Rave review

“Lovely to look at, thrilling to hear. Yours is the nine-foot grand of classicals.”

Eugene Arima

Video

Enjoy this classic performance by Pat Metheny, playing a Manzer Classical Guitar (Estival Jazz Festival in Lugano Switzerland, 9 July 2004).

Here’s Pat Metheny playing the Lennon and McCartney song “And I Love Her” on a Manzer Classical Guitar (Estival Jazz Festival in Lugano Switzerland, 9 July 2004).

Sound

This lightly built classical guitar is designed to accommodate both traditional classical style playing and modern jazz styles. Neck dimensions vary according to your preference. Only finest quality “crème de la crème” aged woods are used. Each guitar top is “tuned” to attain the richest possible response. Body size is slightly larger in the lower bout but proportionally thinner in depth, resulting in a balanced rich tonal palette, achieved by adapting traditional European bracing patterns.

Specifications

  • Top: German Spruce or Western Cedar
  • Back and Sides: Indian Rosewood
  • Neck: South American Mahogany
  • Fingerboard: Ebony bound with Ebony
  • Bridge: Rosewood
  • Struts: Sitka Spruce Rosette: Abalone with Boxwood and Rosewood
  • Scale Length: 64 cm – 66 cm – your choice
  • Nut Width: Your choice of traditional or modern spacing
  • Lower Bout Width: 39.5 cm – (15-9/16″)
  • Body Length: 50 cm – (19-5/8″)
  • Body Depth: 9.5 cm – (3-3/4″)
  • Overall Length: 103 cm – (40-1/2″)

Tradition

“My background in classical guitar construction comes from the European roots of classical Edgar Moench and Jean Claude Larrivee, both traditional classical guitar builders.”

Linda Manzer