Manuel ADALID

Alboraya, Spain  2014

"Especial"

Western Red Cedar

Brazilian Rosewood

Ebony Fingerboard, 650 mm string length, 20th fret.

Mint condition, $6900    SOLD   (archive)

With an incredibly rich and complex sound, this guitar has a dark, full Spanish tone combined with great clarity and refinement. The quintessential Spanish Guitar. This is one of the most beautiful guitars we have played in years. From the hands of the exceptional luthier Manuel Adalid, this remarkable guitar is stunning to look at and even more beautiful to play and to hear. In addition to great power, projection and sustain, it has a captivating sweetness and a complexity of tone that draw you in as a player. The notes have an expansiveness; they swell like the notes of a church organ. Extremely well-balanced with a beautiful full tonal palette in all registers, rich and dark but with clarity and separation, this is one of those rare guitars that has it all. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alboraya, Spain 2016

"La Catedral"

Western Red Cedar

master quality Indian Rosewood

650 mm string length, 52 mm nut width

Ebony fingerboard, french polish soundboard

SOLD