4-COURSE GUITAR
This 4 double course instrument, from the vihuela family, appeared in late XV century. Despite its simple configuration, this small guitar was not only used to accompany dances and fantasies, but sometimes also formed the basis of different music consorts using the new and showy technique of rasgueado.
FRENCH 4-COURSE GUITAR
Model designed according to the iconography of the "Premier Livre de Chansons (...) de Guiterne" published in Paris by Master Guillaume Morlaye in 1552.
Pau ferro, redwood, rosewood, maple back and sides... European spruce top with maple and parchment rosette. Olive, ebony, pau ferro fingerboard... It is finished with oil and wax.
Available in two sizes:
Throw: 550mm, tuned d'd-gg-bb-e'
Throw: 500mm, tuned g'g-c'c'-e'e'-a'
Professional range price: €2200
Intermediate range price: €1,600
Studio range price: €1,100
Pau ferro, redwood, rosewood, maple back and sides... European spruce top with maple and parchment rosette. Olive, ebony, pau ferro fingerboard... It is finished with oil and wax.
Available in two sizes:
Throw: 550mm, tuned d'd-gg-bb-e'
Throw: 500mm, tuned g'g-c'c'-e'e'-a'
Professional range price: €2200
Intermediate range price: €1,600
Studio range price: €1,100
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PORTUGUESE 4-COURSE GUITAR
Model designed after the small 5-course guitar-vihuela built in 1581 by Belchior Días in Lisbon, and preserved in the Museum of the Royal College of Music in London, RCM 171.
Pau ferro, redwood, rosewood, maple back and sides... European spruce top with maple and parchment rosette. Olive, ebony, pau ferro fingerboard... It is finished with oil and wax.
SL: 540mm.
Tuning: d'd-gg-bb-e'
Professional range price: €2200
Intermediate range price: €1,600
Studio range price: €1,100
Vaulted back: +€300
Pau ferro, redwood, rosewood, maple back and sides... European spruce top with maple and parchment rosette. Olive, ebony, pau ferro fingerboard... It is finished with oil and wax.
SL: 540mm.
Tuning: d'd-gg-bb-e'
Professional range price: €2200
Intermediate range price: €1,600
Studio range price: €1,100
Vaulted back: +€300