A Very Beautiful Greg Brandt Concert Classical Guitar

2003 Brandt Concert Classical (12 - fret to body).

This very beautiful (12 fret to body) Concert Classical Guitar was completed in November 2003 and has a 14 1/2 inch wide and 3 7/8 deep Indian Rosewood body with a beautiful book-matched, two-piece back. Beautifully bound European spruce top with a 3 3/8 diameter sound hole surrounded by highly decorative rosettes. One-piece flamed mahogany neck with a slotted headstock and individual rear-facing Schaller tuning machines with oval pearloid buttons. Ebony fretboard with nineteen medium frets, a huge nut width of  2 1/16 inches, a thick profile and a scale length of 25 3/4 inches. Bone saddle on large rectangular decorative rosewood and ivoroid base. Inside the sound-hole is a rectangular white label which reads: "Greg S. Brandt / Maker of Guitars / [signature] / N. Hollywood, Calif. # 136" The underside of the top is also signed and dated "# 136  11/03" in blue ink. This very fine, 'one-owner' classical guitar is in mint as new condition. Housed in the original TKL five-latch, shaped black hardshell case with burgundy plush lining (9.25).

"I build a limited number of instruments per year. Each guitar is built one at a time, which allows me to produce instruments with exceptional tonal balance, clarity, and energy. All woods have been air dried in my shop for many years, and are of the highest quality available. All wood used for the back and sides are carefully matched for color and grain pattern. All guitars are delivered in a arched-top hard shell case, and are guaranteed in every aspect of construction and craftsmanship.

"In 1977, I found a book in the library on classical guitar makers, and it occurred to me: people, not machines, build guitars! I had been playing from the time I was a kid and I thought it would be fun to play a guitar that I made, so I built one for myself. Of course I never thought I would make another one after it! Since then I have studied the craft of lutherie, and found an unexpected passion and career. For more than 30 years I have specialized in the construction of nylon stringed guitars. My instruments have been played by many highly respected musicians, in many genres, including classical, jazz, and contemporary. They have been played on numerous recordings and on many motion picture soundtracks including "Goodfellas," "The Straight Story," "Blade Runner," "Field of Dreams," "Godfather3," "Seabiscuit," and "The Mexican." (Greg Brandt).