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1996 Ruck Flamenco Cutaway Cypress/Spruce
A wonderful and rare Flamenco Cutaway guitar from Robert Ruck. The featherweight Cypress back and sides allow for a wonderful articulate, resonant tone. A great instrument for crossover styles, this guitar features a fallaway cutaway for easy access to the higher frets. This is a hard guitar to put down. It morphs well between a myriad of style from Flamenco, to classical to Jazz and Brazilian. Calton deluxe flight case included.
SOLD Sale! Read moreScale Length 25.9 in Nut Width 2.05 in String Spacing 2.24 in Woods Spruce, Cypress 
2002 Ruck 50 Large Body Indian/Cedar
Here’s a wonderful Ruck Large Body Classical Guitar complete with Sound Ports and upgraded Gotoh Rodgers-Style Tuners. The body is desirable combination of Indian Rosewood and Cedar for a traditional voice, but with the Ruck power. This instrument is very clear and articulate and it’s easy to pull a wide dynamic range out of it. Notes remain full and rich up the neck and the playability is superb.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.59 in Nut Width 2.08 in String Spacing 2.24 in Woods Cedar, Rosewood - Indian 
2007 Ruck Standard Indian Rosewood/Cedar
Here we have a wonderful Ruck Concert guitar built recently and featuring the desirable combination of Indian Rosewood and Red Cedar. The design also includes the raised fingerboard and hand crafted Rodgers Tuners in Silver with Pearl buttons. The condition is excellent and the tone is majestic. It has the big, powerful voice Robert Ruck’s guitars are famous for. This classical guitar can easily fill the room with exquisitely balanced and beautiful sound. The setup is perfect and the playability is superb.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.59 in Nut Width 2.09 in String Spacing 2.28 in Woods Cedar - Red, Rosewood - Indian 
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 
Rugiere Baroque Parlor Brazilian/Cedar
This little Rugiere is just a fun guitar to play. It was owned by professional player Rodrigo Rodriguez. It is rare that we see a Baroque styled guitar, and it is a treat every time we do. Tonally this Rugiere has a voice for playing fast notes with clarity. The notes fly from the carved soundhole as soon as your fingers touch the strings. It is hard not to have fun while playing this guitar – it has so much character and is effortless under hand.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.79 in Nut Width 1.88 in String Spacing 2.19 in Woods Cedar, Rosewood - Brazilian 
2021 Solveig & Andreas Kirschner Double Top Classical, Indian Rosewood/Cedar
This 2021 Double Top Classical from Solveig & Andreas Kirschner, here with a short 640mm scale setup, combines power and warmth with an easy playability and featherweight construction. Built as a collaboration with the fine folx at Siccas Guitars, this Double Top boasts Cedar up top with Indian Rosewood back and sides, an elevated fingerboard, and gold Pagos tuners at the headstock. Weighing in just over three pounds, this Double Top is resonant and responsive in hand. We love the slight C shape to the Spanish Cedar neck (though we still consider the profile overall to be a D shape), and French Polish throughout.
Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, fingerstyle, andy jurik, nylon string, siccas, s&a, bam, dt cedar
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.25 in Nut Width 2.04 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Double Top - Cedar, Rosewood - Indian 
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.6 in Nut Width 2.063 in String Spacing 2.313 in Woods Cedar, Rosewood - Brazilian 
1994 Eric Sahlin Classical, Indian Rosewood/Spruce
With a heady waitlist for a new guitar, Eric Sahlin’s Classicals are a rare sighting on the used market. Today we’ve landed a single owner example from 1994 in Indian Rosewood & Spruce that’s completely opened up, rich, and responsive. Eric adorned the soundhole with an intricate mosaic rosette, and paired that with Rosewood bindings (which even follow the curve of the heel) and Sloane tuners at the headstock. This Classical has been lovingly played for the past 25 plus years, and bears the marks of a guitar that never had the chance to collect dust, but we’re happy to report that all that music has paid off for an opened up voice—and the playability is still sweet and easy to boot.
Other keywords: lutherie, nylon string, andrew york, classical guitar, concert classical, classical music, IR, 650mm
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.6 in Nut Width 2.125 in String Spacing 2.313 in Woods Spruce, Rosewood - Indian 
2016 Sakurai Special, Brazilian Rosewood/Spruce
Guitars from the workshop of Masaki Sakurai are highly esteemed for their impeccable quality and meticulous attention to detail. This 2016 specimen we have here is no exception. It features a spruce top and Brazilian rosewood back and sides, with a 650 mm scale length and a 2″ nut width. This is a significant amount of high-quality guitar for the price, perfect for either a student or a seasoned performer.
Other keywords/misspellings: Luthier, lutherie, japanese, japan, kohno
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.625 in Nut Width 2 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce, Rosewood - Brazilian 
2017 Sakurai PC South American Rosewood/Spruce
Such a lovely voice! This 2017 Sakurai PC (Paris Competion) model is already amazing and it’s practically brand new. CSA Rosewood and Spruce with Sakurai’s cashew finish make for a resonant package that responds beautifully to a range of attacks and styles. Everything about this guitar speaks of smooth, efficient operation, from the tuners and the neck feel to the excellent string-to-string and note-to-note balance.
The bass is characterized by a clean, transparent response and is mated to an equally clear upper register. With enough sustain to make you look around for the hidden speaker that’s playing on repeat, and a glass-smooth setup, this 2017 Sakurai PC is a delight to play each time you pick it up. This model is based on Sakurai’s winning entry to the 1988 Paris International Guitar Luthiers Competition, and hasn’t changed much since then–evidence that Sakurai has perfected his craft in spectacular fashion.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.625 in Nut Width 2 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce, Rosewood - South American 
2015 Sakurai PC South American Rosewood/Spruce
Masaki Sakurai has been at the forefront of Japanese lutherie for many decades, claiming many accolades not the least of which was winning first prize at the 4th International Guitar Making Contest in Paris. So powerful was the guitar he built for that contest, he decided to add it to his lineup of models: the PC was born. South American Rosewood for the back and sides is paired with a Spruce top and finished with Cashew Oil–the woods shine, remain quite resonant, and are solidly protected. The 650mm scale and 52mm nut make for glassy playability, and the overall lightweight build (3lb 12oz) guarantees that you can play this 2015 Sakurai PC for hours without tiring. The voice is just as smooth, with trebles that are big and focused but don’t dominate (so those sweet, warm lower and middle registers can flesh out the tone). This guitar plays and sings like a much older instrument, but is really only a few years old! If you’re at all familiar with Sakurai’s work, you know just how lovely is the experience of playing this fine instrument.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.625 in Nut Width 2.05 in String Spacing 2.24 in Woods Spruce, Rosewood - South American 
2015 Sakurai Maestro-RF Central American/Spruce
A guitar which plays this smoothly should be illegal. It’s practically criminal, the balance across the registers, the pianistic separation of the strings, the heft of the bottom end, the way the trebles fill the room, and somehow retain a gentleness at the same time. Heck, it’s even a crime to call this a used guitar–practically brand-new from 2015, with not a scratch to be found. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the Maestro-RF from Masaki Sakurai. With Central American Rosewood back and sides and a Spruce top, she sings in a voice equal parts vigorous, rich, and articulate. This isn’t your grandpa’s Classical, either: the Maestro-RF features an elevated fingerboard, which allows for easy access to upper frets and modifies the break angle of the strings over the saddle, increasing the amount of vertical force being applied to the Spruce top, whch increases the responsiveness of the plates and dramatically enhances the sustain. Moreover, this shifts where the soundhole is projecting outward, which translates to more of the guitar’s sonorous voice in the player’s ear. If you haven’t played an elevated fingerboard Classical yet, this is your chance! You won’t be disappointed.
1976 Sakurai 5 Indian/Cedar
Here we have a lovingly kept 1976 Sakurai Model 5 classical guitar. Sakurai, in case you don’t know, is the nephew of the famous Masaru Kohno and currently makes Kohno and Sakurai guitars. Though wonderful aged for more than 30 years, this guitar looks nearly new. The Indian Rosewood and Cedar body produce a rich, traditional voice with that trademark Sakurai power and precision. The treble strings are very clear, focused and powerful. The playability is superb and it’s easy to pull a variety of colors and dynamics from this wonderful Sakurai guitar.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 26 in Nut Width 2.08 in String Spacing 2.24 in Woods Cedar, Rosewood - Indian 
2004 Sakurai P.C. Brazilian/Spruce
The Sakurai Model P.C. is a reproduction of the guitar awarded the first prize at the International Guitar Making Competition in Paris, 1988. This guitar, like the winning instrument of 1988, is handmade by Masaki Sakurai, master luthier at Sakurai Guitars and Kohno Guitars. This is one of the very finest Sakurai instruments featuring premium Brazilian Rosewood with a Master Grade Spruce top with a unique blend of fan and lattice style bracing. It is extremely open and warm sounding and has that amazing clarity that Masaki Sakurai mastered as head luthier at Kohno. The P.C. is adorned tastefully with intricate purflings, maple body bindings and maple inlays on the headstock and bridge. Masaki makes very few of this P.C. model and they are very special indeed.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.59 in Nut Width 2.01 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Sakurai PC Model Brazilian/Spruce Top Of The Line
The Sakurai Model P.C. is a reproduction of the guitar awarded the first prize at the International Guitar Making Competition in Paris, 1988. This guitar, like the winning instrument of 1988, is handmade by Masaki Sakurai, master luthier at Sakurai Guitars. This is one of the very finest Sakurai instruments featuring premium Brazilian Rosewood with a Master Grade Spruce top with a unique blend of fan and lattice style bracing. It is extremely open and warm sounding and has that amazing clarity that Masaki Sakurai mastered as head luthier at Kohno. The P.C. is adorned tastefully with intricate purflings, maple body bindings and maple inlays on the headstock and bridge. Masaki makes very few of this P.C. model and they are very special indeed.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.59 in Nut Width 2.05 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce, Rosewood - Brazilian