1944 Manuel De La Chica Vintage Flamenco Guitar

Description

This is an excellent condition,
1944 Manuel de la Chica
Flamenco Guitar.
This flamenco guitar was made by Manuel de la Chica at Placeta de la Silleria, Granada, Spain.
Being an earlier Manuel de la Chica, this guitar has a deeper body than most Flamenco guitars of the same era. The result of this is greater projection of sound and stronger bass notes.
This hand crafted guitar was built using solid cypress for the back and sides, a mahogany neck and a solid spruce top. The binding and headstock cap are made using rosewood. The guitar has a Manuel de la Chica signature rosette in very good condition.
The overall condition of the guitar is excellent. The guitar has been superbly restored using instrument grade lacquers. There were no cracks in the back or sides of the guitar. There was one hairline in the top in the upper bout and a couple near the fretboard edges, which are common for a guitar of this age. They were repaired to be strong and stable. The original bridge was replaced at some point with a high quality hand-made Indian Rosewood bridge.
Scale length on this guitar is 646 millimeters. This scale length gives the instrument easy reach and playability for a flamenco guitar. Nut width is 53 millimeters.
The ebony fretboard is in good condition. The guitar has just been refretted with medium high frets that have been smoothed at the ends and polished for comfortable playing.
Action on the 12th fret low E string is 3.0 millimeters and the 12th fret high E string measures 2.5 millimeters.
The guitar also features a recently installed set of superb condition gold Der Jung high ratio tuning keys that are smooth and hold tune well.
The original label shows that this is a 1944 Manuel de la Chica.
The guitars of Manuel de la Chica are considered to be among the finest in the world. His flamenco guitars are in the class of Faustino Conde and even Domingo Esteso. This guitar has a tremendous Spanish tone. When playing minor chords, it soars to life with passion.
While the guitar is designed as a flamenco instrument, it is perfectly suitable for playing any kind of music.
This guitar will be carefully packed and shipped in a good condition hard shell case.
Please see my other fine Classical and Flamenco guitars for sale.
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