Manuel Contreras
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Model: Manuel Contreras 1a Concert Classical Guitar
Top:
German Spruce
Back
and Sides: Brazilian rosewood
Scale: 660mm
Nut:
52mm
Finish: Lacquer
Tuners:
Fustero
Country: Spain
Year:
1968
Condition:
Very good
Availability:
Commission sale
Seller's Location:
Item
number: U-68MC-1A
Price:
SOLD
Born in Madrid in
1926, Manuel Contreras joined the Ramirez
workshop as a senior journeyman in 1959. It was Contreras who made the first José
Ramirez guitar Andrés Segovia bought in 1960. After three years with
Ramirez, Manuel opened his own guitar workshop in the center of Madrid.
He soon earned a reputation as one of the finest and most innovative
luthiers in Spain. Contreras died in 1994
of cancer. This handmade concert classical guitar is from his best period, and is signed by
Manuel Contreras Sr. It is generally in
very good condition, no cracks, straight neck, but it does have some finish wear
consistent with this guitar's age and active use-- there is some
glazing of the finish, and finger nail dents from
"golpes, and assorted other surface finish scratches, nothing deep." The set up is very comfortable, and there is
sufficient bone in the saddle to make adjustments should this ever be
necessary. This a powerful, concert guitar, with great sustain and
separation, each note comes across as distinct. The upper registers do not
become plinky and notes remain full and mellow. The intonation is
excellent. An new equivalent concert guitar from Manuel Contreras II would
retail for around $8000.
1968
Manuel Contreras
played by Guilherme Vincens
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