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2015 Petros Nouveau GC Macassar Ebony/Chocolate Cedar
This beauty sold before we could even list it! Such a delight to visit with an incredible 2015 Nouveau GC model from Petros Guitars. Macassar Ebony back and sides, Chocolate Cedar top, and beautiful inlay work on the the top, back, and headstock.
Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, guitarbuilding, bruce petros
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.781 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Cedar, Ebony - Macassar 
2010 Petros Tunnel 13 Gold Special LTD, Brazilian Rosewood/Tunnel 13 Redwood
Dressed to the nines–or in this case thirteens! Here we’ve landed one of Bruce and Matt Petros’s T-13 Gold Special Limited models (number 15 in fact), sporting a dark set of Brazilian Rosewood for the back and sides, Tunnel 13 Redwood on top, and extensive vine inlays along the fingerboard, rosette, bindings, bridge, and neck. The result is rococo and resplendent. The voice is rich and articulate at the same time, with great balance across the registers that blends well for both big chords and solo work. The light Butternut neck has a baby-soft V profile that feels oh so nice in hand, and the nut is a touch wider at 1 25/32″ for added room for the left hand. This 2010 Petros Tunnel 13 Limited comes wrapped up in a custom Karura case for those rare moments when you aren’t playing it.
Other keywords: lutherie, guitarbuilding, tunnel-13, red wood, 32355, ltd
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.781 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Redwood - Tunnel 13, Rosewood - Brazilian 
2013 Petros T-13 Gold Standard, Claro Walnut/Tunnel 13 Redwood
We’ve got another Tunnel 13 Gold Standard from Bruce and Matt Petros in the house! Number 22 in the series, this 2013 Petros GC has a sweet voice wrapped up in a gorgeous Walnut-and-Redwood package with Pearwood trim throughout. As you probably already know, the Redwood that Bruce and Matt have acquired for these guitars came from the Southern Pacific Railroad’s Siskiyou Summit Tunnel #13, where they were originally railroad ties. With the characteristic warmth and balance of Redwood, plus the dry crackle of the Claro Walnut back and sides, this Tunnel 13 has a splendid, well-balanced voice with articulate lows and mids, making big chords sound rich and full with each string ringing clearly.
For both fingerstyle and flatpicking, the Gold Standard is comfortable and responsive–and the wider nut makes those big chords a cakewalk. Wrapped up in a Hoffee carbon fiber flight case, this powerhouse from Petros Guitars is your next favorite instrument.Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, guitarbuilding, bruce petros, fingerpicking, butternut, tunnel 13 redwood, gotoh
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.78 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Redwood, Walnut - Claro 
2009 Petros Applecreek D, Brazilian Rosewood/Adirondack Spruce
Once Adirondack Spruce has been played in enough, the woke tones it’s capable of are a thing to behold. Enter: this Petros Applecreek D model from 2009 with Brazilian Rosewood to boot. The voice is easy, smooth, and velvety rich; in the bass you have the perfect amount of emotive darkness, while the trebles remain cool and round and defined. The midrange is present and articulate to bridge the gap. What a fabulous fingerstyle instrument! The Adirondack soundboard has truly bloomed into a powerhouse since ’09, and paired with BRW and the large Petros D body (16” at the lower bout) the result is a big, energetic voice plus excellent string-to-string balance. What more could you ask for?
Check out this additional demo with our own Al Petteway for a treat to the tune of DADGAD: https://youtu.be/F_IzryRpcT0
Other keywords: bruce petros, matt petros, fingerpicking, apple creek, brazilain, adriondack, maple, tkl avs, 32319
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.813 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Rosewood - Brazilian 
2006 Petros FS Cutaway, Pau Ferro/Engelmann Spruce
Livewire! We just took in a pair of Petros guitars that complement each other to a T: matching woods, but one comes in steel and the other in nylon. This here is the 2006 steel string FS Cutaway, in Pau Ferro Rosewood and Engelmann Spruce. The slightly wider neck is an absolute breeze to play, especially if you’re a fingerstylist who likes a roomy fretboard. 12 frets to the body, combined with a Venetian Cutaway, gives the tone added warmth and color in the mids without compromising the player’s access to those upper frets. An excellent candidate for altered tunings! We loved DADGAD and C# especially. And gorgeous Amboyna Burl appointments (and bridge!) to round out the package in elegance.
Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, bruce petros, matt petros, petros guitars, fingerpicking, twin guitars, bolivian rosewood, tkl, slot head, slotted head
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.78 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Engelmann, Rosewood - Bolivian (Pau Ferro) 
2007 Petros Nylon Crossover, Pau Ferro/Engelmann Spruce
We just took in a pair of Petros guitars that complement each other to a T: matching woods, but one comes in steel and the other in nylon. This here is the nylon crossover twin with Pau Ferro (Bolivian Rosewood) back and sides and an Engelmann Spruce top. Love the tone of nylon strings, but prefer the playability and creature comforts of a steel string guitar? This Petros Crossover is perfect. Radiused fretboard, slim nut, Venetian Cutaway—Amboyna burl appointments to boot, and an Alaskan Yellow Cedar neck.
Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, bruce petros, matt petros, petros guitars, fingerpicking, twin guitars, bolivian rosewood, tkl, slot head, slotted head
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.875 in String Spacing 2.125 in Woods Spruce - Engelmann, Rosewood - Bolivian (Pau Ferro) 
2007 Petros The Celt GC, Brazilian Rosewood/Italian Spruce
A work of functional art. This 2007 Petros Celt is, simply put, a complete guitar. The voice is pianistically tuned, it excels in DADGAD as easy as Standard, the setup is glass-smooth, the fit-n-finish flawless. Intricate Celtic knot work across the entire guitar, from the engraft to the wings of the bridge, all the way to the very tuner buttons and truss rod cover.
Brazilian Rosewood is here paired with Italian Spruce on top for an easy balance between the rich bass thunder and the bell-like clarity of the mids and trebles. This Petros is perfect for fingerstyle. We can’t recommend it more highly.Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, bruce petros, matt petros, the celt, brazilain, irish, fingerpicking, guitar building
Here’s an additional demo with our own Al Petteway: https://youtu.be/qLwqmxz434o
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.78 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Italian, Rosewood - Brazilian 
2014 Petros Celt FS, Macassar Ebony/Italian Spruce
At first touch, the Petros sings. We instantly fell in love when this 2014 Celt Fingerstyle came through the door. Macassar Ebony back and sides with strong inking similar to Ziricote, creamy Italian Spruce on top, and everywhere you look Bruce and Matt’s Celtic knot motif ties it all together. A natural choice for DADGAD, we also found this Petros Celt to hold its own back up in Standard tuning, and on down to C# too. The voice has a smooth, glassy top end that goes down easy, and we love how consistently this Petros responds across the fretboard. The overtones are clear and present, haunting.
This Petros Celt Fingerstyle is, frankly, a dream come true.Here’s an additional demo with our own Al Petteway: https://youtu.be/wKBkeyvrQGw
Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, macassor ebony, celt fs, bruce petros, matt petros, irish
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.81 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Italian, Ebony - Macassar 
2007 Petros Grand Concert Sunburst, Brazilian Rosewood/Adirondack Spruce
A sweet blend of darkness and clarity, liquid trebles and articulate midrange, glassy playability—these are the first things you’ll notice when you pick up this 2007 Petros Grand Concert. This is a fingerstylist’s dream machine, with a wide fretboard and clean note separation, and it’s ready to take onstage with an L.R. Baggs Anthem SL pickup. Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, Adirondack Spruce on top, and the lovely sunburst that spans the top was installed by none other than Bill Tippin himself!
This Petros will handle a wide range of tunings, but it’s also right at home in regular ole’ Standard, and it even takes to a flatpick well. We see a lot of guitars that try and split the difference between fingertips and picks, and we see a lot of guitars fail to satisfy either category. This Petros is not such an instrument; played softly or digging in with a pick, the voice remains clear and focused, with a touch of darkness in the bass response to really fill out chords. Plus this beauty comes wrapped up in a Hoffee flight case, so you can rest easy when it’s safely cocooned between performances.
A fantastic guitar that can be whatever you need it to be, when you need it: our 2007 Petros Grand Concert is a lifetime of music waiting for you.Other keywords: bruce petros, matt petros, lutherie, luthier, shade top, fingerpicking, finger picking, adirondack, brazilain, gc
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.81 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Rosewood - Brazilian 
2010 Petros Yellow Rose FS Cutaway Ceylon Satinwood/Engelmann
As breathtaking as the first morning of spring with its promise of the coming warmth of sunlight, our 2010 Petros Yellow Rose FS is a work of art fit to breathe new life into your compositions–and your collection. Plucked harmonics yield haunting overtones, and the trebles shimmer with a focused edge, but don’t overpower the balance between the bass and middle registers, which are themselves expressive and rich. And how could the voice be any less resplendent? Petros blessed the Yellow Rose with gorgeous and rare Ceylon Satinwood for the back and sides, whose bee’s wing figure gives the guitar a sun-kissed golden hue, and an Engelmann Spruce top to ensure the tone of this guitar is comprehensive, articulate, and inspirational. With an Alaskan Yellow Cedar neck, the rich warmth is amplified further, and when the creamy ochre color helps showcase Petros‘ complex rose inlays across the fretboard, rosette, truss rod cover, and tuner knobs.
Designed with the fingerstylist in mind, this FS Yellow Rose excels in lowered tunings, maintaining that elusive crispness despite the lowered string tension–thanks no doubt to that Engelmann Spruce top and the unflagging craftsmanship of Petros Guitars. If you’re looking for a guitar that inspires as much for its appearance as its voice, your search is over: this rose is plucked for you.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.77 in String Spacing 2.22 in Woods Spruce - Engelmann, Satinwood - Ceylon 
1980 Petros 12-Fret, Rosewood/Cedar
It’s incredible to see the strides made in contemporary lutherie these days. Builders are churning out such resonant pieces of art: there’s a plethora of great guitars to play with. To us, though, there’s something special when you come across a builder’s early work, and discover how well their guitars blossom and open up over time. When we landed this 1980 12-Fret Petros, that’s exactly what we found. Rosewood back and sides paired with Cedar on top, and a striking one-piece Indian Rosewood neck with a 12-fret body join—aged to perfection over the past four decades with some righteous finish checks for vintage vibe, and an played-in voice to match.
This early Petros has opened up handsomely, such that the mids are crisp and woody, and the trebles cut right through the mix. Quite loud, and quite powerful, this Petros has a lot of tones that remind us of the vintage scene. We just refretted the board and dialed in the setup, so we’re happy to report this guitar is in stellar shape to keep on cruising.
Other keywords: bruce petros, fingerstyle, flatpicking, ceder, ir, handmade guitars
2010 Petros Grand Concert, Tasmanian Blackwood/Italian Spruce
This Petros is immensely satisfying to play, especially if you’re of the fingerstyle persuasion and you need crisp note separation and string-to-string balance. Built in 2010, this GC is still quite new, but has already opened up a lot thanks to the loving ministrations of its previous owner (he wore down the original EVO frets, so we just refretted it with EVO for another round of music). Tasmanian Blackwood, tightly flamed, make up the back, sides, and headstock veneer, and you’ll find Italian Spruce with a faintly vintage yellow toner on top.
While this Petros needed new frets, the rest of the guitar is in superb shape. We’re happy to report the previous owner has diligently maintained its nearly new condition at the same time that they put in some long hours opening up the voice. This Petros strikes an impressive balance between individual note definition and a splay of overtones in the mids and trebles, so fingerstyle arrangements play out in full, crisp technicolor. The balance across registers is similarly articulate, and this beau takes to D tunings like a duck to water.
Other spellings: petras, bruce petros, patros, australian blackwood
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.81 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Italian, Blackwood - Tasmanian 
2005 Petros Applecreek GC, Koa/German Spruce
Let it rain, let it pour: this 2005 Petros Applecreek has opened up like a spring bed of tulips, and tastes about as sweet. Bruce Petros has access to some incredible woods, and it looks like he spared no expense in finding a deliciously flamed set of Koa for the back and sides, here paired with an amber-hued German Spruce top and Abalone appointments.
For the fingerstylist, this Applecreek Grand Concert is deadly: quick-playing neck and setup, trebles that cut well but don’t dominate the mix, remains lively and energetic in dropped tunings. Fit and finish are standard-issue flawless in the Petros style, with fossilized bridge pins and the curvaceous Petros headstock.
Responsive, effortless, and dynamic: the 2005 Petros Applecreek kills it.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.156 in Woods Spruce - German, Koa 
2007 Petros GC Brazilian Rosewood/Italian
Fingerstyle perfection: a 2007 Petros Grand Concert in Malaysian Ebony and Italian Spruce. Standard, DADGAD, and beyond, this Petros plays like a well-oiled machine. Petros Guitars can often be characterized by their balanced voice and flawless fit and finish, and this GC is no exception. Almost no effort is required; the playability as finely tuned as the string-to-string separation. The Italian Spruce top offers a creamy emphasis to the trebles, and this gorgeous set of Malaysian Ebony for the back and sides adds to the already impressive sustain.
There’s a smattering of mellow overtones in the upper-middle register which help flesh out the voice and create a lush response and bloom. If this Petros were headed out for a night on the town, it’d be dressed in the finest jet black tuxedo. It won’t take much more than a handful of notes before you lose all track of time and the whole afternoon disappears in a fit of velvet tones!
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.813 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Italian, Ebony - Malaysian 
2006 Petros Dream Series GC Brazilian/Italian
This Dream Series GC is amongst the very finest Petros guitars we’ve laid our hands on. This series was a limited edition of just 10 guitars built with the finest Brazilian Rosewood. This Petros Dream Series is a big, rich-sounding guitar with a tremendous amount of volume and superb projection. Strumming a first position G chord, the attack is punchy and full and the sustain is incredible! Played softly with one’s fingers, and the Petros GC has the sweetest tone, rich in harmonics, with excellent note-bloom.
This is a very versatile instrument with a brilliant voice, built by two of the very best luthiers on the planet.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.19 in Woods Spruce - Italian, Rosewood - Brazilian