This John Price’s guitar has been sold
We commissioned John to build a very special classical guitar with a fantastic myrtle wood for the back and side. we loved so much his last cedar top than we ordered the same top. The result is beyond our expectations : great beauty and wonderful musicality. John has insert a tasmanian wood on addition in the back.
John ¨Price specializes in making an arched, braceless back guitar, designed to maximise strength and allow better airflow inside the soundbox to enhance the projection of the instrument markedly. It has a ‘focusing’ effect on the classical guitar’s overall sound, and minimizes the dampening effect when the classical guitar is held too close to the body.
John Price combines tradition and innovation to handcraft classical guitars in his workshop in Hahndorf, South Australia. John’s guitars are played on stages all over the world by such virtuosos as the world famous: Jorge Morel, Krzysztof Pelech, Rene Izquierdo, Elina Chekan, Ricardo Cobo, Jorge Caballero, Ricardo Iznaola, Ignacio Barcia, Jason Behr, Muriel Anderson, Anthony Bez, Candice Mowbray, George Benson,Andy Summers (the Police).
An exceptional lattice classical guitar which combines sustain, power, warmness.
John Price classical guitar main features are :
- thickness of the notes which are creamy as one could wish
- lots of overtones
- excellent string separation
- big and Loud basses
- the craftmanship is excellent
The guitar is delivered with a Hiscok case or on request a Karura tailored made case.
This 3501 is an true example of John’s work, the stunning South American rosewood is just amazing of beauty..