This is the first Chasson to find our shop and we hope it’s not the last. We are very impressed by the build quality, warm, balanced voice and great setup work. This Chasson Concert was owned by guitarist extraordinaire and Fingerpicking Champion Steven King, http://www.guitarbystevenking.net/. This guitar is dressed in figured Brazilian Rosewood with an extremely silky Engelmann Spruce top and these premium woods combine for a lush and very full sound that has a good fundamental with just the right amount of overtones. The entire guitar is bound with Figured Maple and it’s outfitted with a K&K dual source pickup system. This is a stunning guitar with a sumptuous voice.

If ever there was a guitar for both fingerstylists and flatpickers, this guitar is it. Kevin Chubbuck’s years at first Santa Cruz guitars and later Bill Tippin’s shop inform his excellent skills, and have given him countless hours to hone his craft. Thus, when we offer you his large-bodied 2015 Kalliope, we do so with great confidence in his guitars. Not only does the Kalliope project like a dreadnought–it also has the agile, articulate tonality of a much smaller guitar. The result is an instrument with a deep, resounding low-end that is perfectly balanced with rich trebles and a dynamic range. The Panamanian Rosewood back and sides have a desirable tight grain and the upper bout boasts a slender soundport which really projects a great portion of this guitar’s complex tone right to the player’s ear. Paired with a Swiss “Moon” Spruce top, the soundbox is light and responsive–the strings respond to the lightest touch, but the sound doesn’t become distorted under a more aggressive attack, either. Each note rings clear as a bell on this guitar. Chubbuck has added a Ryan-style arm bevel for playing comfort and a K&K Pure Mini pickup with vintage jack. Lastly, this guitar will travel with you safely wherever you go, thanks to the custom-molded fiberglass Calton Flight Case.

Now that’s what we call an OM. This 2018 flattop from John Slobod of Circa Guitars is a delight to both your ears and your hands, with a slightly full neck profile that feels instantly familiar and a responsive, articulate voice plus lots of dynamic range for a host of different attacks and colors. Very tight grain on the Madagascar Rosewood body, plus German Spruce on top; Rosewood bindings and a segmented rosette plus EVO frets offer an understated aesthetic. John lets the quality of the woods speak for themselves; ditto for the classic curves of the OM body. If you can think of it, this Circa OM can do it.

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