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Add to Compare2020 Flammang J30, Honduran Mahogany/Torrefied Red Spruce
Punchy, lively, and direct–this 2020 Flammang J30 brings great string energy to the table with Honduran Mahogany back and sides plus torrefied Red Spruce top. David’s slope shoulder design is a nod to the classic Gibson SJ, complete with a tiger stripe pickguard and rectangular bridge. This J30 has been further customized with a Figured Maple neck and wider fingerboard for a spacious lefthand experience. A build weight right at four pounds means this Flammang J30 feels like air in your hands. Al wrapped up in a striking blue Crossrock case.
Other keywords: flammang guitars, 287, allen shadd, slope dread, dreadnaught, dreadnought
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.75 in Nut Width 1.78 in String Spacing 2.313 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red) Torrefied, Mahogany - Honduran 
Add to Compare2013 Flammang AJ75, African Blackwood/Adirondack Spruce
Oh here’s one down with, turn off your phone and lock the door. This 2013 Flammang AJ75 is rich, engrossing, sweetly clear and glassy. African Blackwood for the back and sides with Adirondack Spruce on top mix for clarity and darkness, which works fantastically for both and Travis picking, to be honest. The top features a tight burst and tiger stripe pickguard, rectangular bridge, and checkerboard appointments. Mahogany neck is the perfect amount of well rounded C like a vintage J-45, and lightweight Waverly tuners at thre headstock complete the look.
Here’s an additional demo of this beautiful Flammang AJ75 with our friend Will Saylor! https://youtu.be/_0JXurFVi9o
Here’s an additional performance on this instrument with our own Allen Shadd: https://youtu.be/_gbE30qty38
Other keywords: lutherie, david flammang, 218, adriondack, abw
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.313 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Blackwood - African 
Add to Compare2009 Flammang GC60-LD, Brazilian Rosewood/Carpathian Spruce
A guitar for all occasions, this 2009 Flammang GC60-LD. Dressed to the nines with dramatic Brazilian Rosewood and Carpathian Spruce on top, Ebony bindings throughout, and nickel Schaller tuners with matching Ebony buttons. The Carpathian has opened up handsomely in the past decade, lending a breathiness and power to the voice that really comes out with single runs on the treble strings and blooming out with big held chords. We’d recommend this guitar for anyone looking for an all-around great guitar that specializes with note separation and sustain.
Other keywords: lutherie, grand concert, 167, cedar creek
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.25 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Carpathian, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare2014 Flammang P35 Mahogany/Spruce
It used to be, in the land of guitars the player with the biggest guitar got the most attention, but we think the tide’s starting to turn back in favor of the small-bodied guitars like this Mahogany-and-Spruce P35 from David Flammang. Whereas a big box requires lots of energy to play, wearing you out more quickly, and often with a tone that’s only moderately well-balanced, these smaller guitars are practically weightless, require little energy to sing loud and proud, and can offer the player a surgically-precise voice that complements their every strum.
Tuned down to DADF#AD or even Cadd9, and this Flammang Parlor remained crisp and expressive, offering an impressive amount of sustain for such a small package. The unwound strings have heaps of delightful overtones that require very little to set them off, and with all that sustain you can bet those sweet overtones will linger in the air for a while. Ragtime tunes? This P35 eats them for breakfast. Basically any fingerpicking style you can imagine, and this Flammang will sing like a dove.
SOLD Sale! Read moreScale Length 24.88 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.38 in Woods Spruce, Mahogany 
Add to CompareNew Flammang GC50-L Indian/Sitka
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you a powerhouse of Grand Concert from David Flammang! This new GC50-L has got Flammang’s characteristic brightness and attack in spades here, thanks in part to the classic pairing of East Indian Rosewood and Sitka Spruce, and in part by Flammang’s Lowden-inspired top bracing. With a shockingly clear upper register (like jumping in an alpine lake) and a warm low-end (like a roaring fire in winter), this guitar is one that folks won’t want to put down. Flammang’s skills are top-notch, and his understated appointments, from the elegantly carved Ebony bridge to the oval soundhole and Abalone rosette, are deceptively subtle camouflage for this livewire of a Grand Concert. Complete with a Guardian hardshell case, this GC50-L will be making beautiful music for the rest of its long life.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.38 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Sitka, Rosewood - Indian 
Add to CompareNew Flammang RS35 Mahogany/Adirondack (Red)
David Flammang is building some of the nicest vintage style guitars around. Everything we have played from David has been expertly crafted and has a voice that is rich and warm. This RS35 in Red Spruce and Mahogany Harkins back to Gibsons gone by, with that throaty growl of Mahogany and the power of Red Spruce. David finished the top on this one with a fun sparkle lacquer, it is the first time we have seen this done here at the shop and it is a nice touch. Flammang guitars are among the classiest guitars on the market, if you are looking for a beautiful, vintage style guitar, look no further.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.625 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.38 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Mahogany 
Add to Compare2004 Flammang GC Brazilian/Adirondack Red
Here’s one for the player who loves the feel of a short scale 12 fretter with a wide fingerboard. This FLammang Guitar feels like butter with it’s short 24.75 string length. The 12 neck joint not only makes for a comfortable reach for the left-hand but also puts the bridge directly in the sweet spot of the top for maximum tone. And tone this one has, Brazilian Rosewood topped with Adirondack spruce for classic voicing. It’s adorned in the 42 style abalone and fingerboard pattern, capped with a beautiful torch inlay on the headstock. This is by far the best sounding and playing Flammang guitar we have ever seen. A treasure.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.75 in Nut Width 1.88 in String Spacing 2.31 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare2005 Flammang P30 Parlor Honduran/Red Spruce
What a treat, a custom made parlor from one of our fine luthiers, David Flammang. This P-30 is small but powerful. It’s Mahogany/Adirondack body barks out the blues with authority and is well suited for Rags and Old Time as well. It would also be a faithful partner for any songwriter, particularly in the fingerstyle tradition. This one is like new and flawlessly crafted with Rope style purflings and a simple elegance.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.9 in Nut Width 1.78 in String Spacing 2.38 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Mahogany - Honduran 
Add to CompareFlammang EL-35 Mahogany/Adirondack
A few years back several of our customers told about David Flammang’s guitars. They told us of his wonderful vintage style and tone and that his quality was top notch. Well they were indeed correct and we’re proud to now be offering Flammang Guitars on a regular basis. The EL35 is David’s version of the great 00 guitars of the past. This guitar is lightweight and has a sound reminiscent of the old Gibson L-00s. The dark sunburst is stunning and give this Mahogany/Adirondack beast a beautiful facade. If you love the vintage tone and style but want an exquisitely built modern guitar, here you go!
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.9 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.31 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Mahogany - Honduran 
Add to CompareNew Flammang L-35 Majestic Mahogany/Adirondack Red
David Flammang is a builder we’ve been hearing about for years from our top clients. He builds a very high-quality guitar with a simple elegance and vintage style. This L-35 is extremely handsome decked in a vintage burst with gold MOP majestic inlays. But underneath is all about the tone provided by Mahogany and Adirondack Red Spruce. Guitars like this make our job very fun…
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.9 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.19 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Mahogany - Honduran 
Add to Compare1962 Fleta Concert East Indian/European
One of the miracles of classical guitar building in the twentieth century, Ignacio Fleta has contributed immensely to his field. In the world of nylon-stringed instruments, Fleta is a mythic figure, and his guitars are certifiably legendary. We are proud to here offer you the chance to own a part of that legend with our 1962 Fleta Concert Classical. Over 54 years old, the European Spruce top and East Indian Rosewood back and sides have completely opened up, rendering the voice immense and rich, with a flawless degree of articulation from string to string. Possessing a unique ability to completely absorb the player’s attention, this Fleta is captivating: long hours will pass in what feels like only minutes as you explore the multitude of registers, voices, and modes which are hidden in the Ebony fretboard.
Considering its age, this guitar has the typical play wear of more than five decades’ worth of music, but is in otherwise excellent condition, and plays as smoothly as it must have felt when Ignacio Fleta finished the guitar in 1962. The low-end hangs in the air as though it were never to leave, so rich is the sustain, and the trebles cut with almost surgical precision; delicate overtones lending ghostly color to your Classical arrangements. A piece of guitar history, this Fleta is kind of instrument that many luthiers strive to create, and almost none achieve. Thankfully, Fleta was more than an ordinary luthier, and this Concert is more than an ordinary Classical.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.59 in Nut Width 1.93 in String Spacing 2.24 in Woods Spruce - European, Rosewood - Indian 
Add to Compare1964 Fleta Concert East Indian/Spruce
There are few guitar makers who are as legendary as Ignacio Fleta, His guitars were so well regarded that the great master Andres Segovia chose a Fleta as his personal guitar for years. Along with Segovia, John Williams is a champion of the Fleta guitar. Fleta Classicals are prized for the clarity and power, they are able to fill up a concert hall better than the more delicate Torres style of guitar. This particular Fleta in East Indian Rosewood and Spruce has some of the most powerful treble strings we have heard, playing a tremelo sounds out full and clear, that is a real feat for a classical. The bass and mids are well represented here as well, they are rich and focused, never out playing the beautiful trebles, but complementing perfectly. The Fleta guitar is about as rare as they come, expecially built by Ignacio himself, even now in the third generation of builders there is a twenty year wait list for a Fleta.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.59 in Nut Width 2.05 in String Spacing 2.31 in Woods Spruce, Rosewood - Indian 
Add to CompareBrand New Forster 10 String Guitar Bouzouki, Bubinga/European Spruce
Nigel Forster packs more into his instruments than you can shake a pick at. Here we’ve landed a brand new Guitar Bouzouki from him that is set up for extended range, playability, and power. Sweetly figured Bubinga back and sides pair with a European Spruce top that’s been engineered in the Howe Orme cylinder style–meaning the center section of top is cylindrically arched. The result is a very stiff top at about 40% the usual mass, and lighter makes louder in this case. Add to that the extended range afforded to a course of low C on the bottom of the 10 string setup, and you have an instrument for just about every application. Nigel further enhanced playability with a cutaway, subtle arm bevel, EVO frets, and a zero fret nut.
Other keywords: lutherie, sobell, robin bullock, mandolin, mando, guitzouk, gouzouki
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.625 in Nut Width 1.625 in String Spacing 1.925 in Woods Spruce - European, Bubinga 
Add to Compare2012 Forster “Charlie,” Carved Maple/European Spruce
In Nigel Forster’s “modern classic” archtop stable, his Charlie model comes to us with carved Maple back and sides, carved European Spruce top, and an innovative “long neck” design that marries electric guitar sustain and playability with the resonance and dynamic range of an acoustic instrument. Here with a handmade Kent Armstrong AlNiCo III Jazz humbucker and old school paper-in-oil capacitor with volume and tone knobs recessed under the Ebony pickguard, compensated zero fret and saddle, and Maple neck, our 2012 Forster Charlie cuts a fine figure, and plays flawlessly and spot on all across the board. The neck is 1.75 inches at the nut, giving the left fingers a bit more room to stretch out, and the Armstrong humbucker is a powerhouse pickup for everything from Jazz to Blues, and even further afield.
Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, n.k. forster, archtop guitar, evo frets, cutaway, stefan sobell
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.125 in Woods Spruce - European, Maple 
Add to Compare2010 Forster Guitar Bouzouki Camatillo/Italian
The Irish Bouzouki is the result of constant evolution. What began as a bowl-backed, three-course instrument from Greece has undergone a series of transformations in the past 40 years to become the flat-backed, four-course (or more) instrument we now find in Irish and Folk scenes across the world. A select few luthiers have taken the instrument one step further, by experimenting with using guitar bodies instead of the accepted teardrop shape, in an attempt to create a more dynamically-voiced and easier to play Bouzouki. Nigel Forster, former apprentice of famed luthier Stefan Sobell, is one of these pioneers–and the territories he’s exploring are deep and resounding.This, his Guitar Bouzouki (or Gouzouki, or Gitzouki, if you prefer), is a specialty of his, and this one in particular stands apart from his standard Guitar Bouzouki model with a removable neck, which the original owner conscripted Forster to include, in order for him to remove the standard four-course neck and swap it for a fretless version, or a different profile, or whatever caught his inspiration. Alas, this Guitar Bouzouki only comes with the one neck, but the possibility is still there.Tonally, this 2010 Guitar Bouzouki is fearsome. With a voice characterized by its clarity and depth, and a projection capable of shattering windows, Forster has built an exceedingly loud and expressive instrument. This Guitar Bouzouki is louder than an instrument this size has a right to be–honestly, it can achieve volumes most instruments need to be electrically amplified to achieve. Forster has written extensively on the particulars of his building style which result in this magnificent voice, and you can read his own thoughts on the subject below: http://www.nkforsterguitars.com/blog/loud-acoustic-guitars/ Forster’s use of a “cylindrical top,” based on a Howe-Orme design from the 1800’s, allows the Italian Spruce top to be incredibly light (literally: check out the photos below which show light passing warmly through the top)–and all of that lightness translates into dynamic voicings, projection, sustain, and a well-defined top end.This Guitar Bouzouki, with Camatillo Rosewood back and sides and a Cuban Mahogany neck, has an otherworldly voice, at once persuading, ecstatic, thoughtful yet confident, moving but focused.