Acoustic Guitar for sale - Andrea Tacchi (Italy) Concert Classical Guitar

This guitar for sale by Andrea Tacchi was made in 2008: 'Omaggio a Robert Bouchet' model. It is very rare to find Tacchi's guitar in the open market.

The instruments of Andrea Tacchi have formidable reputation both in terms of wood qualities, quality of construction detail and sound. This Bouchet model is physically very beautiful with highly attractive rosettes from 1950's and 1960's Bouchets and luxurious purflings. The light purfling lines are boxwood and the bindings are of cocobolo. Robert Bouchet's classical guitars were performed and recorded upon in the 1960s by Julian Bream and the Presti/Lagoya Duo.
This Bouchet embody sweet round transparent trebles, smooth sonorous basses, excellent dynamic range and projection in a concert hall, wide color palette, and unusually clear flexible sound overall. The sound is very refined, rich, smooth, sophisticated with very good sustain and plenty of projection. The body air resonance is around G.

These are superb concert guitars inspired by a historic master maker and produced by an artisan whom many regard as one of the finest in the world today. This particular example is outstanding in both departments of looks and sounds.

Specifications and Condition:

Top: Italian Alps Spruce, beautifully quarter-sawn with extensive medullary ray
Back and Sides: Brazilian Rosewood - very highest, rare quality, very old wood with extraordinary straight quarter-sawn grain.
Tuner: David Rodgers with superb engraved side plates.
Scale: 65cm
Neck Width: 52mm at the nut

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