Esteve Spain Double Top 50th Anniversary 50 Anniversary Double Top (Nomex) Spruce Madagascar Natural
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Manuel Adalid made special hand-made guitar for his 50th Anniversary model with Nomex (Dupont tm) double Spruce top, Madagascar Rosewood back and side in traditional Spanish construction classic guitar.
Mr Adalid is the luthier owner of Esteve S.A Spain (Valencia traditional classic guitar maker). He dedicates his life for crafting his hand-made classic guitar passion, a senior Spanish luthier who like to enhance the traditional Spanish guitar making with some modern methods for its ultimate resonance quality.
The 50th Anniversary model
INTRODUCTION OF DOUBLE TOP NOMEX IN SPAIN TORRES BRACING !
See & hear this video review by Luthier Guitar Centre :
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About it's unique structure :
Nomex(R) is one of Dupont(tm)'s leading fiber brand which provides light-weight, excellent heat & flame-resistant solutions. The Nomex fiber is commonly applied in fire insulation materials, its properties are carbonized & thickening when expose into certain heat. The Nomex Honeycomb materials provides light-weight, flexible and tough material but delivers stiff layer when it is sandwiched between 2 plane of woods.
The main idea of Double-Top (of Spruce) with Nomex inside is to achieve maximal stiffness of the guitar's top while reducing its total weight (because of the hexagonal cavities of honeycomb structures).
While Nomex application in the flame resistant apparatus & clothing has been popular since a few decades but its application for classic guitar's top layer began popular in the mid of 2000s. We believe a German luthier was the first guitar maker who experimented the applied Nomex honeycomb to his guitar's top structure.
Manuel Adalid being as one of a senior Valencia based Spain luthier began adopting the Nomex materials into his traditional Classic Spanish method. The result is a truly Spanish guitar concert quality with enhance volume, wider dynamic range & excellent resonance quality.
Specification :
TOP : SOLID GERMAN SPRUCE
BACK, SIDE : SOLID MADAGASCAR ROSEWOOD (AAA grade)
FRETBOARD : EBONY
ELEVATED FRETBOARD
CUSTOM FULL ABALONE ROSETTE
CUSTOM HEAD STYLE
20 fret
NECK : MAHOGANY WITH EBONY INSERT
Luthier Guitar Centre is proud to have one piece stock of this rare concert quality guitar
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Model no
50th ANNIVERSARY
Series
DOUBLE TOP (NOMEX tm) CONCERT GUITAR
Color variant
GLOSS FINISH
Top
SOLID SPRUCE
Back/side
SOLID MADAGASCAR ROSEWOOD
Cutaway/Full body
FULL
Finish
HG (High Gloss)
Fret-board
F-board wood
No of frets
Position marks
EBONY, 20 FRETS
Tap Plate/Golpador
None
Head machines
SPECIAL GOLD CHROME
Head machines
Body binding
ROSEWOOD BINDING
Nut & Saddle
Bone
Est. Weight incl packing (Kg)
Est. Weight incl packing (Kg)
The Torres design has been the de facto proven guitar structure over the centuries, we love its woody & warm tones. The Nomex double top layers application double its volume, projection & the resonance depth quality, it's amazing guitar to play with
Esteve Spain Double Top 50th Anniversary , 50 Anniversary Double Top (Nomex) Spruce Madagascar , Natural , Gloss
MODEL NUMBER
50 Anniversary Double Top (Nomex) Spruce Madagascar