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Guitar - solid woods -Spruce Top & Rosewood - 00 Size - $549 (South Chesterfield)
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made by Antoniotsai from Vietnam
This Handmade Guitar is Solid Spruce and Rosewood
This is a little smaller than a dreadnaught - is what's called a 00 size.
Top: Solid Canada Spruce ---Back and Side: Solid Rosewood
Total Length: 40" Size: 00 Scale Length: 25.5
Handmade 7/22/2017 -in Viet Nam of Solid Woods
Gorgeous Looking (new) and Sounding Guitar --Huge, Beautiful Sound.
The Sound Hole Rosette and the Birds were added by me - are beautiful and very real looking - but are not actual abalone inlays.
The last two images show this pictured alongside of a regular sized dreadnought (which is not for sale).
NOTE: I put an extra sound hole on the top of the guitar body - next to where your left ear will hear it (if you're right-handed). Though this does not really increase the sound volume for an audience, what it does do - is to increase the sound for your left ear to hear it so that you will now hear in stereo - as the main sound hole is positioned more for your right ear.
For care: Note: With guitars from Tropical Countries - such as Viet Nam - often sold on ebay - such as Bruce Wei and Antoniotsai. In light of the high humidity of these countries - you should keep these guitars above 47% humidity. (It is interesting to note that the care of Taylor and Martin guitars requires 45% -55% humidity in support of their warranties.)
Whenever you read a review on guitars from tropical countries - they are colored by the people who bought them without knowing how to care for them. And, unfortunately, the makers, living in the tropics themselves, do not make it clear how to care for their guitars if you live in a non-tropical environment. Richmond is described as humid, sub-tropical. What that means is that for about 6 months of the year - our climate humidity is comparable to the tropics. However, if you buy a guitar made out of tropical woods, this is the baseline. It must always be kept at 47% humidity or above. Above is not a problem. Below is devastating over longer periods of time. Because lower humidity literally causes the neck to bend backward as the guitar dries out. And eventually if it gets too dry, the inlays will pop out, the frets, etc. People allowing their guitars to "dry out", and experiencing this - have given horrible reviews of these guitars. However, these critiques are actually quite unfair to the guitars themselves. They are great guitars - but not
made for our climate without proper care. The proper care, however, is surprisingly simple.
I've had guitars from Viet Nam since 2008. These guitars have been kept at 47% or higher humidity or in a hard case with the same with this humidity maintained by a plastic food storage container such
as Glad, Ziploc, Rubbermaid etc. in the case under the headstock. Put holes in the top of this
plastic container and place two or three sponges in it - and always keep them moist - and the humidity in the case will always be adequate. I've never had a problem with these guitars when doing this. People who disregarded this and kept their guitars out in the open for many months in homes heated by electric heat and woodstoves - did have problems. Eventually their necks began to bow back and they began experiencing buzzing on the lower frets. .When they brought those to me, I did what I described above and the guitars came back to normal - though it usually took as long as the guitars were abused. Two months of drying out - usually took two months of re-hydrating.
Call Dave 739-2325 afternoons or evenings and leave a message. Do not ask if I still have this.