Concert · spruce & Indian rosewood

La Clásica

“A concert guitar must reach the last row without ever raising its voice.”

The house concert guitar — German spruce over Indian rosewood, tuned by Cesar until the top answers a whisper. Built for recital rooms, and for players who ask a guitar to carry an idea a long way.

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La Clásica — Concert · spruce & Indian rosewood

The voice · La voz

La Clásica speaks the way the old Granada concert guitars speak: a warm, centred bass that never blurs, trebles that stay round at the twelfth fret, and a sustain that lets a phrase finish itself. Cesar voices every top for evenness first — no wolf notes, no favourite strings — because a concert player needs the whole fingerboard to tell the truth.

It is a guitar that rewards a light right hand. Play it softly and the room still hears you; lean into it and it opens without hardening. Owners tend to describe the same thing: the feeling that the guitar is listening back.

The workshop record · La ficha

Top
German spruce, aged ten years under the roof
Back & sides
Indian rosewood
Neck
Cedro, one piece
Fingerboard
Ebony
Scale
650 mm
Nut
52 mm, bone
Bracing
Seven-fan, in the Granada manner
Finish
French polish, laid on by palm
Tuners
German rollers, engraved plates
Delivery
Fitted case · joins next year's bench
Cesar Vicente
Master luthier
Cesar Vicente
Soundboards, voicing & final polish · Meet Cesar →

The builder · El constructor

“The wood tells you what it wants to be. My job is to not interrupt.”

Built by Cesar Vicente — soundboards, voicing & final polish.