Direct From Spain
Paulino Bernabe Senior
“Especial model”
Built in the year 2001
Red cedar top
Brazilian rosewood back & sides
Spanish cedar neck with ebony reinforcement
Fustero hand made tuners with ebony knobs
Top is French polished
Balance is all lacquer
A used Bam hightech flight case is included
Raimundo 129 has a beautiful singing voice with great separation and excellent low action playability…
All Raimundo guitars are made by craftsmen using traditional Spanish guitar construction. The use of the “Spanish Heel” ensures greater stability of the soundboard and a higher vibration transmission.
The Raimundo 129 is a great example of how a guitar can be made so good at such a low price !!!
A must try for anyone looking for a affordable all solid wood guitar from Spain!!!
As Wolfgang writes…I build my signature guitars with double top, a sandwich of nomex between two layers of solid, but very thin cedar or spruce tops.
The neck/body joint combines the construction of the traditional Spanish heel with a free floating fingerboard, in use for violins since centuries. The idea behind this was to get back all the flavours of sound character from the full size guitar top, and not squeezing the upper bout of the top between the glued on ebony fingerboard and upper harmonic bar.
For back, sides and bridge I prefer to use Granadillo (Platmiscium Yucatanum) wood from Mexico, a traditional tone wood for marimbaphones and very close to the wood data of Cocobolo and Madagascar rosewood. The logs I personaly select at the source and cut them into tone wood myself. Granadillo is not endangered by CITES term.
The sides are double and have a second layer of Cypress inside.
Greatly priced concert guitars!!! Quick response, excellent separation, projection, long sustain for the bass strings and beautiful singing trebles!!!
A must try !!!
Dedicated to honour the work of:
Antonio De Torres (1817-1892)
A gorgeous looking guitar with a beautiful tone, excellent craftsmanship & playability
A work of art !!! A must have for anyone looking to own a Torres guitar !!!
The relic look & French polish application is extremely well executed !!!
A great guitar for a player or collector who wants an instrument built in the direct tradition of Daniel Friederich, from whom Lesueur learned guitar making 45 years ago.
As Lesueur tells it, both he and Friederich knew each other as cabinet makers in Paris before either one started making guitars. Friederich began first and acquired skills and knowledge that put him at the forefront of world luthiers.
At the age of 39 Lesueur decided to follow his friend and became his apprentice and in 1978 he made his first concert instrument.
During his subsequent career he won all the national and international guitar making competitions and attracted the attention of many top virtuosos such as Toninho Ramos, Celco Machado, Mitsutoshi Tanaka and Alvaro Pieri.
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Worldwide shipping. There are no taxes or duty fees when guitars are shipped outside of Canada. Please contact us by phone or e-mail for all your requirements.
