Francisco Bros - Especial - - Classical guitar - Spain - 2024
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Description from the seller
Custom order / Collector’s item for the “Fest Committee of Pedreguer 2024” (Comissió de Festes de Pedreguer 2024)
The Francisco Bros model “Especial” guitar was crafted from the finest materials personally selected by Francisco Bros for their drying and quality.
All materials for this guitar were selected from hundreds of sets of first-class special-quality woods. The most elegant design as well as the longest-aged woods of exceptionally high quality were chosen for this very special guitar.
This is a handmade guitar built 100% traditionally according to the old Spanish system from the following materials: Material overview (Carta de Materiales)
Top: Solid German spruce in first-rate special quality, exclusively with 56 years of natural drying (kept by Francisco Bros’ grandfather).
Sides: Solid ebony in first-rate special quality (Exclusive wood sets).
Back: Solid ebony in first-rate special quality (Exclusive wood sets).
Neck: Honduran cedar with ebony reinforcement, exclusively with 64 years of natural drying (kept by Francisco Bros’ grandfather).
Fretboard: Ebony in first-rate special quality.
Headstock: East Indian rosewood (Palo Santo de India).
Purfling/Bindings: East Indian rosewood.
Nut wire: Nickel-silver (Alpacar).
Tuning machines: High-quality hardware.
Bridge: East Indian rosewood.
Bridge saddle: Hand-worked bone.
Strings: Professional Knobloch carbon strings with medium tension.
Origin certificate: Made in Spain
Nut width (AnSattelbreite): 53 mm
Nut-to-12th fret width (Width of the fretboard at the 12th fret): 62 mm
String spacing at nut and saddle: 10–12 mm
Scale: 675 mm
Body dimensions (upper bout, waist, lower bout, body depth): 28 cm – 24 cm – 37.5 cm – 11 cm
Neck profile and thickness at frets 1 and 12: 52–62 mm
Francisco Broseta, Luthier
- trained with Jose Roca (renowned luthier)
- own workshop with wife Herminia Monroy in Gata de Gorgos (near Alicante, Spain)
- today a family business in the 3rd generation
- the brand is known for excellent hand craftsmanship in traditional Spanish construction
- enjoys an excellent reputation among well-known artists
Custom order / Collector’s item for the “Fest Committee of Pedreguer 2024” (Comissió de Festes de Pedreguer 2024)
The Francisco Bros model “Especial” guitar was crafted from the finest materials personally selected by Francisco Bros for their drying and quality.
All materials for this guitar were selected from hundreds of sets of first-class special-quality woods. The most elegant design as well as the longest-aged woods of exceptionally high quality were chosen for this very special guitar.
This is a handmade guitar built 100% traditionally according to the old Spanish system from the following materials: Material overview (Carta de Materiales)
Top: Solid German spruce in first-rate special quality, exclusively with 56 years of natural drying (kept by Francisco Bros’ grandfather).
Sides: Solid ebony in first-rate special quality (Exclusive wood sets).
Back: Solid ebony in first-rate special quality (Exclusive wood sets).
Neck: Honduran cedar with ebony reinforcement, exclusively with 64 years of natural drying (kept by Francisco Bros’ grandfather).
Fretboard: Ebony in first-rate special quality.
Headstock: East Indian rosewood (Palo Santo de India).
Purfling/Bindings: East Indian rosewood.
Nut wire: Nickel-silver (Alpacar).
Tuning machines: High-quality hardware.
Bridge: East Indian rosewood.
Bridge saddle: Hand-worked bone.
Strings: Professional Knobloch carbon strings with medium tension.
Origin certificate: Made in Spain
Nut width (AnSattelbreite): 53 mm
Nut-to-12th fret width (Width of the fretboard at the 12th fret): 62 mm
String spacing at nut and saddle: 10–12 mm
Scale: 675 mm
Body dimensions (upper bout, waist, lower bout, body depth): 28 cm – 24 cm – 37.5 cm – 11 cm
Neck profile and thickness at frets 1 and 12: 52–62 mm
Francisco Broseta, Luthier
- trained with Jose Roca (renowned luthier)
- own workshop with wife Herminia Monroy in Gata de Gorgos (near Alicante, Spain)
- today a family business in the 3rd generation
- the brand is known for excellent hand craftsmanship in traditional Spanish construction
- enjoys an excellent reputation among well-known artists
Details
Era
After 2000
Brand
Francisco Bros
Multiple models
No
Model
Especial
Country of origin
Spain
Year of manufacture
2024
Physical condition
Brand New
Number of objects
1
Autographed by a famous person
No
Includes
No extra's
Weight
1.51 kg
Material
Spruce, Wood-Ebony
Functional condition
Tested and working/playable
Height
12 cm
Length
100 cm
Width
38 cm
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