Direct from Australia !!! Our first Dan Kellaway guitar has arrived !!!
Incredible sounding & looking concert guitar with a very attractive singing voice, projection & sustain !!!
Sometimes described as a cross between a Simon Marty and a Greg Smallman, Dan builds arched backed lattice braced instruments but uses the same wood as the soundboard for the bracing as opposed to the more common carbon fibre reinforced balsa.
The result is a “woodier” character with more traditional tone colours across the strings but with the evenness and sensitivity of lattice.
Description
New Concert Classical Guitar
Completed Sept 27th 2024
650mm scale with 52mm nut width
Carpathian spruce top with all wood lattice bracing
Brazilian rosewood back & sides
Back is molded into a arch with a cedar core
Sides are laminated in 5 layers
Cuban cedar neck
Black Indian ebony fingerboard
Brazilian rosewood head plate & bridge
Bridge is built in the Gilbert style with 12 hole tie block
Australian rosewood armrest
Der Jung 103 tuning machines with 18:1 gear ratio & back rollers
Linings are kerfed mahogany on the back & 3 layers of steam bent maple for the top
All lacquer finishing
Torque ABS hard shell case included
Total length of the guitar is 100 cm / 39.3 inches
Body length is 48 cm / 18.8976 inches
The upper bout is 29 cm / 11.41 inches
The bottom bout is 37.5 cm / 14.76 inches
The width is 10.4 cm / 4.09 inches
Weight of the guitar is 2.10 Kg / 4.629 lbs
Sometimes described as a cross between a Simon Marty and a Greg Smallman, Dan Kellaway builds arched backed lattice braced instruments but uses the same wood as the soundboard for the bracing as opposed to the more common carbon fibre reinforced balsa.
The result is a “woodier” character with more traditional tone colours across the strings but with the evenness and sensitivity of lattice.
