hard woods.
For the neck of the guitar, we favour light, strong cedro or Khaya sorts. The fingerboard is made of highly resistant ebony .

Varnish: Our instruments are shellac polished or hand varnished with cellulose

Measures: Aside the standard size of the classical concert guitar with a scale length of 650 mm we have developed models with shorter or longer scale length. We offer specially made instruments for left handed players and variable measures of the fingerboard for all guitar models.

Construction: We work with differentiated strutting systems based on the Torres model. The soundboards of our guitars are arched both across their width and length (domed).

For the neck–to-body junction of the guitar we either use the “Spanish” construction following Torres or a junction which comes from the violin tradition. In the traditional “Spanish way” the neck is adjusted within the body by joining the sides into slots cut in the neck. With the “violin junction” the neck is attached to the body when the body is already closed. The “Spanish” junction allows a better  transmission of vibrations form neck to top. The “violin” neck design is less labour intensive; therefore we are able to sell these guitars at a lower price.

Neck, headstock and heel are made out of the same wood plank. Being sawed lengthways it is glued together with quartersawn layers of contrasting reinforcing strips in order to prevent  distortions of the neck.

As the headstocks of our instruments are connected to the neck with hidden dovetail or splice joint, the fibres of the wood always run parallel to the cut surface of the head. This minimises the danger of breaking. The hidden dovetail connection is particularly skillful and stable.

The bridge has double drill-holes for the strings. This makes it easier to control the bending angle of the strings and simplifies string-changing .

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our guitars are well balanced, have great carrying power and sustain with adequate separation of notes and are easy to play.