Instrument Details
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- Specs
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- Status
- Sold
- Brand
- Blanchard, Mark
- Product Year
- 2010
- Model
- ClassiCool
- Serial #
- 104
- New/Preowned
- Preowned
- SKU
- TMP268
- Condition
- Three top cracks, cleated and stabilized by our very own repair team, who also drop filled, leveled, and buffed a few small top dings.
- Body Type(s)
- Medium, Concert Classical
- Back & Sides
- Rosewood - Brazilian
- Top
- Cedar
- Neck Wood
- Mahogany
- Neck Profile
- C
- Bridge
- Rosewood - Brazilian
- Rosette
- Rosewood
- Top Trim
- Wood Lines
- Fingerboard
- Ebony
- Fingerboard Bindings
- Ebony
- Fret Markers
- Side Dots
- Frets to Body
- 12
- Headplate
- Rosewood - Brazilian
- Headstock Bindings
- None
- Headstock Inlay
- Builder Logo
- Body Bindings
- Snakewood
- Tuners
- Sloane
- Tuner Finish
- Gold Etched with Snakewood Buttons
- Cutaway
- Venetian
- Pickguard
- Clear
- Pickup
- K&K Mini
- Pickup (y/n)
- Yes
- Body Length
- 19.25 in
- Upper Bout
- 10.75 in
- Lower Bout
- 14.625 in
- Body Depth Heel
- 3.375 in
- Body Depth Tail
- 3.875 in
- Scale Length
- 25.625 in
- Scale Length (mm)
- 650 mm
- Nut Width
- 1.814 in
- Nut Width (mm)
- 46 mm
- String Spacing
- 2.395 in
- String Spacing (mm)
- 61 mm
- Weight
- 3 lb. 13 oz.
- Case
- Hardshell - Calton Flight Case
- Audio File
- Description
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The space between a traditional nylon string guitar and its steel string cousin has been traversed by any number of builders. Among those, Mark Blanchard’s Classicool is one of the most successful crossovers we’ve seen. For instance: this 2010 Classicool in Brazilian Rosewood and Cedar. Loaded with modern features, this Blanchard is an effortless player that balances a rich voice with articulate, well-defined note separation. The Venetian Cutaway allows the fretboard extension to remain dust-free, and the ComfyCorner armrest keeps your right arm relaxed and elevated from the top. Gold EVO frets with a gentle radius will feel perfectly familiar to steel string players, and the 1 13/16” nut gives extra room for fretting but keeps those big fingerings from stretching your hand beyond its limits.
Gone over by our repair staff, this Classicool has a clean bill of health and is ready for action blending the line between the traditional classical and the creature comfort of contemporary steel string design. While of course Classical music sounds wonderful here, we found that everything from Bossa arrangements to Blues tunes sounded equally at home on its nylon strings.
A real beauty. Gentle C profile neck and radiused fingerboard feel perfectly normal to my steel string hands, and the voice is colored by a buttery middle register and punchy trebles. - Accessories
