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1978 Ruck Concert Brazilian/Spruce
We are very pleased to have located this wonderfully mature Spruce top, Brazilian Rosewood Ruck Concert guitar from 1978. We can tell you without hesitation that this is a superb Ruck guitar. The Brazilian Rosewood is dark and rich with tight grain that’s getting harder and harder to find these days. The spruce top, braced in the Fleta style with 9 fan braces, has reached a warm patina and so has the voice. The Spruce is fully alive, warm and full with great power, projection and clarity as well. Anyone seeking a world class concert guitar will love this one.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 26.14 in Nut Width 2.17 in String Spacing 2.24 in Woods Spruce, Rosewood - Brazilian
Robert Ruck’s need for a quality instrument for his classical guitar studies instigated a career that has spanned four decades, produced over 700 guitars, and established him as one of the world’s most respected luthiers. In the mid-’60s, after playing a series of low-end instruments, he had a guitar custom made by a fine woodworker in his hometown of Miami. The finished product was less than what Ruck had hoped for, but his regular visits to the shop while the instrument was under construction gave him much insight into the basics of guitar building. Ruck was learning metalwork at the time. “If you have fundamental woodworking and metalworking skills, a short tour in a guitar maker’s shop is all you need to gain a fundamental understanding of guitar construction,” he says, “although you don’t pick up the techniques and subtleties.” A few years later, at the age of 20, Ruck built his first guitar, which he sold to a friend, and worked exclusively as a luthier ever since.
Robert Ruck passed away in 2018.