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Rafal Turkowiak Opus Prime DT 2025 No 729 – 5990€

In 2022, we reviewed a Turkowiak “Queen of the Guitar” that rather surprised us. In 2023, we asked Rafal and his team to come and test and compare his guitars with our double-tables and lattice models. They analysed all our guitars in detail and listened to the differences in sound. A year later, Rafal’s guitars have been redesigned and improved. The innovations that give Turkowiak guitars their personality are still there.

This guitar, No. 729, offers the traditional devastating look of Turkowiak guitars but with increased sound density and an elegantly rounded tone. This guitar offers beautiful sound colours and remarkable power. The playing comfort is astonishing, undoubtedly one of the easiest necks to play. A large double top with stunning aesthetics and a captivating sound.

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SKU: 25TUR729 Categories: All, Double-top classical guitar, New arrivals, Rafal Turkowiac Tag: double-top

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Rafal Turkowiak has modified his double tops to make them rounder and softer, and has also renamed and reorganised his models, which are now divided between the Opus Prime, Opus Virtuoso and Opus Magnum. The guitars are different, of course, but the differences largely concern the woods used. The innovations that are at the heart of Turkowiak’s success are present in all the ranges.

Here are some of the technical features of this Opus Prime guitar:

Let’s see the specifications :

The 11th generation ‘wave resonator’ is how the double top is assembled – a secret, registered process without Nomex or Balsa.
7th generation ‘High-tech press’: This technique concerns the way in which the back and sides are assembled to stiffen them while retaining their lightness.
11th generation ‘Acoustic tubes’: inside the neck you have an opening that generates sound for the guitarist, the sound reaches the guitarist through an opening in the neck. Simply impressive
SIGMOIDAL’: a process developed to glue the top and sides together.
A ‘floating’ armrest so as not to reduce the vibration of the soundboard. It frees up the top.
Double top: Alpine spruce/red cedar
Back and sides in Bolivian rosewood with sapwood.
African ebony rosette with Baltic amber inlays
Asymmetrical neck to take account of the size of the strings and make it easier to play
African ebony headstock veneer and Baltic Amber inlay
Wave-shaped bone nut and bridge
Cosmo-black action with aluminum barrels and 18:1 ratio ebony buttons
1.5 mm bone position markers on the 5th and 9th frets, and 4 mm concentric position markers on the 7th and 12th frets.
nickel-free frets
string length 65 cm

Here is some information on Rafal Turkowiak’s activities:

We are a family-only company. I build the guitars with my two adult sons, luthiers: Nikodem & Tymoteusz.

I would also like to tell you a little more about our biggest achievement, which is the world patent ‘Acoustic Tubes’ – the neck is absolutely hollow inside (with a special resonant material), thanks to it, the musician hears sound not only from the guitar body but also from the guitar neck. The sound is richer, sustains longer, and the neck is much stiffer. We are also the only ones in the world who use natural Baltic amber as an inlay material for head plates and inlays. The usual waiting time for the players is 7up to 12 months.