Luthier Michael O’Leary 2021 No 252 – Ireland

We have the chance to have regularly some ‘brand new’ preowned Professional Serie guitars from the Irish luthier Michael & Alec O’Leary. This new guitar has as usual valuable upgrades such as the armrest and of course an elevated fingerboard. Each I receive a new O’Leary I keep saying that the new one is better than the last one. That is simply because the sound of the O’Leary guitars is unique, so musical and so beautiful. The perfect balance between traditional and modernity. The sound and the playability are amazing.

The main features are the sound quality with crystal-clear trebles, a long sustain, and a great balance between clarity and warmness. One can get a lot of tone colors out of the guitar. The basses are deep,  The notes are creamy and thick. Last but not least the Exotic Ebony is wonderful.

Alec and Michael O’Leary’s workshop is located near to Milford Carlow in the Irish countryside but their guitars are all over the world in the hands of famous players such as Bertas Rojas,  Sharon Isbin, Sergio Assad, David Russell (owns one), Marco Socias, Eleftheria Kotzia, Elena Zucchini. Loud and beautiful with a wonderful color tone.

Being a fan of Bertas Rojas and Sharon Isbin, having a classical guitar from Alec and Michael O’Leary was simply compulsory for us. We ordered the first guitar a long time ago.  This third guitar is from the Professional series the best one and offers wonderful craftsmanship with very impressive Exotic Ebony for the back and side. The playability of the guitar is great and the sound is incredible. The string separation is amazing and the guitar has just some fantastic medium which makes the guitar very balanced. The trebles are crystal clear.

I will position this guitar among the very best lattice guitars sharing the sound quality of a Simon Marty with but a little bit warmer.

Maybe the best lattice guitar from Europe.

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