My new guitar is a Cordoba C12!
The best classical guitar I’ve ever owned – Cordoba C12.
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Classical Guitar Design
My Classical Guitar Build Part 1: Choosing the wood for the back & sides
A fully customised guitar is a dream for any guitarist. I am fortunate enough to be having a custom-made classical guitar built for me by Kris Barnett with tuners by Jorg Graf, and hand-carved Maori design tuning buttons made from Pounamu (New Zealand Jade/Greenstone) by Andrew Little
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Beautiful & Unusual Classical Guitars – Episode 4: ‘Newark’ Christian Koehn
Welcome the 2016 ‘Newark’ classical guitar by German luthier Christian Koehn. A fabulous beauty. Read on to learn more about this fabulous guitar and its maker.
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Modern Classical Guitar Design Part 9: Reinforced Carbon Fiber Neck
If you’ve ever woken up one morning and found your guitar neck looking like a banana you’re not alone. Should you buy a guitar with a carbon fiber-reinforced neck? Maybe…just maybe.
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Modern Classical Guitar Design Part 8: Fanned Frets
With the increasing popularity of extended range guitars (guitars with more than 6 strings) luthiers have had to devise a way to retain intonation and playability – enter the ‘fanned fret’ or ‘multi-scale’ fretboard. Is it the answer or should we just continue to play guitars with normal frets? Read on to discover more….
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Modern Classical Guitar Design Part 7: Arched Back
The Arched back (braceless) design feature has been around for a while on acoustic guitars but luthiers in the classical guitar realm have only recently started incorporating the design into classical guitars. Find out a little more about the arched back innovation by reading my article.
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Modern Classical Guitar Design Part 6: Double Top
Don’t know what a ‘Double/Composite/Sandwich Top’ is? Read this article to learn about them and find out how to buy one for about $500 -700!!!
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Modern Classical Guitar Design Part 5: Lattice Bracing
An exciting article explaining the history, development, and the pros & cons of classical guitars with lattice bracing.
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Modern Classical Guitar Design Part 4: Armrest
Armrests are a fascinating and relatively recent innovation for classical guitar design. They promote comfort, protect the guitar from wear, and supposedly lower the interference cause by the forearm resting on the soundboard.
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Modern Classical Guitar Design Part 3: Soundports
Soundports…enigmatic ‘holes’ near the heel of the neck that almost look like someone drilled a gigantic void into your guitar to see how it worked. Read this article for an insight into these mysterious ‘guitar circles’.
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Modern Classical Guitar Design Part 2: Indented Cutaway
The ‘Indented Cutaway’ or ‘Bevelled Cutaway’ is a very new design innovation for classical guitars. Find out a little more about this newcomer to classical guitar design and which luthiers are making guitars that have this idea incorporated into their design.
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Modern Classical Guitar Design Part 1: Elevated Fretboard
Elevated fingerboards or Raised fretboards are probably the best classical guitar innovation in recent years for player’s comfort. If you’re like me and you’ve struggled to hit those notes beyond the 12th fret and especially past the 15th fret then read this article and then more importantly – go out and buy yourself a guitar with an elevated fretboard!
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