1985 Manuel Contreras Double Top Brazilian Rosewood Guitar

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Manuel Contreras Brazilian Rosewood Classical Guitar (used, 1985)

One of the Best known of the Madrid luthierssale

  • Striking Brazilian rosewood back & sides - Beautiful and gorgeous colors
  • Red Cedar top
  • Cedar neck
  • Warm, traditional romantic tone, this is a fine, concert level classical guitar from Spain
  • Lacquer finish
  • Intricate and attractive traditional rosette
  • Ebony fretboard & bridge
  • Minor "string ding" below the bridge, otherwise the guitar is in fantastic condition, with one small, professionally repaired back fissure
  • Hard shell case in very clean condition, appears to be original

    • sale Was $8995, NOW $7995

  • This is a Contreras double top Classical:

    • "The Contreras Double-Top is perhaps his best-known and most sought-after design. Several players have performed on this model since the 1980's, including the Romeros. The name "double-top" is actually a slight misnomer: in Spanish "tapa" means "cover" and actually refers to an additional piece of wood that is "covering" the inside of the back. So in reality, the back (not the top) is doubled-up, with the rosewood exterior and tone-wood interior (this spruce top model has a piece of cedar lining the inside of the back). This is in line with the Madrid school of using double sets of wood - Ramirez line the sides of the 1a with cypress and Bernabe of course uses double sides on some of his models." - courtesy of GuitarSalon.com

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  • Condition: Used, Exc +++
  • Frets to body: 12
  • Scale Length: 650mm
  • Nut Width: 52mm
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    1985
    Manuel Contreras
    Excellent
    Brazilian Rosewood
    Original Hard
    27 Years
    $7,995
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    We ship Fedex ground insured, unless otherwise specified by the buyer. On finer instruments, we insist on overnight shipment for safe handling. Buyer pays shipping unless otherwise agreed upon. International shipments are via FedEx.

    Must have prior approval of return. Opened strings are not returnable. If for any reason you are not satisfied with your guitar, simply return it fully insured (with prior authorization) via shipping method we agree upon. When we receive the instrument in the same condition as when we shipped it, you will happily be issued a refund minus all shipping costs.